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    Ross MK II not firing

    I have a Ross MK ll that was worked on by a gunsmith in 1961 and never finished. It has a custom trigger. Well it would not fire just left a little dimple in primer. Replaced firing pin. No good. Put bolt in another rifle and it worked fine. The bolt seems to get harder to push at the end of its motion unlike the smooth action on my other Ross rifles. The barrel may have been removes and some 303's won't chamber in this rifle but will in other rifles. Using another bolt from a different rifle yields the same result.

    It has been drilled for a side mount scope and the barrel ported.

    Any one have a suggestion on what to try to get this thing to fire?

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    Problems with firearm's are generally difficult to diagnose over the internet unless the problem is glaringly obvious from some pictures, or it's a common well known problem.

    I think you stated the main issue in your first sentence..."I have a Ross MK ll that was worked on by a gunsmith in 1961 and never finished."

    Your statement that it won't chamber certain .303 rounds would tend to bear that out, at least to me.

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    So hard to guess when just looking at words. If I had it in hand it might be obvious. Like he stated, it's in need of professional looking...
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    OK, thanks

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    Is it still in .303? Might seem a silly question but a lot of Rosses were changed over to a variety of wildcat type cartridges especially in the 1960's. With no pictures hard to say--is it still in full military kit or has it been sporterized?

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    Pictures Please?

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    For some reason I can't attach pictures. It's been heavily modified. Barrel shortened and ported. Custom made trigger. Side mount for scope. Bottom of magazine filled in. Bolt is not as smooth as it should be. I thought it might be chambered different but most 303's feed ok.

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    When you say "bottom of magazine filled in" you mean it has been converted to a single shot action by "filling in" the feed/magazine port in the bottom of the action?
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    No, that sliding part with the hole has been filled and smooth. Still had that large loading lever, which I removed and will be putting in a conventional spring and follower.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eliwhitley View Post
    No, that sliding part with the hole has been filled and smooth. Still had that large loading lever, which I removed and will be putting in a conventional spring and follower.
    I'm not sure what part you're referring to there. The loading lever is what's called the "Harris Lever" and it's a handy feature: drop in loose rounds and release the lever and you're ready to go - depress the lever, turn the rifle over and dump the rounds out somewhere other than on the ground like a Mauser bottom plate release does.
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