Ist post. Hello

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Jmoore and RangeRover have pretty much put things in perspective, I would say.

I have several chopped Rosses and sportered ones, all made out of Mark II and Mark III rifles but only a single full-military Mark III. As it happens, it is one of the Chilean Navy rifles which served on our old battleship HMS Canada, which originally was buit for Chile. The ship was delivered after being used by the British in WWI, along with the Canadian rifles which were aboard it. Mine was one of those. Previously it had served with 16 Battalion CEF, so it has Army markings as well. I paid $100 for it and that was not pocket change, even then (35 years ago)..... and counted myself lucky to get one that wasn't chopped. The thousand-dollar tags of the present day really aren't too bad when you consider that the rifles now are approaching a century old, that Lee-Enfields outnumbered Rosses something like 20 to 1..... and that Russia managed to snaffle onto the vast majority of unchopped Rosses..... and they aren't letting them go. They are just too good as target rifles, altered to 7.62x54R.

That much said, there still are rifles around with full-length barrels and chopped wood. They run about a third the price of a full-military rifle, some of them can really be made to shoot...... and some can be restored.

And there is NOTHING to compare with a Ross trigger. Serious.

Good luck in your quest, friend.

And welcome to the club!
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