Ross

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Ross Rifle, Ranger pictures from military photos on webshots
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Barrel is around 25.75 inches long, ± a few mils.


Ok then, on to accuracy.


1st, where I shot.



45-50 yards, indoors, dark.
Target and post reticle both fuzzy though the scope at this distance.
Will be easier at 100yds or more.

1st. Target



Center and top left target shot with Federal 180gr Power-Shok commercial loads with Speer Hot-cor soft point bullets.
Center target shot first with cleaned, un-fouled barrel, three shots.
Then top left target with 3 more, same ammo.

Then shot top right target with 3 Federal 150gr soft point commercial load. All three shots where extreme top right corner.


Next three shots aimed at top right during sight corrections for 150gr load.

Then shot both of bottom targets, three each with the same 150gr load.

Adding the black patches help aiming, but still had to fight to get decent sight picture with fuzzy post reticle.
Held tip of post to 6 o'clock of black patches,
I believe this rifle will easily shoot these groups at 100yds, or better with the same 4x scope. Should get 1/2 MOA with a 9x.

Mounts seem to be OK now, POI was changing the first time I tried it last week.
Once I get to shoot it outdoors, then we'll see if what part of the bedding has to be looked at.

Last targets shot:



A friend put two shots into bottom right target and I shot three into the middle target.
All of these the 150gr Federal load.

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[Echo Bravo]

Hi,

I thought I'd share my Ross experience on the range here too...

And it shot well!

This was my FIRST time reloading... so I was using the following:

Brass: 1F Winchester
Bullet: Hornady 174gr FMJBT
Primer: Winchester LR
Powder: IMR 4895

The groups were very good... using iron sites at 100 yds the groups were:
34.0gr=2.25"
34.5gr=3.0"
35.0gr=3.25"
35.5gr=5.25"
36.0gr=3.0"

Now each group was 8 or 9 rounds (I needed a few rounds to set the sights!)... and each group had 2 fliers high (which weren't counted)... I'm not sure if that's me reloading incorrectly or what... but the core groups were very good... I should add that each powder load was measured individually using my Lyman 1200 powder scale/dispenser...

Also... The brass was FL sized before... and 5 out of 50 cases split the neck...

Is that due to a reamed out chamber? Or do I need better brass??? Or is the pressure too high (the OAL was the minimum in the manual... and my powder loads were 34-36grains... where the max was 41)???

Here are some pics of the groups...





I'm excited to keep trying to find a load that it really likes!

EB

[andiarisaka]

With a 10% loss, I'd anneal the neck and shoulder of the cases before the next loading, and be careful not to set the shoulder back when you size them. Back your die out a couple turns, smoke the shoulder of a case and adjust the die back down until it just contacts the shoulder. Winchester is thin brass compared to Remington or military. You shouldn't be experiencing excess pressure that far below the max. To tighten the groups with your present charges, try seating the bullet out further, depending on what the magazine of the Ross will allow, that's something I have no experience with.