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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 ...
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 ...
Ross rifle c. WW I. The Ross rifle was a straight-pull bolt-action .303 calibre rifle produced in Canada from 1903 until the middle of the First World War, when it was withdrawn from service in Europe due to its unreliability under wartime conditions, and its widespread unpopularity among the soldiers. Since the Ross .303 was a superior ...
Bolt action sniper rifle: 7.62x51mm NATO: 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 I Cadet Rifle .22 Long Rifle: 1914 [1] Martini Cadet rifle ... Ross rifle Canada: Mk III .303 British: 1916 1970 [1] MK IIIB Browning 22 Semi-Auto
Lee–Enfield SMLE Mk.III: Service rifle: 1916-1943 United Kingdom: Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk.I: Service rifle: 1943-1955 Canada: Used by Canadian Rangers until 2016, replaced by Colt C-19: M1 Garand: Service rifle: 1944-1953 Canada United States: A small number of M1, M1C and M1D rifles, enough to equip a brigade, were issued to the Canadian Army ...
The Dominion Rifle Factory (formerly the Ross rifle factory) [5] built a finished version of the design, under the supervision of Assistant Inspector of Small Arms Major Robert Mills of the Seaforth Highlanders. It was tested at Quebec City on 12 November 1916, with a second 650-round [5] trial of an improved version on 15 February 1917. [5]
Sporting rifles bearing the Ross name were also popular for a time after the First World War, as was the .280 (approximately 7 mm) Ross sporting rifle cartridge. Ross was said to have been Britain's largest landowner, possessing Scottish lands extending to an estimated 366,000 acres (1,480 km 2 ), with 3,000 tenants.