Ross M10 - unissued?

Neither would be. The butcher knife blade is for a Mk. II rifle, the other has the standard Canadian regrind. DA181 would have the RN Bowie knife blade regrind.
As far as I know, when the DA rifles came into the country, the bayonets came with them. But many were separated. Some of the rifles were sported before sale.
I managed to reunite DA170, but it is not an easy thing to do.
 
Thanks for the info, folks. The right side of the butt has a faint letter C _stained_ not stamped in, but nothing else I can make out. I'm pretty sure the stock is not sanded _overall_ - the numbers on the grip are crisp, the wood is wider than the buttplate... but I wonder if someone would sand just the unit markings on the right side of the butt? This is a little disappointing...

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Because it's a Home Guard rifle and appears to have all the early features, it's a good bet that it has the early style bolt stop as well. If it does, be careful when cycling the bolt so you don't hammer the back of the rear left locking lug. The later bolt stops engaged past the root of the threads on the bolt lugs and saved them from deformation. You can tell if the bolt stop is the early version by looking at the tab. If if has a sort of right angle ledge on one edge of the tab, it's the early version.

Looks good, and probably has the small chamber as well, should be a great shooter.

KotKotofeich said:
Can just make out the C above the sling loop in this picture without a flash...

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jakester said:
Because it's a Home Guard rifle and appears to have all the early features, it's a good bet that it has the early style bolt stop as well. If it does, be careful when cycling the bolt so you don't hammer the back of the rear left locking lug. The later bolt stops engaged past the root of the threads on the bolt lugs and saved them from deformation. You can tell if the bolt stop is the early version by looking at the tab. If if has a sort of right angle ledge on one edge of the tab, it's the early version.

Looks good, and probably has the small chamber as well, should be a great shooter.
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I'm not sure it would be a great idea to shoot this one. Would be better of just preserving it as is, or else they will just become rarer and rarer in this condition.

Regards,
-Steve
 
The last digit of the serial looks overstamped to me as well... along with someone possibly sanding off the unit markings, could this rifle have been... indefinitely borrowed way back in the 191x? Is is possible to find any records of what was done with this rifle by the serial i.e. if any rifles in this serial range were written off as missing?

jakester do you have a picture of the early bolt stop vs late?

I have no intention of shooting this rifle extensively - just very infrequently to celebrate it's history :)
 
I don't have any pics other than what is printed in "The Ross Rifle Story" book. If you were to position your bolt stop lever to the center position, then look at the lever from the side...if you have the early bolt stop, one side will be flat, and the other will have a ledge. If both sides of the lever are flat leading up to the serrations on the end, then it is the later bolt stop.

KotKotofeich said:
The last digit of the serial looks overstamped to me as well... along with someone possibly sanding off the unit markings, could this rifle have been... indefinitely borrowed way back in the 191x? Is is possible to find any records of what was done with this rifle by the serial i.e. if any rifles in this serial range were written off as missing?

jakester do you have a picture of the early bolt stop vs late?

I have no intention of shooting this rifle extensively - just very infrequently to celebrate it's history :)
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Unless someone changed it, it will have the smaller bolt stop.

As long as you do not rack the heck out of it, I wouldn`t worry about it too much.

With the amount of shooting you plan on doing it should not be a problem.

Virtually all factory sporters based on the M-10 action have the small bolt stop, and you rarely see a problem with these.
 
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