Well, the Ross has been blooded!

[Eagleye]

Went on a peace river Whitetail hunt on the weekend.
Was hoping to take a buck and a doe, but had a Cow/calf moose mess up my
buck setup, so no buck [this time]

However, I shot a nice, fat doe with my rebarrelled 1910 Ross 303 British.
The shot was about 100 meters, and was a quartering away presentation.
I'm shooting the 180 Sierra Pro-Hunter at a MV of 2625 fps.

The bullet entered right at the edge of the diaphragm, and angled through the
heart-lung cavity, and exited the chest right at the front "elbow", just touching
the edge of the elbow joint. She jumped, kicking both legs as Whitetails do when
mortally wounded, and took a 75 yard dash, then piled up, stone dead.

The bullet hit no bone, in or out. The lungs were demolished, meat loss, minimal.

Pictures of deer & rifle added. Regards, Dave.

 

[Suka]

Sweet! Look fwd to the pic.

 

[john-brennan]

Freezer is getting fuller Dave.

Cheers John

 

[lpel]

Well done Dave and good eats!

 

[Eagleye]

Thanks, all. This will be great eating!! Alfalfa and barley/oats fed [farmland deer] Dave.

 

[fratri]

Nice
WTG
Congrats

 

[tokguy]

I'm guessing that you and I are among the half a dozen people in Canada who still shoot stuff with a Ross M10.
Good shooting nice animal

 

[DTM5]

Congrats!

 

[MD]

My first deer was taken with an M10 Ross almost exactly 50 years ago in October 1970.

 

[diabeticfreak]

Congrats! Try smoking some of the roasts, they turn out great. My family has hunted for decades and we just tried it for the first time.

 

[track]

Congrats and great job, sir! That doe will provide great table fare.

 

[kc34]

Nice, Congrats on the harvest!

 

[Oldguncrank]

A pic of the rifle please?
BTW it is "blooded"
Congratulations
OGC

 

[gordonlbyrne]

congrats, good to see a successful hunt with the old Ross

 

[Eagleye]

A pic of the rifle please?
BTW it is "blooded"
Congratulations
OGC

I added a couple of pictures of my 1910 Ross to the original post. Dave.

 

[dan belisle]

I'm guessing that you and I are among the half a dozen people in Canada who still shoot stuff with a Ross M10.
Good shooting nice animal

I think there's a few more. Personally I know 3 guys who have or do. I still take my 280 out once in a while. - dan

 

[tokguy]

I think there's a few more. Personally I know 3 guys who have or do. I still take my 280 out once in a while. - dan

Sounds like a thread of it's own right there..." Who still hunts with a Ross?"

 

[John Y Cannuck]

I'm guessing that you and I are among the half a dozen people in Canada who still shoot stuff with a Ross M10.
Good shooting nice animal

Well, you can add me to that list, although it's been a while.

Congratulations Eagleye!

 

[Oldguncrank]

T/G
a pic or two of some Rosses I hunt with.M-10 .280 (Lyman 48), and E-05 regular,

OGC

 

[Eagleye]

Nice, OGC!! It is good to hear from those who take their Ross rifles afield and use them.
I consider it a breach of character to own one of these fine firearms, and then not use it.
Dave.