Ross project rifle

[brianp]

I've got the opportunity to add a 1905 MKII to my cabinet. Unfortunately Bubba has been merciless to it. It doesn't sport any sights, the barrel and front wood have both been chopped back. There is some surface pitting but it's not in bad shape for a 100 year old gun.

I'd like to give this gun a good home, have a gunsmith check it out for safety and use it as a shooter. However, I'd also like to know what the chances are of restoring it to something more resembling an as-issued configuration? Can the barrel be replaced? Is there a source for full-wood stocks for these guys? Basically what am I getting myself into?

 

[Claven2]

Forget restoration unless you want to pay for someone to duplicate a stock for you and you luck into another bbl which will likely be attached to a 1905 Ross in better shape than yours

 

[brianp]

Yeah, that's about what I feared. I was so disheartened when I saw it. I had told my buddy (who is a verifier) that I was looking for a full-wood LE or better yet a Ross in case he ran across one, he said "I've got a Ross. You want it?" I went to see it, he pulled it out of the cabinet and it's mangled (previous owner did it). I might have teared up a little .

I may still grab it and get it into my cabinet. Better to have it here and used than sitting in the back of his cabinet never seeing the light of day. I'll just have to figure out a way to get sights back on it.

 

[tiriaq]

In the last year two idiots south of the border have broken Mk.II*** US surcharged Rosses for their parts and sold them on Ebay. The parts sold for less than what the rifles would have sold for in the US. Rebarreling and restocking is probably not practical, considering you will need sights, bands, etc. I would suggest that you just do up the rifle as a sporter, assuming that the bore is shootable. But you really don't want to pay a lot for it.