Help with a Ross M10

Cantom:

Since I may be the only other person "within earshot" who has a MkIII Ross with an unpinned bolt, here is a quick pic I snapped of that one alongside my other MkIII. Sorry about the rather fuzzy quality - I was too lazy to set up my tripod or take the rifles and camera outside for better light ... :rolleyes:

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GrantR said:
Cantom:

Since I may be the only other person "within earshot" who has a MkIII Ross with an unpinned bolt, here is a quick pic I snapped of that one alongside my other MkIII. Sorry about the rather fuzzy quality - I was too lazy to set up my tripod or take the rifles and camera outside for better light ... :rolleyes:

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Thanks Grant! Mine is not pinned...I wonder how it survived in the Canadian Army without being pinned?

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Rossguy said:
If you're too cheap to buy a reprint of the Manual from Abbey Press on Fleabay and GunBroker.com, start with two bolts: one to dismantle; the other to use as a comparison when you finish reassembling the first one. Push the cocking-piece to the back of the bolt with your thumb, and rotate it so it doesn't pop back in. Push the fat little transverse pin holding the firing pin to the cocking-piece out, then just extract the bolt itself from the front. Going in to the spring? Be careful backing out the locking nut, as when it comes out, there's still spring pressure behind it, and the tiny toothed washer inside will automatically fly to the least-accessible part of your workshop, never to be seen again. Now that you have it apart, do you know why you wanted to do it in the first place? Do what you need/want to do, then slip it all back together. When you're pretty sure you've done it right, just compare it to the bolt you set aside as a known-correct sample, before putting it back in your rifle.Final check? Look at the gas vent in the bolt-head with the bolt fully back...if it'd pointing straight up at you, you're all done.
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Please tell me more, I tried to find the manuel on both and came up blank,.
 
Email Abigail at abbybooks@comcast.net , say hello from me, and ask her to E you her list- I loaned her all my original Catalogs and Manuals to copy and sell for decimals of what I sell originals for....Question: why do you want to take your bolt apart, anyway? CEF grunts were not allowed to- only the Armourers were authorized to do it.
 
Rossguy said:
Email Abigail at abbybooks@comcast.net , say hello from me, and ask her to E you her list- I loaned her all my original Catalogs and Manuals to copy and sell for decimals of what I sell originals for....Question: why do you want to take your bolt apart, anyway? CEF grunts were not allowed to- only the Armourers were authorized to do it.
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Not just the bolt, I want to be able to strip and clean the rifle, inculding the magazine. i like to have info before I jump into working on things that can blow apart!

Thanks for the link!
 
Just be careful with the magazine: I'm not sure it can be easily dismantled without damage. Maybe Rossguy could elaborate on this.
Flush its innards instead with some cleaning spray then dry it with compressed air and lube it inside with some Rem-oil. Then chase any oil surplus with a few more blasts of compressed air.
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PerversPépère said:
Just be careful with the magazine: I'm not sure it can be easily dismantled without damage. Maybe Rossguy could elaborate on this.
Flush its innards instead with some cleaning spray then dry it with compressed air and lube it inside with some Rem-oil. Then chase any oil surplus with a few more blasts of compressed air.
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Thanks for the caution there!
 
cantom said:
Thanks Grant! Mine is not pinned...I wonder how it survived in the Canadian Army without being pinned?QUOTE]

The rivet alteration to the bolt sleeve and corresponding alterations to the bolt were done during WW2, to rifles that were still in Canadian service.

Bolt disassembly: There is a hole in the rear end of the firing pin. Hook something into it. Pull the striker back. Tap out the crosspin. Helps if you have three hands, or a friend.
The extractor will have to be removed before the bolt can be removed from the bolt sleeve.
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I have the Ross manuals (and many of the Ross catalogs) from Abbeybooks - so if it was your originals which were used to produce them, Rossguy, I certainly do thank you!

She is an incredible boon to firearms collectors - I have acquired all sorts of fascinating and useful reprints of catalogs and other 'period' publications from her - lots from Webley, everything she had on Peabody firearms (had to have those, of course, when I got my Canadian-marked Peabody rifle), and so on. Matter of fact, after several orders, she e-mailed me to comment on what varied interests I had!

By the way, no need to e-mail for a list - there is a complete listing on her website - each with a full table of contents, and many with images of the covers and a sample page or two .... might as well deal with her direct! (Warning: hang on to your wallet - not because these reprints are expensive, but rather because you'll likely find dozens that you absolutely 'have to have' ... ;) )
http://www.cornellpubs.com/

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