Need Ideas About 1905 Ross problem

[Jim W]

I have a 1905 Mark II 5* 303 full military that I bought several years ago. I fired it two times after purchase, and found the usual oversize chamber. I haven't fired it since (I use my 1910 Sporter when I want to fire a Ross).

I was showing the 1905 to a friend the other day, and he handed it back with the bolt locked in battery. I attempted to open the bolt, and it would not unlock. I was finally able to get the lugs to disengage by tapping the handle to initiate the camming of the lugs.

After this I tried pushing the bolt back into battery, and it locked and unlocked as normal. I then tried to open the bolt after dry firing, and had to tap the handle again to unlock the bolt. Further lube was of no help, so I am asking for ideas.

The bolt seems to be assembled correctly, but I did note that the firing pin is below the surface of the cocking piece. I was about to disassemble the bolt, but on pulling the cocking piece back I found that there was a pin apparently holding the firing pin in place in the cocking piece, and it appears to be in a blind hole, so I can't push it through. Not being familiar with the 1905 bolt, I didn't want to get too adventurous in the disassembly process. It appears different to my 1910, and to the earlier 1905 as far as disassembly is concerned.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Jim

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[Jim W]

Problem solved!!!!!!

I found the cause of my bolt locking after dry firing after some head scratching. I finally traced the problem to a missing spring (one of two) in the trigger assembly.

Apparently at some time in the past someone disassembled the trigger assembly, and lost a spring. This prevented the front part of the trigger assembly from being forced back into position after firing.

I happened to have a spring that would work, so I replaced the lost one. Now everything is working as it was designed to.