Removing a Ross 1910 barrel...

You are referring to the lock screw and peg just in front of the right hand lugway? This is the cam which kicks the bolthead over to start the locking process. I do not think that it has anything to do with the barrel, and is a bit of a distance from the breech face. The receiver has a step just in front of the main receiver ring, and the barrel screws up against this. I've never debarreled a 1910, but I don't think that the process is particularly different from any other bolt rifle. Square threads, and breech face cuts, which make machining up a new barrel a bit more interesting than some. To the best of my knowledge a 1910 barrel torques in a conventional manner. Need a good barrel vice, and a way of grabbing the receiver without damage. 1905 Rosses are just plain odd in their barrel attachment - a very coarse fast pitch left hand thread, the barrel being locked in place by a tangental set screw. It is sometimes possible to remove a 1905 barrel by hand, which was the intent.
 
Ok!

Thanks, Tiriaq!:)
This is what got me confused: the 1905 have a way to block the barrel rotation and I assumed the 1910 had been graced with the same blocking pin arrangement even though they have totally differing threads.
I'll have a better look at mine; John Y Cannuck gave me a barreled action (missing bolt) with a full-length barrel and I think I'm going to try to get that barrel on another complete action to replace a totally wasted "shorty" (19"!) barrel.
If I succeed, I'll be on the lookout for a complete rear sight assembly, which can be quite difficult to come by, I've been told...
We'll see. I'll keep you all posted.
PP.
 
I posted on here looking for a 1910 rear sight and got one in a day, shipped and complete for $65. Can't ask for more than that and it was perfect. I have two Ross rifles a 1910 and a 1905 and they both are amazing shooters.
Rob
 
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