GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
FINE ROSS MODEL 1907 "SCOTCH DEER RIFLE STALKING PATTERN" SPORTING RIFLE.ROSSSPORTER6948280ROSSMODERN; C&RCal. 280 Ross. Beautiful sporting rifle with 28" tapered rnd bbl. Silver bead sleeve front sight and fixed rear sight marked "0-500". Chamber area of bbl is marked with the Cal. and "PROVED 28 TONS". Left side of chamber area is marked "MADE IN CANADA" along with a variety of English proofs and "NITRO PROVED". Left side of receiver is marked with the makers name and address and Model number. Mounted in a 1-pc, nicely figured walnut stock with checkered, tapered forestock and pistol grip buttstock that has checkered butt. Buttstock and forestock have sling eyes. The Ross rifle is most unusual with its straight pull design similar to the Swiss rifles that also had straight pull feature. Bolt handle has a rotating safety which locks the striker out of battery. This rifle was produced in limited quantities from parts supplied by Ross to English gun makers where they were assembled and finished primarily for the English market. These rifles were very popular with the African and Indian hunters and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl, receiver, trigger guard and floorplate retain 98-99% crisp orig English blue showing wear only on the front sight boss and bbl band. Bolt retains virtually all of its orig blue on top and bright metal underneath. Wood is sound showing light diamond point wear on the forestock and overall retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. Very bright shiny bore. 51693-8 JRL (2,000-3,000)