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RARE FACTORY PROTOTYPE ROSS , MODEL: M1905M 3RD TYPE FACTORY PROTOTYPE , CALIBER: CHAMBERED IN 280

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RARE FACTORY PROTOTYPE ROSS  , MODEL: M1905M 3RD TYPE FACTORY PROTOTYPE  , CALIBER: CHAMBERED IN 280
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RARE FACTORY PROTOTYPE ROSS , MODEL: M1905M 3RD TYPE FACTORY PROTOTYPE , CALIBER: CHAMBERED IN 280 ROSS NOT 303 , BORE IS GOOD, SLING REAR LOOP MISSING THE FRONT LOOP, STEEL BUTT PLATE WITH TRAP DOOR, SHOWS SOME MINOR HANDLING MARKS AND WEAR TO THE BLUEING APPROPRIATE FOR AGE, TYPICAL FEATURES OF 3RD TYPE 1905 M (SEE PAGE 142, PLATE 69A ROSS RIFLE STORY), WITH FIXED 500M REARSIGHT, SINGLE PIECE TOPWOOD, THE FIRST 1905 MODEL FACTORY SPORTERS ROSS PRODUCED WERE CONVERTED FROM 1905 MILITARY RIFLES AT THE FACTORY, AND WERE REFERRED TO AS THE 1905M. THIS RIFLE IS RARE AS ALL KNOWN 1905M WERE IN .303. THIS WAS MANUFACTURED IN .280 ROSS, WHICH IS A LONGER CARTRIDGE THAN .303. THE BARREL IS FACTORY .280 WITH PROOFS, CHAMBERED IN .280 ROSS, BOLT HEAD IS .280 ROSS (.303 AND .280 BOLT FACES ARE DIFFERENT) AND MAGAZINE AND ACTION ARE LONGER FOR THE .280 THAN SEEN WITH .303. THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE A PRECURSOR TO THE 1907 DEER STALKER, LIKELY A ROSS FACTORY PROTOTYPE, RARE, UNIQUE AND QUITE SHOOTABLE , STOCK # 9746 , SERIAL # 1250 , ACTION: STRAIGHT PULL BOLT ACTION RIFLE , BARREL LENGTH: 25" , CONDITION: 5/10 , CLASS: CLASS: CANADIAN NON RESTRICTED CLASS