Early delux Ross Commercial Rifle?

[NORTHOF60]

Sorry to add to the muddle, but I went down the rabbit hole because of the proof stamps on the floor plate. I thought it may have originally been barreled/chambered for the 375 Flanged Nitro-Express (right charge, wrong bullet weight), and came up with this from Imperial War Museums - ROSS MODEL 1903 SPORTING RIFLE .370 EXPRESS:

Ross Model 1903 sporting rifle .370 Express | Imperial War Museums

The upper hand guard has no place on a commercial sporting rifle.

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[Jim_ish]

Hmm, very interesting. I will say both the hand guard and stock have the same 327 stamp as all the metal parts and I mean almost all the metal parts are stamped.

So, did the British military purchase some number of 1903 models in 375 and this might be one of them?


Thanks for all the info.


Jim

[Jim_ish]

Reading more and contemplating more. First I mis-typed, so this was a 370 express (probably, based on loading data) which was probably made as a 370 in England?

No military provenance BUT the upper handguard clearly came with the rifle from the factory so maybe a commercial special order?

Jim