Rare 1915 Ross MKIII sniper rifle

[Badger]

Congratulations on finding the grail of WWI sniper rifles, and the only complete original set in existence AFWK, and thanks for posting those excellent photos.

You're welcome ….

Is there a small inspection stamp on the inside of the female dovetail (on the scope)?

I don't know as I've not had the opportunity to look that close. I'll be doing so and photographing in better detail, every aspect angle and surface I can, similar to what we've done for other pieces in the MKL.

I hope you will try to research the history of this set and share that with us if possible? It must have had an interesting life as it does not look like it saw service in WWII for training as most of them did reportedly.

The provenance is excellent. As claven2 related to me, the owner died about 15 years ago and it's been in his family estate since. At the time of his death, a huge part of his original collection was sold off except for a few pieces, including this Ross sniper. I gather he was quite old and he originally obtained the Ross sniper in the 1920's. I guess the current generation of family finally decided it was time to sell it, which is how I heard about it.

Have you removed the action from the stock and the butt plate to see if there is any identifying information anywhere?

Oh, and any notches cut in?

No, my wife says my tools should be for show only ..... .... as she says I'm dangerous with them.

I'm afraid to take it apart, but triaq has volunteered to help me with that, as well as to ensure it's properly preserved to last another 100 years. When he has the time to work with me on this, at I'll add detailed photos of what's underneath.

Regards,
Badger