Options for Ross furniture?
- Thread starter Mr. Buttons
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It may take a lot of time to find all the parts and pieces you will need. If you put a Ross together with a mix of repro and/or original parts you will just have an example of a MK. III., with no historical or collectable value. It might be better to just go out and purchase a full military MK. III. It may take some time to find one to your liking but it will be worth it in the long run.
- Location
- West coast of Vancouver Island
From what I have seen $500+ and I am probably a tad low.
Just sold a reblued and refinished with lengthened stock ross with pristene bore and action for $800 within 30 mins of posting. I'd say $950 would have sold it within the week and $1000 within the month no problem.
One with an unbuggered or unlengthened stock probably $1000+? The problem is that there is simply no supply of some ross parts, so it's sometimes not even a factor of how much you're willing to pay to refurb a ross, but if you are even able to. Finding ross parts is like fishing - you spend a lot of time doing it, show off your catch to everyone who'll pay attention, and guard your fishing grounds to the death... Problem is, even if you tell people where you got it from, there's usually no more left.
Hwally... that Ross you sold looked exactly like one that was at the Woodstock Gun Show a few months ago. The guy was asking $500.00 for it and I thought that was a decent deal. It's too bad it was re-blued because it dulled the markings a bit. The forestock splice had a different grain to it too.
I think it is worth restoring these old girls, and they do increase their collectability once you restore them... they go from a $200 rifle to an... $800 rifle or more!
I think it is worth restoring these old girls, and they do increase their collectability once you restore them... they go from a $200 rifle to an... $800 rifle or more!
