October Purchases
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Ross M10
OK although I'm really stoked about my number 4's and although I'm just getting busy cleaning them up I couldn't resist a gun show. Dragging myself away while in the middle of cleaning up my '43 worked well to leave me really without desire for any of the inferior rifles at the show and a lot more critical of condition. But there was this Ross which had only been lightly sporterized and still has it's proper sights and front sight hood that was promising not to make a big dent in my wallet at a buck and a quarter. So while it does draw from my pennies for more LB 50's it's not too bad, I mean really who here can say no to a serviceable Ross at $125. Now to find a bayonet band and I can likely put it right with a bit of wood work.
OK although I'm really stoked about my number 4's and although I'm just getting busy cleaning them up I couldn't resist a gun show. Dragging myself away while in the middle of cleaning up my '43 worked well to leave me really without desire for any of the inferior rifles at the show and a lot more critical of condition. But there was this Ross which had only been lightly sporterized and still has it's proper sights and front sight hood that was promising not to make a big dent in my wallet at a buck and a quarter. So while it does draw from my pennies for more LB 50's it's not too bad, I mean really who here can say no to a serviceable Ross at $125. Now to find a bayonet band and I can likely put it right with a bit of wood work.
Well it seems a refurb is out of the question anyway. The barrel although at first glance to the uninformed (yes myself up to this point) was intact, in reality it has been cut down to 24 inches. The bore shows some pitting mostly mid way and the rifling I'd say is fair to good. I'll take it out and put a few rounds through it to see how badly affected it is. I've seen worse shoot respectable/acceptable groups. Whether I clean it up at some point and keep it or clean it up and let it go remains to be seen. I have to say the Ross is an interesting rifle, and an interesting part of Canadian history.
Well, anyway, for what you paid you didn't go wrong.
PerversPépère
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P-27 received in october (pic heavy)
Here are some close-up pics of my freshly arrived P-27, thanks Desporterizer!
Even if it probably has "seen the elephant", it still has very good metal; barrel is very bright, rifling sharp, can't wait to clean that bore with Sweets..
Sure, its stock has seen some hard use as the repairs seem to indicate.
I'm still looking for stamps or cartouches indicating its origin: looks like walnut. Could it be a N.E.W.? Perhaps its original one?
As for the receiver, some stamps on its underside point to a New England Westinghouse origin.
Bolt doesn't match but, oh well, these are the vagaries of war, I guess.
Very tight first model Tula stamped barrel bands: had to slide them off, they were already screwed open and held by the usual small rounheaded screws. Looks like the original retaining nubs were pressed flush into the wood long ago.
Any hints on the missing roundel in the buttstock? Was it a Finn or Russian one?
Also, what does that number ground onto a milled flat on the barrel's underside mean?
PP.
Here are some close-up pics of my freshly arrived P-27, thanks Desporterizer!
Even if it probably has "seen the elephant", it still has very good metal; barrel is very bright, rifling sharp, can't wait to clean that bore with Sweets..
Sure, its stock has seen some hard use as the repairs seem to indicate.
I'm still looking for stamps or cartouches indicating its origin: looks like walnut. Could it be a N.E.W.? Perhaps its original one?
As for the receiver, some stamps on its underside point to a New England Westinghouse origin.
Bolt doesn't match but, oh well, these are the vagaries of war, I guess.
Very tight first model Tula stamped barrel bands: had to slide them off, they were already screwed open and held by the usual small rounheaded screws. Looks like the original retaining nubs were pressed flush into the wood long ago.
Any hints on the missing roundel in the buttstock? Was it a Finn or Russian one?
Also, what does that number ground onto a milled flat on the barrel's underside mean?
PP.
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I have a spare, but it's not for sale.
PerversPépère
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So it is a Finn unit disk! At least I now know the provenance.
Could you provide me with a picture of a real disk, Claven?
But, anyway, finding one isn't the most difficult part. It has to be numbered with the correct data, too. For that, one has to know the district the rifle was issued.
When and why it was removed is another question...
PP.
Could you provide me with a picture of a real disk, Claven?
But, anyway, finding one isn't the most difficult part. It has to be numbered with the correct data, too. For that, one has to know the district the rifle was issued.
When and why it was removed is another question...
PP.
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Exactly,..they were removed for security reasons...as soon as I take the time to figure out how to post pics...I have scrounged up a Finn capture M1891 dated 1914,and an orginal M1938 carbine dated 1942...both in great shape...
PerversPépère
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