DCHP-3

Ross rifle

< Sir Charles Ross, 1872-1942, Canadian engineer and soldier
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a rifle designed and manufactured in Canada and issued to Canadian troops overseas during World War I.

Quotations

1854-1857
This was the Canadian-made Ross rifle, an excellent target rifle which in action turned out to be an unqualified disaster.
1917
Think of the Ross Rifle, the lame horses, the sham shoes, the Allison rake-off. . . .
1963
The Ross Rifle was a straight pull bolt action rifle that was made in calibre .303 British and .280 Ross for the Canadian Government. Although the first agreement to manufacture them was made by Sir Charles Ross in 1901, the first delivery was not made to the military until 1905.