Assistance Confirming Suspected 1905M Factory Sporter Requested

[Bluenoser]

The assembly numbers on the barrel could have been stamped when the barrel was changed. .............
If done at the factory, the Smith would have had access to stamps that had the same font and size as the other numbers.

Yes, that is quite possible, but isn't it a little odd they would take the time to transfer the assembly number, but not the serial number?

Looking back at the numbers across the chamber, they look more like something done by a previous owner than by Ross. I know of this being done quite often when the last registry came in, by people thinking they needed to have a serial number.

That is quite possibly how they came to be. However, I find it odd we see them on 1905s/Mk IIs, but not (to my knowledge) on Mk IIIs.

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[Ax.303]

Yes, that is quite possible, but isn't it a little odd they would take the time to transfer the assembly number, but not the serial number?QUOTE=Bluenoser;429165]

I don`t see why not. I have seen a other 1905-Rs that where most likely barrel replacements with no serial numbers, so wasn`t as much of a priority as with the Civilian Mk II** (I have seen a couple Civilian Mk II** with no serial numbers as well).
It would be easy to just stamp two numbers I would think. Your bolt could have been replaced with one that fit better and renumbered at the same time.

As I said before, it is pretty much accepted by Ross Guys that all commercial sporters 1905 and later left the factory with serial numbers in the usual location.

[Ax.303]

That is quite possibly how they came to be. However, I find it odd we see them on 1905s/Mk IIs, but not (to my knowledge) on Mk IIIs.

Ross changed a lot of things they did, when they changed to the M-10 action.

I have seen numbers across, and inline with the chambers on many Rosses, but they are applied in a neat and tidy fashion.

IMHO the numbers that go across the chamber have nothing to do with the serial number.

As I mentioned on the Ross Forum, I have a 1905-R that has the serial number on the barrel in the normal location that match the numbers on the stock. It also has a different four digit number that goes across the chamber (stamped deep and uniform). I don`t know what it means, but it is not a serial number.

I also have a Military Mk II*** that has four numbers stamped across the chamber in a professional manner (but below the stock line).