Bubba's Ross rifles, Seems WE have an obsession?

A quick update on old fugly. I've now rust blued all the small parts using the Radocy express solution. I'm building a mid band for it to secure the front of the stock better. I've re crowned it as well, and have bought one of those Larry Potterfield endorsed "professional" stock re finishing kits. It'll be like the gorgeous girl with that huge scar on her face, all the beauty but forever unable to hide its sinister past. Damn you bubba!

And one of my little Ross collector with his favorite of my rifles:

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some nice ross rifles there and nice to see that your keeping them alive .Have a few myself a sportered 1910,a1905 mk 11 factory sporter and last but not least a 280 ross.Took me some time to get ammo for it but now i am finally reloading for it and shooting it.Will be takeing it moose hunting in the fall of 2014 hopefully.Its been awsome sourseing out the brass and resizeing it to fit the 280 and working up loads etc and then finally shooting it for the first time ,so exciteing
 
I am guetting my first ross riffle tomorow. Full wood M10 I feel like a little kid right now. I am giving up my most precious milsurplus for it, DCRA Long branch.

Cant wait to just feel the ross in my hand!
 
I am sure that we all appreciate the considerable sacrifice, FLEURY. DCRA rifles were never common.

OTOH, the Ross may feel a bit unwieldy at first, due to its length and the fact that ALL the weight is in the Barrel.

But ONE cycle of that bolt, ONE try of that incredible roller-bearing trigger..... and it's WORTH IT!

TRY 35 grains of IMR-4895 with a Sierra 180 Pro-Hunter. Seat to factory length: 3.05" (you can use a Ball cartridge to set your seater). This load gives you about 2335 ft/sec from that 30.5-inch barrel. My rifle loves this load. It is quite mild. It is also accurate enough that I have to aim with the corner of the front sight: bullets touching on many occasions.

Good luck..... and welcome to The Club!!!
 
Someone said sporterized rosses so post pics I will

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^ MK III sporterized commercially, 23 3/4 inch barrel. Probably done in Britian as it has CRB marked on it and british proofs.

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^ MKII*** served with the CFA and sent down to the states and ended back up in Canada. I saw this one for sale and went well I have to get it as a GG Uncle of mine served with 37th Battery then 39th Battery CFA during WW1. This one will be slowly put back together.
 
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Here's my MKIII Bubba that I got for a mere $100 a few years back. Someone used Easy Off on the stock with horrific results, but I managed to return it to a semblance of it's previous appearance. Unfortunately, the stock markings were obliterated, so I have no clue as to the history of this old soldier. :(




 
@ COLLECTOR67:

Have you tried a BLACK LIGHT bulb on the wood? This is a stamp/banknote collectors' trick but it works too often to be ignored. They use it for detecting repaired sheets of paper.

WE can use the same trick. Stamping the Serial Numbers and factory markings COMPRESSES the wood. Sand out the markings and the COMPRESSION beneath them remains.

VERY often these can be shown-up with BLACK LIGHT.

Be sure to shield your eyes from the DIRECT rays (use a trouble-light housing); too much UV (which these emit in vast quantity) is harmful to your eyes. Careful!

But it WORKS too often to ignore.

Good luck!
 
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For a Black Light, try a store that specializes in Stamp collecting. They have lights that serious stamp collectors use to detect watermarks and other things on stamps. If you explain what you want, they may even let you bring in your rifle and use one of their own in their store.

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I took your advice on the black light Smellie and it worked well on a Ross MkII with sanded down markings.

A pair of good quality UV proof sunglasses would protect the eye I guess.
 
I picked up two Black Light bulbs at our local Dollar Store. Buck-and-a-half for the pair, plus taxes.

They are 75 Watts, dark purple in colour, screw into a standard socket.

They are popular with people growing bonsai and indoor tomatoes in this foul climate of ours, also with stamp collectors, marihootchie growers and now gun collectors.

Good investment. Get 'em while they are still legal!

BTW, if you are a photographer, you would not BELIEVE what they do to a silk or even Nylon blouse on a girl!
 
My first rifle was a 1910 Bubba I was given at 13 in 1967. Shot my first deer with in in 1970 and still have it.
 
When I was a teenager I stayed with a couple friends one weekend.

Behind the door of the room I was in was a Ross sporter in 280.

I already owned my Ross 303 and knew of the legendary 280 Ross. My dad's friends had talked about it. This was 1969 and I was 15. The rifle belonged to their recently deceased father and I didn't make any effort to ask if they'd sell it.

A few years ago I mentioned the rifle to one of those brothers who said "You know, I don't know what happened to that gun."
 
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