mawkie
C&R Whisperer
-Almost all the parts for restoring the Ross MKII 3* that I got in Lancaster earlier in the month came in this week. Just waiting on the bolt stop to complete things. So I decided to throw up some photos showing how it turned out.
-When I got it a previous owner had scraped the stock, removing most of the finish on the left side and some of the right side above the buttstock markings. Thank God he didn't go any further or those marks would have been obliterated. There's a before and after photo of the left side showing the drastic difference.
-The bolt, bolt stop, magazine follower and cutoff spring were all missing. And the bore was as dark as Nancy Pelosi's heart. Luckily I was able to scrounge all my parts from Numrich and Gun Broker (got the very last magazine follower assm. at Numrich, very lucky!).
-I removed the barrel and scrubbed the bore using Kroil. It's much better but will need the heat from a range session to help loosen the last of the crud in the grooves.
-BTW, it's sad to see so many Bubba'd Ross rifles with wrench scars on the barrel shanks as it's soooo easy to remove and re-install a Ross barrel. Just remove the barrel stop screw and unscrew. The key is knowing that it uses a LEFT handed coarse thread. Comes off sooooo easy. Of course Bubba assumes it's right handed and chews up the barrel in the process. I once bought a MKIII for parts as the receiver was twisted by Bubba in an attempt to remove the barrel. Such a waste...
-Smoothed the scrape marks on the stock using medium steel wool. Then used an alcohol based dark walnut stain to get the stock color back. Put about 5-6 heavy coats of raw linseed oil on until it would take no more.
-Don't know just how bad the chamber was reamed, perhaps if I'm bored this weekend I'll cast the chamber with Cerrosafe to see what condition it's in. So many of the US training rifles, such as this one, were poorly reamed. I'm crossing my fingers that this isn't one of them.
-When I got it a previous owner had scraped the stock, removing most of the finish on the left side and some of the right side above the buttstock markings. Thank God he didn't go any further or those marks would have been obliterated. There's a before and after photo of the left side showing the drastic difference.
-The bolt, bolt stop, magazine follower and cutoff spring were all missing. And the bore was as dark as Nancy Pelosi's heart. Luckily I was able to scrounge all my parts from Numrich and Gun Broker (got the very last magazine follower assm. at Numrich, very lucky!).
-I removed the barrel and scrubbed the bore using Kroil. It's much better but will need the heat from a range session to help loosen the last of the crud in the grooves.
-BTW, it's sad to see so many Bubba'd Ross rifles with wrench scars on the barrel shanks as it's soooo easy to remove and re-install a Ross barrel. Just remove the barrel stop screw and unscrew. The key is knowing that it uses a LEFT handed coarse thread. Comes off sooooo easy. Of course Bubba assumes it's right handed and chews up the barrel in the process. I once bought a MKIII for parts as the receiver was twisted by Bubba in an attempt to remove the barrel. Such a waste...
-Smoothed the scrape marks on the stock using medium steel wool. Then used an alcohol based dark walnut stain to get the stock color back. Put about 5-6 heavy coats of raw linseed oil on until it would take no more.
-Don't know just how bad the chamber was reamed, perhaps if I'm bored this weekend I'll cast the chamber with Cerrosafe to see what condition it's in. So many of the US training rifles, such as this one, were poorly reamed. I'm crossing my fingers that this isn't one of them.
