Issues with Ross Rifle?
- Thread starter Dimitri
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May take a while but that is alright. I can wait around till I find one that will work as a donor. Even if its only the action (Bolt/receiver) and magazine. The stock can be replaced and the barrel will be replaced anyways.
Dimitri
Dimitri
You can order a barrel blank from Shilen and have it turned down. There are some good gunsmiths around that can do the work. SC Gunwork’s does excellent work; I plan on using then in the next month to do a project for me.
Shilen offers a barrel blank large enough to get the dia you need and the length. Go for a bore dia of .284. Sound like a good project, expensive and close to the costs of buying a nice original.
Pete
Shilen offers a barrel blank large enough to get the dia you need and the length. Go for a bore dia of .284. Sound like a good project, expensive and close to the costs of buying a nice original.
Pete
With all the changes you are considering, why would you be waiting for a real M-10 to show up? Just buy a cut-up MkIII Military from a local Bubba, then throw the barrel and walnut away, then have a new barrel turned to whatever contour suits you, then call Mike Kokolus in Dushore, PA for a new M-10 stock in your choice of wood? Last year, Mike made me three or four M-10 stocks in straight-grain walnut, and one more in really nice striped maple. A real class act would be to copy the original high-grade Commercial Ross Sporters, and checker the walnut at the butt, rather than use a steel buttplate. That way, no collectible Ross rifles would be injured in the exercise....Unfortunately for you, you appear to be interned on the wrong side of the razor wire for me to sell you all the parts you would need, with the exception of the barrel.
I don't want to ruin a collectible rifle hence why I honestly don't care about the condition of the rifle as long as the action is untouched. But I'd be needing a Ross originally chambered in 280 Ross to be able to feed the longer 276 Enfield would I not?
If you can tell me/show me other wise I'd be glad to hear it. That is why I posted, as I am looking for advice on this project.
Dimitri
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I fail to see the point... why not build on a more suitable, cheaper, modern action? If you're a huge Ross collector and want to hunt with what you collect, all the more power to you, but for just a hunting rifle, there's zero point to going with a Ross action. Much better choices are available, if you want a hyper accurate straight pull, just get a Blaser R93. The basic models will cost less than this project, and out shoot it likely too. Plus, you KNOW you're not going to reconfigure your face with some 100 year old metallurgy in that case.
In my collection I got Belgian, American, and British for center fire rifles.
I want a Canadian action, preferably a military surplus action, and one that has been known to be accurate, that can accept the 276 Enfield and what better then a Ross?
Dimitri
I don't want to ruin a collectible rifle hence why I honestly don't care about the condition of the rifle as long as the action is untouched. But I'd be needing a Ross originally chambered in 280 Ross to be able to feed the longer 276 Enfield would I not?
If you can tell me/show me other wise I'd be glad to hear it. That is why I posted, as I am looking for advice on this project.
Dimitri
I was at the gunsmith today and he pulled out an M10 .280 Ross sporter...it was beautiful. Of course I asked if he'd sell it to me...the answer was no...
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Don't forget the large metal holders (Don't have a pict) under the action will need to be milled off. That's the guides for the 303 single stack mag. Interesting enought, the lips on the 303 ross are exactly what the 280 ross usees. For now the 280 ross parts (trigger guard mag well, and follower) are out there.
Here's a pict of the 280 ross mag
Interesting, so if I started with a 303Brit Ross I'd need to ether locate a floor plate/follower/spring to replace the 303 Magazine or fabricate a new one?
Dimitri
