That would certainly be an option.
Something that I wonder about with any .35 conversion is recoil. A 1905R is a light, slim, handy rifle. In .303, you know you've fired one. Don't know what one would be like with the heavier .35 bullets.....
1905 Ross Sporters
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That would certainly be an option.
Something that I wonder about with any .35 conversion is recoil. A 1905R is a light, slim, handy rifle. In .303, you know you've fired one. Don't know what one would be like with the heavier .35 bullets.....
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- WMU248 near Edmonton
No worries it's an EAL I'm familiar with them. It was that no one else at the auction seemed to know exactly what it was.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
Oh and the bore on the Ross is worn, I'll be shooting it this weekend to see if it will still group, 174grn RN flat based bullets. Be a shame if it won't shoot, it handles and comes up to the shoulder very nicely, make a good little hunting gun
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- WMU248 near Edmonton
So Sunday I was running the range so I took the old girl out shooting.
It was snowing and windy so groups were not that great but under better conditions it should do a 4" group.
but now the bad part, the brass looks like hell, the necks are .020" larger then my normal fired 303 brass, looks like a 338, and the sholder is also .020" larger. I'm going to have to take a better look at this now. Someone may have tried to improve the chamber and buggered it up or too much corrosive and poor cleaning.
oh well it was a project when I bought it and a new barrel will give me lots of options to work with, I'm thinking a nice carbine of some sort.
It was snowing and windy so groups were not that great but under better conditions it should do a 4" group.
but now the bad part, the brass looks like hell, the necks are .020" larger then my normal fired 303 brass, looks like a 338, and the sholder is also .020" larger. I'm going to have to take a better look at this now. Someone may have tried to improve the chamber and buggered it up or too much corrosive and poor cleaning.
oh well it was a project when I bought it and a new barrel will give me lots of options to work with, I'm thinking a nice carbine of some sort.
a lot of those 1905 Ross military rifles had the chamber enlarged so they would still function when the solders got dirt or mud in the action.
I have one of these and the fired cases look like whoever rechambered it really messed it up.
I have shoot it a few times and it seems to shoot ok. it likely would shoot better if I could see open sights better.
I have one of these and the fired cases look like whoever rechambered it really messed it up.
I have shoot it a few times and it seems to shoot ok. it likely would shoot better if I could see open sights better.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
We'll it's not a military 1905 and does not have any markings to indicate an enlarged chamber (E)
So a sporter with an enlarged chamber seems to indicate that someone buggered with it. I'll have to take a pic of the brass, it's fairly obvious when you look at them side by side that something is not right.
Anyone have a spare 1905 barrel just laying around??
So a sporter with an enlarged chamber seems to indicate that someone buggered with it. I'll have to take a pic of the brass, it's fairly obvious when you look at them side by side that something is not right.
Anyone have a spare 1905 barrel just laying around??
I have a 1905R in excellent, untouched conditon which has the enlarged chamber. The barrel has the sporting rifle serial number on it. I can only assume that after the introduction of the enlarged chamber, all barrels were reamed to this spec. Of course, this would suggest that sporters were still being assembled after that date. There were the rifles assembled from remaining parts in the early 20s. Who knows?
