Blastattack
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- Location
- Winnipeg MB
I really wish there was some source for Non-Military Ross Rifle stocks. Both the DCRA and Custom stock are super cool, and I want them.
.308 Ross?
- Thread starter Kano
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I am using the factory sporting stock as a template and sending it to a guy with a duplicating machine. I really like the profile and feel of the factory stock so I wanted the same thing but with a thicker forend to accommodate the heavier barrel I am having fitted. Very reasonable pricing, less than $200 to duplicate, plus the cost of the blank. I will be doing the final inletting and finishing myself, but I enjoy that work.
One of the vendors had a bunch of sporting Ross come in. One was a conversion of a 280 magazine gun, 7mm rem mag, i picked it up.
The magazine can handle i'd say just shy of 3.6 COAL. I could have this gun reamed out to 7mm STW and it would likely function fine. You could build a 280 magazine action into a 375 H&H, 458 Lott, 300 RUM, etc.
I've also got an original 280 Ross. The bore slugs at .290", quite a bit of rifling left. I've fire it ~100 times with reloads using converted Kynoch 280 brass, and some old Barnes 160gr .288 I was able to find.
The magazine can handle i'd say just shy of 3.6 COAL. I could have this gun reamed out to 7mm STW and it would likely function fine. You could build a 280 magazine action into a 375 H&H, 458 Lott, 300 RUM, etc.
I've also got an original 280 Ross. The bore slugs at .290", quite a bit of rifling left. I've fire it ~100 times with reloads using converted Kynoch 280 brass, and some old Barnes 160gr .288 I was able to find.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
well I have both a 1905 R factory sporter in 303 and a 1910 sporter in 280 in my collection
the 1905 barrel is shot out, the throat is gone and fired cases are so badly stretched that I can drop an 8mm bullet in no problem. One day it might get to the top of the project list.
the 1905 barrel is shot out, the throat is gone and fired cases are so badly stretched that I can drop an 8mm bullet in no problem. One day it might get to the top of the project list.
I considered doing my target build in 7mm rem mag since it most closely duplicates the original 280 match cartridge. Would you be able to PM me some pictures of the build and the inside of the action?
I considered doing my target build in 7mm rem mag since it most closely duplicates the original 280 match cartridge. Would you be able to PM me some pictures of the build and the inside of the action?
I'll post some photos in this thread of both rifles, the 7mm mag would work basically unmodified i'd think, the bolt face matches, mag length is sufficient, and the cartridge body diameter should function with unmodified feed lips.
7mm RM would be the ideal candidate for replicating modern 280 Ross, I agree. The actions as you probably know are proofed for 26 tons/square inch which is pretty much 60k PSI. I would guess they can handle much more than that.
If your 1905 has a reasonably good bore, I wouldn't be too sure it has throat erosion. I have a number of 1905s and MK IIs with reasonably good bores and the fired brass from all of them has the same over sized neck. Although I can not find it at the moment, I recall a reference in TRRS to 1905s being factory chambered with generous forward chamber dimensions. The 1905 does not have a lot in the way of primary extraction and I suspect it was a way of easing extraction. The MK II** has a tighter chamber. The condition doesn't seem to affect accuracy, but it sure can make neck sizing a challenge.
You could re-barrel your 1905 with a Mk II barrel if it is shot out. The contour is the same. I recently re-barreled a 1905R that was shot out to the point of effectively being a smooth bore.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
when I have a bit more time I will dig that rifle out of the vault and take a better look. I do have a spare barrel for it, but that barrel came off a sporterized military rifle.
A friend tried it a couple of decades back. Feeding was an issue IIRC.
