dakota.potts
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So I've gotten into something of a dangerous habit of watching Gunbroker to find good deals on historical firearms... even more dangerous because I've been successful a number of times!
Anyways, one particular interest of mine has always been turn of the century firearms, especially those experimenting with early straight-pull and semi-automatic designs.
Enter the Ross rifle that I won on gunbroker for $318 bid:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/818622514
Who can tell me anything about it? How did I do price wise? I'm more than happy with the price I won it at but I'm curious because there's not a huge sample size out there.
Here's what I think I know:
It's an early 2-lug, flush magazine model, making me think it's a Model 1905/Mk. 1
It's obviously sporterized but seems to be mostly original
Some of the original rear sight hardware is missing but the BSA receiver sight should do very well if it was mounted right (not super happy with the hole placement on the drill/tap job but that's pretty minor)
Now on to what I suspect:
Based on the worn roll marks and the immaculate bluing it appears to be a refinish.
The bolt sleeve and maybe the trigger appear to be color case hardened and the extractor a deep nitre blue?
So my thinking is that this was either some type of deluxe factory sporter, a very high quality re-arsenal/ commercial sporterizing job, or some gunsmith's personal project.
Any information on this would be greatly appreciated!
Anyways, one particular interest of mine has always been turn of the century firearms, especially those experimenting with early straight-pull and semi-automatic designs.
Enter the Ross rifle that I won on gunbroker for $318 bid:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/818622514
Who can tell me anything about it? How did I do price wise? I'm more than happy with the price I won it at but I'm curious because there's not a huge sample size out there.
Here's what I think I know:
It's an early 2-lug, flush magazine model, making me think it's a Model 1905/Mk. 1
It's obviously sporterized but seems to be mostly original
Some of the original rear sight hardware is missing but the BSA receiver sight should do very well if it was mounted right (not super happy with the hole placement on the drill/tap job but that's pretty minor)
Now on to what I suspect:
Based on the worn roll marks and the immaculate bluing it appears to be a refinish.
The bolt sleeve and maybe the trigger appear to be color case hardened and the extractor a deep nitre blue?
So my thinking is that this was either some type of deluxe factory sporter, a very high quality re-arsenal/ commercial sporterizing job, or some gunsmith's personal project.
Any information on this would be greatly appreciated!