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The Ross rifle is a straight-pull bolt action rifle chambered in .303 British that was produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. [1]The Ross Mk.II (or "model 1905") rifle was highly successful in target shooting before World War I, but the close chamber tolerances, lack of primary extraction and length made the Mk.III (or "1910") Ross rifle unsuitable for the conditions of trench warfare ...
In 1916, the Canadian Expeditionary Force was desperately short of light machine guns. [2] Since the Ross rifle had finally been taken out of service, there were large numbers of surplus rifles. [citation needed] Joseph Alphonse Huot (1918) That year, Joseph Huot, an engineer from Richmond, Quebec, [3] adapted the Ross' straight-pull bolt action.
The lengths of these guns varied between 56-60 calibers and their weights varied, but their performance was similar. The main variants of gun and mount were: 180 mm/60 B-1-K Pattern 1931 – Naval guns converted from earlier 203 mm guns in MK-1-180 single turrets. 180 mm/57 B-1-P Pattern 1932 – Newly-built naval guns in MK-3-180 triple turrets.
Centurion Mk.3: Main Battle Tank: 1952-1979 United Kingdom: Acquired to replace the Shermans with 84mm main gun. Centurion Mk.5: Main Battle Tank with 105mm gun: 1952-1979 United Kingdom: Canada Initially ordered 274 Mk 3 Tanks, plus 9 Armoured Recovery Vehicles and 4 Bridge-layers and additional orders followed. The Mk 5 (upgunned to 105 mm ...
Rifle .22 No 8 Mk I United Kingdom: Bolt-action cadet rifle.22LR: Boys anti-tank rifle United Kingdom: Anti-tank rifle.55 Boys [9] Lee–Enfield. New Zealand Carbine; No. 1 Mk III; No. 4 Mk I; No. 4 MK II British Empire: Bolt action service rifle.303 British: Still used for commemorative purposes. Ross Mk III Canada: Bolt action service rifle ...
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. The justices by a 5-4 ...
The .280 Ross, also known as the .280 Nitro, .280 Rimless Nitro Express Ross (CIP) and .280 Rimless cartridge, is an approximately 7mm bullet diameter rifle round developed in Canada by F.W. Jones as a consultant to Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet, and his Ross Rifle Company of Quebec, Canada for use as a Canadian military cartridge as a replacement for the .303 British, and in a civilianised ...
The Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA) is a California law that bans the ownership and transfer of over 50 specific brands and models of firearms, which were classified as assault weapons. Most were rifles, but some were pistols and shotguns. The law was amended in 1999 to classify assault weapons by features of the firearm.