single round feeding in the 1905 Ross

Provided you are not set on the 35 cal, your best and least expensive option for getting it in shooting condition might be to re-barrel it back to 303 British. Decent Mk II barrels do show up. The rifle has a left hand 3 TPI thread that was designed for easy barrel replacement. I assume, but am not certain, head spacing would remain unchanged. Since the present barrel could be easily reinstalled, any collector value would not be negatively impacted.
 
Z:
IMHO you would be far better off to scrap this barrel as it is obviously chambered for some wildcat cartridge that will be a pain from start to finish.
A barrel change is a 30 minute exercise if you take your time and clean and lube everything in site. (LEFT HAND THREAD)
.303 is plentiful and cheap and frankly anything larger than say .35 Winchester (I have 2 Rs in .35) is a waste of time, as the barrels were never meant for anything greater than .303, and are referred to as "buggy whip barrels" that will spread them all over the paper, when you start pushing calibers and loads.
'Sides you can recover a VERY handy sporter in say 24" that is a treat to carry and shoot in the woods.
Good luck
OGC
 
Well I screwed up my chamber casting. The cerrosafe musta got into the rifling and it wont come out now. I'll heat it up tomorrow and get it out.

I have a 303 EPPS in a 1910 Ross done by Elwwood Grandson, just South of Gravenhurst on the North Bound side.

I agree, it does look a lot like it. Are there any pic's/diagram's of the 35-303?
 
B_noser said:
Provided you are not set on the 35 cal, your best and least expensive option for getting it in shooting condition might be to re-barrel it back to 303 British. Decent Mk II barrels do show up. The rifle has a left hand 3 TPI thread that was designed for easy barrel replacement. I assume, but am not certain, head spacing would remain unchanged. Since the present barrel could be easily reinstalled, any collector value would not be negatively impacted.
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I have a spare 303 barrel.
 
Getting the cerrosafe into the rifling should not lock it in place. I routinely include a bit of rifling when doing a chamber cast. Did you try to remove it within 1/2 hour after casting? That is pretty important since it initially shrinks and then starts to swell back to original dimension shortly thereafter.
 
B_noser said:
Getting the cerrosafe into the rifling should not lock it in place. I routinely include a bit of rifling when doing a chamber cast. Did you try to remove it within 1/2 hour after casting? That is pretty important since it initially shrinks and then starts to swell back to original dimension shortly thereafter.
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About 10-15 minute's after pouring it in
 
zuke said:
Well I screwed up my chamber casting. The cerrosafe musta got into the rifling and it wont come out now. I'll heat it up tomorrow and get it out.

I have a 303 EPPS in a 1910 Ross done by Elwwood Grandson, just South of Gravenhurst on the North Bound side.

I agree, it does look a lot like it. Are there any pic's/diagram's of the 35-303?
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I don't have a diagram but to my knowledge the variants on the Epps case were all necked up from .303 to the appropriate dia with no other changes.
 
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