what have i got????

[gwc656g]

Attachment 46613Attachment 46612Attachment 46614Attachment 46615Attachment 46616Attachment 46617greeting one and all, I recently stumbled on this rifle and this is way out of my normal expertise. I think it is a 1905 but I can find no markings on it to verify. I have some pictures but I don't know if I added them correctly. I will eventually figure it out or I can email direct to anyone wanting to take a shot at it.

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[Badger]

Here's an MKL article on a 1905 Ross...

1905 Mk II***** (5 star) Ross Rifle

Regards,
Doug

[gwc656g]

thanks, are there probably markings hiding under the furniture? ballpark idea of what it is worth?

[smellie]

The important markings will be the original Factory date, serial number and issue information. On a Military rifle, this all is stamped on the Right side of the Butt.

If your rifle is Military, it should show a Roundel for the Ross Rifle Company factory at Quebec (City, not the Province), the Roman number "II" with a 5 and a tiny Star after it. The Serial Number will be in 3 parts: the actual NUMBER (1234) over top of the YEAR it was made (1910) with the LETTER BLOCK GROUP just to the Right of those: "FG" for example. A rifle marked such as this would be "Mark II, 5 Stars, Number 1234 FG of 1910".

ISSUE markings also were carried on the Butt, and they can be very interesting.

If it is a rifle made for Civilian target shooting, it will not have Military ownership stamps: M&D and/or C with an Arrow inside it, nor will it have Issue markings.

Commercial Sporters were marked with their own Serial Numbers, in a separate range, marked on the LEFT side of the Chambr, just above the wood line.

In this country, such rifles are actually scarcer than they are in the US and bring good, solid prices, especially if the Bore is good: they are superbly accurate rifles.

[green]

Looks like a late production MkII** commercial target rifle. Is There a serial number on the lhs of the barrel in front of the action?

[flying pig]

Just a guess but is it possibly a restored rifle? The handguard and the front portion of the stock do not match the rear section. Not meaning to take away from it, its still a very nice rifle!

[tiriaq]

Just a guess but is it possibly a restored rifle? The handguard and the front portion of the stock do not match the rear section. Not meaning to take away from it, its still a very nice rifle!

The forend, out from the band, does look to be a restoration.
How long is the barrel?

[boltaction]

Agree--Ross stocks were fairly carefully matched for colour. It does look like the foreend is a different hue than the rest. The handguard also doesn't match--I can't imagine anyone at the factory putting a tiger stripe piece like that on a darker stock. Looks like a commercial Mk II**--nice rifle! The fact someone took the time to restore a Bubba cut doesn't take away from it for me at least! How's the bore on it? Those rifles usually shoot extremely well--nice trigger set up, heavy barrel