1910 Ross rifle

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Have a chance to pick one up for $150
Good shape firing pin and bolt are complete stock has some bubba'd checkering on it but thats about it. Bore is good also. Is there anything else I should look for? I just love the milsurp from WW1:p

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So it has the full military stock?
Even sportered, if it has a nice bright bore, $150 is a good price. Most of the Rosses I've seen have poor bores.
I paid $175 for mine, very good condition, stock cut at the barrel band with the band still intact. Otherwise complete.
The Ross is fun to shoot, good sights. An odd feeling everytime you work the bolt and pull the trigger.
 
Yeah, check the bolt VERY carefully.

With the bolt drawn back there should be an INCH between the front of the bolt-sleeve, and the back end of the bolt-head. There can ONLY be two measurements at this point:
ONE INCH is SAFE

ONE QUARTER INCH is DANGEROUS

Call it the "Rule of Thumb": if your thumb will fit, it's safe.

These things cannot get out of whack by themsevles; they MUST be interfered with. So be careful because you don't know who was at it before you got it. I bought one from a shop several years ago that was UNsafe...... took it home and reassembled the bolt properly and it works fine.

Look on the underside of the pistolgrip for a CEF battalion stamp (little round stamp, most of them) that will give you an idea where it was.

Most importantly, have fun!!!
 
Ross Bolt

I have a complete M10 and there is a rivot in the body. It is situated on the flat top of the bolt body . A gunsmith told me that was there so no one could dismantle it except a gunsmith. He should know because he was a gunsmith in WW2 and has been working guns from the time he was a kid.
 
The rivet modification was developed during WW2. The bolthead is altered as well. If it is the standard alteration, disassembly should be possible, incorrect reassembly should be impossible.
 
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albayo said:
I have a complete M10 and there is a rivot in the body. It is situated on the flat top of the bolt body . A gunsmith told me that was there so no one could dismantle it except a gunsmith. He should know because he was a gunsmith in WW2 and has been working guns from the time he was a kid.
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That "rivet" or rivetted pin was placed there in order to eliminate the possibility of wrongly reassembling the bolt, not to render take-down impossible.
You can dismantle your Ross M-10 bolt without fear if you follow that simple rule: "never take out a part before having understood its function".
Besides, there is now a thread in the Milsurp Knowledge Base that deals exactly with that task.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78341
A Ross rifle is always an interesting one. Granted, the task of disassembling its bolt can look daunting at first but it is very straightforward and, once you've got the hang of it, it is quite simple actually.
PP.:)
 
Anyone with full wood on thier M10 know a gunsmith with a stock duplicator and be interested in making a copy. All I need for mine is full wood and front barrel band....Bob
 
Bob said:
Anyone with full wood on thier M10 know a gunsmith with a stock duplicator and be interested in making a copy. All I need for mine is full wood and front barrel band....Bob
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For that front barrel band, just give a PM to Klunk, he's got what you need.
PP.
 
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