Picked Up a real bubbad Ross

[mmppres]

Picked Up a real bubbad Ross. Got it for a buck at this past weekend show. Money is in the rear sight. Give you guys a laugh.

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[browningautorifle]

Yup, needs a bit of work. Looks about like my TWO #5 carbines here, sad and needy.

[WarPig1976]

The poor thing.....

[Surpmil]

Back position shooting or a guy with no neck?

Action looks OK and there's money in all those parts.

Any markings on the barrel?

[mmppres]

will try an clean it up an list any markings i can find. not sure if i will part it or sell whole with out sight at least not sure what make it is yet

[WarPig1976]

Getting ready to attempt, and I stress attempt to give this rifle some love. It's bad fellas,,, the pictures don't even begin to tell the story.
Since I know zero about the Ross I have two questions. How do you remove the bolt? More importantly does anyone have any bedding tips for the Ross?

[Surpmil]

Getting ready to attempt, and I stress attempt to give this rifle some love. It's bad fellas,,, the pictures don't even begin to tell the story.
Since I know zero about the Ross I have two questions. How do you remove the bolt? More importantly does anyone have any bedding tips for the Ross?

How's the bore and rifling?

Lot's of things you could with that action; it has the desirable large diameter barrel with square threads so can be easily rebarreled. The Harris magazine platform is a neat feature I would keep. The old stock will give you a nice example of the inletting for the next one.

More money in the parts and action than in that rearsight IMHO, considering the shape it's in.

[WarPig1976]

How's the bore and rifling?

I didn't even look, it's not mine so not my business.
After pulling the action it's been decided to let this one lie. On top of all the other issues it appears this was fired without the front action screw in place. Things break when you do that, not just the wood......

[Surpmil]

I didn't even look, it's not mine so not my business.
After pulling the action it's been decided to let this one lie. On top of all the other issues it appears this was fired without the front action screw in place. Things break when you do that, not just the wood......

Can you be more specific? Do you have photos of the damage?

[wjw]

Photo three shows the bolt stop/release on the left side - push down and the bolt should come out. The bolt stop is powered by a spring in a hole drilled in the stock. The bolt stop may be rusted in your example.