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Here is my MkII** Commercial/Civilian Target Rifle in .303 British with a Canada Tool & Specialty Co. sight. It needed some restoration work when it arrived, the windage adjustable mount for the target sight had worn pins and wobbled profusely. It is still missing one nut for the bars but that will be an easy fix. It had some surface rust problems on the butt and floor plate that have since been cleaned up. Otherwise, bore is perfect, bluing is very good, and almost all of the colour case hardening is still visible. Should be a phenomenal performer once I get some good loads worked up.

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cantom said:
Wow...nice rifle, and I've never seen anything like that bridge before.
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Thanks Cantom.
It is a windage adjustable bridge listed in the Ross Rifle Story as a version of the E.J. Pilblad patent bridge. This bridge was designed for non-windage adjustable sights, but since it has a windage adjustable eyepiece, it has a ton of windage adjustment to play with.
 
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I just stumbled across this thread. Great looking rifles people. I have a few Ross Rifles but apparently I can't post pics on cgn until I've "contributed more to the forums". Well one of mine is a late MK III (1917 serial number) so probably assembled after the factory was taken by the Canadian Gov. The condition of the metal and wood is pretty amazing. The bolt slides like butter and the inside metal looks brand new. The bore is outstanding. It has British proofs and the enlarged chamber but basically looks unissued. Has either a Cadet Corp number or CEF number that looks like a 36. Ill have to get a magnifying glass. My other favourite Ross is my early MK II (no star) with the original MK III Ross rear sight. It is also well marked and has a C broad arrow beside the cartouche (right where the stars are usually stamped). I've never seen this on a Ross. My dad has an early MK II marked M & D (militia and defense I believe). I've read that apparently right after they dropped the M & D at some point in 1906 they stamped some with the C broad arrow but I'm not 100% sure on that one. This rifle is marked to 3 CGA.
I will post images once I have been given the appropriate security clearance from admin.
 
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Nice, I had a MkII** Commercial/Civilian Target Rifle in .303 British like that except my rear sight was different, but the method of attaching was the same.
 
I haven't seen any mention in this thread on this subject. Until it was decommissioned in the 1970's? The BC Pen ( British Columbia Penitentiary) still had a very small number of Ross rifles in the armory. No idea what ever happened to them. And my small local Legion has a dandy on the wall.
 
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Looking for some info on this Ross. Can't find a serial number and there is nothing stamped as to what it is chambered in. Researching online says it should be a .280 Ross but the barrel diameter suggests .303. any help would be nice. Need to figure out how to post pictures but it's a m-10 sporter.
 
Here is Jimmer90's rifle.
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It appears to be a sported Mk. III service rifle, and is almost certainly in .303.
 

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I believe all as-manufactured civilian sporters will have the serial number on the left side of the barrel reinforce. They should not have any military acceptance marks or have a serial number, etc on the right face of the butt - although those are usually removed on sported military rifles.
 
Jimmer90 said:
When it comes to the Ross, what are some key things to look for when determining if it's a sporterized service rifle?
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All of the Ross sporters I have encountered were cut down military rifles. One thing you could look at are the rear sights (depending if it's a Mk II or Mk III). The Ross built sporters usually had either a Winchester style buckhorn rear sight or a folding V style sight. Military rifles almost always has some kind of military style ladder sights (actually Ross sights are a field all to themselves, so many different sights). If its a Mk III (M-1910) and it has a charger guide its military. Ross sporter buttplates were mostly a flat style without a trapdoor for the cleaning supplies. Sporters generally didn't come with a sling swivel on the trigger guard as well. I would also measure the length of the barrel. You would want to have some Ross reference material handy to know what barrel lengths are proper and of course there are the rifles with shortened barrels to consider.
 
Sporters made on the 1910 action also have a lighter barrel contour than the issue Mk. III rifle. Very noticeable.
 
I bought a 1910 Ross, chambered 303 British some years ago. It had a sporter stock, and the bridge drilled and tapped for optics.
Barrel was like a stovepipe inside, and no amount of scrubbing helped.
I measured up the original barrel dimensions and had a US barrelmaker build a new barrel for it. Had a smith chamber it up in 303 british,
screwed it onto the receiver, polished it up and re blued the whole rig.
Turned out very well, and shoots like nobodys business. I'm quite happy with my piece of canadiana. Dave.
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Wow that is a very nice looking ross sporter. With the addition of the new barrel and Leupold scope that will make an awsome hunting rifle for sure .
 
Sharps45-70 said:
Thanks Cantom.
It is a windage adjustable bridge listed in the Ross Rifle Story as a version of the E.J. Pilblad patent bridge. This bridge was designed for non-windage adjustable sights, but since it has a windage adjustable eyepiece, it has a ton of windage adjustment to play with.
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Lovely rifle! Great to see these photos in this thread! I have a Mk II** with that sight base on it; it was obviously not a commonly sold item as it is the only one (besides yours Sharps45-70) that I have seen. One question for you: I see the colour of the topwood on your rifle doesn't match the bottom super well, which is unusual. Have you had the top wood off yours? Does your lower stock have some grooves cut into the inside suggesting it might have originally had the two piece topwood, and does your serial number have a "2" under it?

Cheers

Ed
 
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