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Years ago, I, too had a straight-pull military rifle chambered in .30-40 Krag. I put a question mark by "Ross" in the title because I have never been able to find anything that said Ross chambered their rifles in .30-40 Krag. It was my first centerfire rifle.
Having found the thread above, it looks to me like they did. Mine was not sporterized. It was straight-pull and the bolt handle dipped down slightly and had a horizontal hole through the center of the bolt knob, like the Ross rifles I've seen pictures of. IIRC, it had only one locking luck. It had a hinged ladder-type military sight, mounted over the chamber or slightly in front of it. When flipped up, the sight was graduated out to something ridiculous, well over a thousand yards.
I shot it quite a bit and found it to be reasonable accurate. I still have a piece or two of the fired .30-40 brass. Unfortunately, the gun is long gone.
Years ago, I, too had a straight-pull military rifle chambered in .30-40 Krag. I put a question mark by "Ross" in the title because I have never been able to find anything that said Ross chambered their rifles in .30-40 Krag. It was my first centerfire rifle.
Having found the thread above, it looks to me like they did. Mine was not sporterized. It was straight-pull and the bolt handle dipped down slightly and had a horizontal hole through the center of the bolt knob, like the Ross rifles I've seen pictures of. IIRC, it had only one locking luck. It had a hinged ladder-type military sight, mounted over the chamber or slightly in front of it. When flipped up, the sight was graduated out to something ridiculous, well over a thousand yards.
I shot it quite a bit and found it to be reasonable accurate. I still have a piece or two of the fired .30-40 brass. Unfortunately, the gun is long gone.