old hunk of junk M10 ross rifle.......... kidding its not junk

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so far two things have me stumped what in the blue blazes is CRR and the crown above the either 0 or O. (CRB Crombie Naval Base not CRR D'oh moment)


also Smellie you made a convert out of the whole family about the Ross rifle so now everybody wants one.... I'm gonna need to buy a bigger hidey hole
 
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crb is naval? cool. I thought it was Canadian Rangers Battalion. What does it stand for? I also have an m10 ross with a crb number
 
CEF in the Great War, RN and then RMLI in BOTH wars, a Weedon List rifle sportered after the Second War.

Issued out of CRomBie RMLI base; there are also PLYmouth and PH (Priddy's Hard) rifles known.

Original Issue markings were on the Butt. You know where to look for them. You MIGHT be able to see them if you use e Bleck Light (Dollar Store, 75 cents) and look very carefully. Some were not scrubbed quite hard enough (you saw mine, I remember!). Same marks are there on yours, hidden in the compression of the wood fibres. Just a case of bringing them out.

Ross were very popular with the Marines on the Minesweepers. They got an extra 150 ft/sec, better sights, longer sighting radius and a perfect trigger: MUCH better for setting off Mines after they had swept the things.

Congratulations! I owe you a piece of Raisin Pie!
 
tiriaq said:
CRB. British Naval marking. Rifle was commercially sported in the UK.
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That particular configuration is not necessarily a commercial conversion. Just as the WWI SMLEs were retrofit for use in WWII the Ross Rifles in British stores were too. With the shortage of rifles in the early stages of WWII all available stockpiles were utilized. The Ross rifles were cut to a 24" bbl, same as the SMLE, and issued to Naval Vessels (frequently many ships already had them and so may not have been shortened), also commonly support and Homeguard units. IIRC the British also had ordered some specific homeguard manufactured Ross rifles which do vary slightly from the ones modified in-house. Naturally when sold out of service they appeared to be sported. It looks to me to be a legit milsurp in WWII configuration and not a commercial job, I encourage you to keep it as is and don't write it off as an old sporter.
 
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Mine has been shortened, but it was a damn fine job indexing the sight, crowning, and machining! Mine also does not have the pinned bolt... found that out when I put it back together wrong!
 
wbaad said:
Mine has been shortened, but it was a damn fine job indexing the sight, crowning, and machining! Mine also does not have the pinned bolt... found that out when I put it back together wrong!
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Same as mine but mine does have the pinned bolt its barely visible in the 4th pic.

you are right whoever did it did a bloody good job at it I'm not sure if it was a arsenal job or civilian gunsmith or sporting company but its still a bloody good job

if my knees will stay together I'll try to get it out and shooting sometime
 
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