No1mk111 ross

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HI,POSTING THIS HERE TO GET SOME OPINIONS AS TO WHAT OTHERS MAY THINK.I THINK ITS AN ORIGINAL ROSS SNIPER ACTION FROM WW1.ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 500 TO BE FITTED WITH THE WARNER AND SWASEY SCOPE AND MOUNT.THE SCOPE AND MOUNT I DONT HAVE BUT THE ACTION AS THE SCOPE NUMBER AND THE DRILLED AND TAPED HOLES.IT ALSO INDICATES THAT THE SCOPE WAS REPLACED.
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HERE IS A PIC OF THE ACTION
 
G/B
Looking at plate 268A of RRS, PP 282, I see that the mounting hole orientations for the mounting rail are spaced remarkably similarly to your example. Also the extra numbers are in the range of the Warner Swazy scopes illustrated in RRS. Somewhere in the deep dark mist would be a stock with the two numbers of your receiver but that is too much to hope for.
Congrats on an intriguing find.
OGC
 
Surviving Ross snipers in Cdn. service were broken up in 1944.
I have been informed that this may have occurred as late as 1966.
 
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No such thing as a No1 MK111 Ross. Any why so people keep using 1s instead of Is for Roman Numerals? It’s either a 1910 (M10) or a MK.III, certainly not a No1 anything.
 
the post is not weather its an no1mk111 ross or an m10 ,im trying to deterimin if this is a ligininimate ww1 ross sniper action .if you have nothing else to add to add then ?The action looks like it might be a part of canadian history and i would appreciate any info that would authenticate its history.
 
Oldguncrank said:
G/B
Looking at plate 268A of RRS, PP 282, I see that the mounting hole orientations for the mounting rail are spaced remarkably similarly to your example. Also the extra numbers are in the range of the Warner Swazy scopes illustrated in RRS. Somewhere in the deep dark mist would be a stock with the two numbers of your receiver but that is too much to hope for.
Congrats on an intriguing find.
OGC
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If it's any consolation, I have to agree with OGC. The hole spacing is a close match to the referenced plates in the RRS. It is hard to prove definitively that it is legitimate or not, but it can probably be safely assumed. It would be interesting to build a period rifle off this action.
 
I have a Mk. III rifle. It is my "shooter". It was sported, but was restocked with a NOS C/l\ marked stock.
It would be quite possible to swap this receiver into this rifle - which being a restored sported rifle doesn't have the value of a completely original rifle.
The next step would be to acquire the scope and base...
That might take a bit of doing...
 
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