1905 Ross rifle question?????

Pics added.I tried a couple close-ups but they didn't turn out so well,so I'll describe the rifle as best I can.First off,please excuse the front sight that I built up with JB weld,the original was broken in half(pliers?) and when I first fired the rifle it was nearly 2 feet high at 25 yards.I fashioned this temporary sight from JBWeld,bore sighted in my vice as best I could,then tweaked it with a file at the gravel pit so I am now comfortable hunting with it.Not perfect,but it is "hunting accurate" @ 100 yards,that is,I can hit a pie plate every time.:jerkit:It'll do for now until i get a new sight as most of my deer hunting is done in the woods with shots typically well inside 100.

as for markings,it reads "Ross Rifle Company,Quebec,Canada 1905"patented.There is a stamp @ the base of the barrel that is faded but looks to me like two flags crossed,with a crown on top,a "C" to the right,and a "P" at the bottom of the flags.Also below the flags is a stamp of letters arranged vertically that read"?.I.Q"

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The front post sight is actually still there under my JB bubbagum job.It slides into a dovetail-type groove on the barrel and I do plan to replace it ASAP.The rear sight is a fixed "v" with a second flip-up "v" for long range shooting if that helps any?
 
grinrgrn said:
The front post sight is actually still there under my JB bubbagum job.It slides into a dovetail-type groove on the barrel and I do plan to replace it ASAP.The rear sight is a fixed "v" with a second flip-up "v" for long range shooting if that helps any?
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As Rossguy mentioned, since it's been cut down and sporterized it's a $100-$150 rifle and usable for hunting basically. The originals are worth a lot more.
 
grinrgrn said:
thanks for the info guys.A $100 hunting rifle to start my 'lil guy out with in a few years was my only intention when I bought it anyhow?
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Most of them are cut down, so is the one I just bought. The uncut originals are rare and thus valuable...
At 30 1/2" they're also pretty unhandy and clunky...;)
 
That MkII was one of the 'short' MkII's (as were all of the MkII's EXCEPT the MkII**, which came with the 30 1/2" barrel.)
You might consider fitting it up similar to a factory 1905-R, which used a Winchester semi-buckhorn barrel sight in a dovetail. Can supply photos and dimensions if that's the way you choose to go...
 
McBride commented on the Ross in his book "A Rifleman Went to War" - in his recollection (from sometime in the '30s), the Ross did not have the problems later attributed to it. He did go into detail that the ammo supplied by some UK factories had consistently poor tolerances and they would stockpile known/good lots for upcoming battles.
 
Looks pretty much like a factory issue Commercial 1905-R Sporter to me...is the serial on the left side of the barrel, just ahead of the receiver? Winchester Semi-buckhorn sight on the barrel? Butt sling-swivel looks non-standard....
 
Rossguy said:
Looks pretty much like a factory issue Commercial 1905-R Sporter to me...is the serial on the left side of the barrel, just ahead of the receiver? Winchester Semi-buckhorn sight on the barrel? Butt sling-swivel looks non-standard....
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Yes serial # is on the left side it has and the Win. semi-buckhorn sight. The sling-swivels are wrong not sure what they are. It is a great little carry rifle.
 
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