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    The bible is The Ross Rifle Story by Phillips, Dupuis, and Chadwick. It was published years ago, has some warts. Anyway, you have a really fine rifle there.

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    Hope that I can shoot this new to me rifle. Such a pain to find a place to shoot where you don't have to join a shooting club. I also have another Canadianicon 1942 Longbranch MKI* that I've owned for years and haven't shot either. I has the rear sight removed and is scope mounted. But I guess that's for another forum.

    Just saw another good read where the Russians had re-chambered the target Ross for the 7.62x54r round. That would be interesting when you own both Mosins and .303 rifles. But to do that to a nice Ross would be "sacrilege" at best! LoL May do that to an old beater if you could find one.
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    There are lots of inexpensive badly sported Rosses in Canadaicon. Not the easiest rifles to work with. Mk. III barrel breeches have square threads, plus breech face cuts. Aftermarket stocks are uncommon.
    There are 'smiths who have made up sporting rifles on Mk. III actions. M1910 .280 sporters have been rebarrelled in modern belted calibers.
    One chap has posted photos of a .243 sporting rifle he made on a M1905 action, strange left hand quick twist threads and all.

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    I'm guessing that there is supposed to be a cleaning kit stored in the butt stock. Did a web search and couldn't find anything about it. Anyone know? Thanks

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    Brass oil bottle and a pull through.

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    Anyone have any idea when my Ross MKII was manufactured with a four digit barrel serial number of 842x ? Although it's not marked I'm figuring it a 1905 MKII** Commercial Target rifle!

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    It would be prior to 1914. I don't know if they can be dated by serial number, or if there are any surviving factory records. I don't know if the hunting rifles' serials were mixed in with the Mk. II** target rifles' serials.
    I suspect that without a barrel sight, it might be a later one.
    Note that the barrel extends far enough that a bayonet would not fit. Some of the issue ones had extended bayonet bars, others had longer forends, so a bayonet could be mounted.
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    Cleaning kit was same as for SMLE , pull through and oil bottle

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    Tiriaq has said it all.....it is a Ross 1905 Mk II** commercial target rifle, later production. Early production rifles had a two piece topwood with a barrel mounted sight, but that was dispensed with somewhere around 1910 or so. Your rearsight is completely correct and original. I own a few of these rifles, and have serial number 8410, which also has a one piece wood, and mounts a BSA Martin sight on a Pilblad base. These rifles were special order so could be fitted with whatever sight combination the owner wished, or whatever the gunshop ordered. These rifles were made to chamber .303 Ross, not .303 Britishicon, so you may find that shooting certain ammunition will cause the brass to "stick" in the chamber once the rifle heats up. Not a problem with handloads or most commercial loads but could be if shooting some surplus. PM me with your email address and I can send you some information.

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    Speaking of reloaded ammunition, my II** will not accept full length sized cases previously fired in a Lee Enfield Rifleicon. I found it necessary to make a die to size the FL sized cases to a smaller diameter back toward the head. The Ross chamber is not the same as a Lee Enfield chamber. No doubt this contributed to the accuracy of these rifles.

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