303 ross

DGY said:
Went to the range tonight and shot the box of ammo that came with it, got about 2 1/4” group at 100m with open sights of course!!
I think I can shrink that with reloads!
Amazing rifle to cycle, so smooth!!the last group in the picture the one in the black square! View attachment 983655
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Slug your bore, the last one I used need .312 bullets for best accuracy, which was just over an inch, from the bench with original sights.

I found the free bore in my Ross rifles to be quite long as well, so seat the bullets out as far as the magazine will allow.
 
RRCo. said:
Nice. Checkering probably added later. The higher-grade 1905-E sporters had different backsights and checkered wood, and the profile of your checkering is not quite the same as the factory IIRC. How's the bore?

How about the Harris lever? Is there a quicker way to load or unload a fixed magazine? ;)
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Not all Es are checkered either. Mine is in nearly new condition, but no checkering and is definitely all original. Also, Es have the square barrel thread profile rather than the 3tpi LH buttress thread, and the upgraded trigger found on MkII** target rifles, as well as the flag safety. Mine also has a very swept down bolt handle. IMG_9879.jpeg
 
Mine is far from being mint in any way, but it looks great and I think it will shoot better when I reloads for it! As for the bore, it ain’t shiny but has really strong rifling and pretty sharp as well! Bearhunter, what bullet are you using in yours?
 
bearhunter said:
Slug your bore, the last one I used need .312 bullets for best accuracy, which was just over an inch, from the bench with original sights.

I found the free bore in my Ross rifles to be quite long as well, so seat the bullets out as far as the magazine will allow.
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What bullets were you using in yours,
I have access to some NOS 174gn interlock and 174gn woodleigh protected point…
All .312 diameter!
And some 215gn woodleigh as well! I don’t think 215gn would be needed… mind you if they shoot it would be a god close range camp bullet.
 
My Ross Rifles, no matter which mark, all preferred flat base bullets, no matter the brand. Back when I was shooting mine, CIL 180 grain round nose flat base and spire point flat base of .312 diameter were the preferred bullets. Both of these bullets were used for my handloads and both Dominion and CIL used these bullets in their factory loads.

Back in those days, we were able to purchase 30 caliber bullets ranging from .300 to .340 in .001 increments. Sometimes they had to be a special order of at least 1000 of each diameter, but they were available in both round nose flat base and spire point flat base, with exposed lead bases and tips.
 
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Sierra Pro Hunter 180s work well in the later 303 bores. Earlier Ross 303s had a .300 bore and would shoot .308 bullets at lower, safer pressures. MkI and early MkII actions often had barrels with these bores. In those rifles Hornady 220gn RN bullets work very, very well.
 
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