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  2. Ross rifle - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. 180 mm Pattern 1931–1933 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Huot Automatic Rifle - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. .280 Ross - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. YouTube toughens policy on gun videos and youth; critics say ...

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    YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video sharing platform owned by Google said Wednesday it ...

  7. 3-inch/50-caliber gun - Wikipedia

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    3-inch/50 Mk. 22 in Mk. 22 mounting in Aalborg Maritime Museum. During the final year of the Second World War , it was found that multiple hits from Oerlikon 20 mm cannon and Bofors 40 mm guns were often unable to shoot down high-speed Japanese kamikaze aircraft at short ranges before they hit Allied ships; the 3-inch/50-caliber gun was adopted ...

  8. Trump interviewed by controversial livestreamer who gifted ...

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    The live interview, streamed on the platform Kick, which took place at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's home in Florida, with a small live audience of his supporters, featured Ross asking Trump questions about ...

  9. RML 10-inch 18-ton gun - Wikipedia

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    The gun was rifled with 7 grooves, increasing from 1 turn in 100 calibres to 1 in 40. [2] It was first used for the main armament on the central battery ironclad HMS Hercules, completed in late 1868. A number of the Mk I guns on HMS Hercules and one of the two damaged guns in HMVS Cerberus suffered from cracked barrels. [6]