Ross Rifle ?

Flush magazine, so M-10 .280. Looks as if the prop dept. reversed the scope mounts, usually the adjustments are toward the rear.
 
ROSS FER SHURE! First: always remember; Hollywood's job is to entertain, not educate....Not only was it a Ross M-10, but it had been converted via interrupted threads to a takedown! Some years ago, I tried to find out just who did the work (and perhaps why) but drew a complete blank-
 
IIRC this was not civil war era but a movie set in the 1910 time period. It was a .280 Ross sporter.
 
Ross Sporter

green said:
IIRC this was not civil war era but a movie set in the 1910 time period. It was a .280 Ross sporter.
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Yes, you're right.
Just as Emir of Schmoe stated, this pic was taken off "Joe Kidd" and not "Josey Wales" movie and is right in the period where a customized .280 sporter could have been found. The villains had a very interesting collection of weapons in that movie, if I recall.

BTW, do you think Bevan King could make a .303 lookalike (easier to feed) of this firearm ? I've seen some long tube vintage scope repros on some BPCR rifles that look a lot like the one depicted in the movie.
I have two 1910 actions that could be ressurected just for that.
PP.
 
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Rossguy said:
Monsieur PP- why not look for a Ross E-10? Almost identical to the M-10, but chambered in either .303 or .35 Winchester? I still question Hollyweird's need for the takedown feature, though....
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Actually, I have two Ross 1910 actions with cut-down barrels that I could rebarrel in .303 British. with new, modern barrels (and NO takedown feature "à la Hollyweird").
I'm pretty sure they would make real nice sporters. They are too far gone to atttempt any restoration anyway.
I guess the most difficult (and costly) stage will be choosing a stock and having it made to fit. I have a fondness for classic style stock with a slight schnabel tip and shadow-line cheekrest. Oh well, I'll never be rich...:eek:;)
PP.
 
When Don Robinson was carving stocks, he could do a modern sporter style inletted for the 1910 Ross. I think that Wilson acquired Don's patterns; maybe he could do one.
 
A few years back, I loaned four different Ross stocks to Mike Kokolus in Dushore, PA to make patterns- Mike can and will reproduce a 98% finished stock for a 1912 Cadet, a MkII***, a late MkIII and an M-10 Sporter for reasonable coin, and so far, I suspect that Canada's JBST's will let timber cross through the razor-wire....I recommend Mike highly!
 
Yeah, "Joe Kidd" starred a Model 1910 Ross Rifle in calibre .280 Ross, takedown model, cased with telescopic sight.

Clint Eastwood was in it, too, or so I'm told.
 
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