Which is your favorite straight pull rifle?
- Thread starter larrysmith
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M-10 is the commercial designation for the 1910 Ross design. Yours must be a commercial sporting rifle as opposed to a sportered military rifle. I think Ross sold commercial military target rifles before WW1 as well. The Ross really smoked the Lee Enfield on the rifle range pre WW1.
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A lot of the reason behind why Ross rifles shoot .303 so well is because the bore diameter is closer to .308 than .313 and above like most Lee Enfields, a friend who has a number of like new Ross rifles and who was a Canadian military Officer whose duty before retirement was supervising munitions and smallarms procurement/development who also has a complete set of military bore gauges showed me how the .303 one would not fit into a Ross bore but fit each of his excellent condition Enfields, the only one which fit into the Ross was the one made for .30!
Sherlock Gnomes
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- Location
- St.Catharines
Had a Ross but now have k31. I loved the Ross for being a great design And Canadian but the k31 is a laser and also very well designed.
I'm a Ross fan, of course, but the bolt handles on the Swiss straight pulls are actually very practical. Not attractive, but practical. None of the Swiss rifles have been attractive IMO, but that seems to be due to the lingering stützen rifle in their DNA.
The Rosses would actually benefit from a larger bolt knob for rapid fire, which is why the Soviets put large, knurled knobs on the running deer rifles they built on the 1910 action.
Ross 1910 is a much stronger action than the K31 if that matters, and if you're a handloader it might.
The Rosses would actually benefit from a larger bolt knob for rapid fire, which is why the Soviets put large, knurled knobs on the running deer rifles they built on the 1910 action.Ross 1910 is a much stronger action than the K31 if that matters, and if you're a handloader it might.
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Successful yes but with that long pencil thin barrel and beast of a round they aren't very accurate. At least mine isn't.
- Location
- Manitoulin Island
I will say Ross because that is what I have three of. However, I'm willing to change my mind if you want to send me a free one of each of the others to try.
The K31's are nice, but all else being equal, you can buy ammo for your Ross at Crappy Tire. Try that with Swiss rifle ammo....
Yes, I'm aware reloading exists.
I own a pair of rosses (MK II*** and MK III), k31, a M95 and out of the all of them the Mk III ross gets the most use from me.
Even if it is a sporter but the rear sight as well as the accuracy of the rifle make it the favourite of the straight pull rifles.
Even if it is a sporter but the rear sight as well as the accuracy of the rifle make it the favourite of the straight pull rifles.
