1905 ross. site adjustment question

[NB.nagantsniper]

ok
i have a 1905 military ross,.303 brit, a shooter not a collectable .

original rear site is located out on barrel.

so............... can anyone provide a basic explaination on how that site adjusts .......

meaning there is a rear apeture peep site , a leaf site when folded down .....and if sites are flipped up , an adjustble ladder site. (either peep OR an open site leaf )

so wich would be proper for 100m ?

currently i fired 10 rounds at 25m using the folded down leaf /open site but had to aim low because they are hitting about 6 to 8 inches high. but windage l/r is ok / centred on a 10 x10 paper target

tried at 100m but with same site i couldnt hit the target .

any info most welcomed

 

[cantom]

Some of the many Ross sights are true Rube Goldberg devices. As in, don't ever try to take it apart...there are a million tiny parts, springs, balls, etc etc.

I read somewhere that the sights were never even properly explained to the troops...I wonder if anyone ever figured the things out....

Rosses were under constant development...it's practically true that they never made the same rifle twice.

The Mk II** Military early bridge didn't even allow the rear sight to be flipped down flat, thus there wasn't even any way to use the battle sight...

 

[RRCo.]

A barrel mounted peep won't do you much good. Use the notch. It was probably made with both so it could be mounted on the receiver as well.

There are quite a few different types. Post a photo if you can.

 

[smellie]

A point to settle might be who made the sights in the first place.
Most military sights were made by Ross or by the Sutherland Gun Sight Company in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. I spell that out because there are also sights by Alex Martin of Glasgow in Scotland; they turn up every so often.

Believe me, I'm not trying to be flippant here; I have 3 of these critters and I have 3 different sets of sights.

Not quite as bad as the Wills St. Claire, but pretty bad. As cantom points, out, a lot of variation. I have the military handbook here for the Mark III Ross and it has a section on the Mark II sights. There's also a section in the TEXT BOOK OF SMALL ARMS - 1909, hidden in the back.

Oh, it's fun!

 

[tiriaq]

Use whichever combination works best for you, and gives you a point of impact closest to your point of aim at the distance at which you are firing.
A peep aperture can be used with the sight mounted on the barrel. You will see some sights with a notch and a peep, and a notch only.
Perhaps the idea for the multiple apertures came from the US sights of the period. Certainly increases to opportunity for the shooter to mess up, and use the wrong aperture. Same idea as some modern combat sights with multiple aiming points for different ranges. No shooter would ever make a mistake and use the wrong one.

 

[NB.nagantsniper]

ill try to take a photo.............was hoping someone new wich leaf was for what ..........same for the aperture peep site.

rifle shoots ok for and old soldier.
thanks so far.