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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bolt-action .303 calibre rifle produced in Canada from 1903 until the middle of the First World War, when it was withdrawn from service in Europe due to its unreliability under wartime conditions, and its widespread unpopularity among the soldiers.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 ...
M1904 Winchester Training rifle United States: M1904 .22 Long Rifle: 1910 1945 [1] Birmingham Small Arms Air rifle United Kingdom: Model D 1911 1918 [1] Pattern 1914 Enfield United Kingdom United States: No. 3 Mk I .303 British: 1916 1960 [1] No. 3 Mk I* No. 3 Mk I*(T) 1918 1960 Ross rifle Canada: Mk III .303 British: 1916 1970 [1] MK IIIB ...
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 ...
Primary service rifle. Pattern 1914 Enfield United Kingdom: 1914 Bolt-action.303 British Mk.VII For training and use by snipers. [2] M1917 Enfield United States: 1917 Bolt-action.30-06 Springfield: Limited domestic use. Ross Canada: 1910 Straight pull bolt-action.303 British Mk.VII Mk.III; Mk.III* For training and Veteran's Guard of Canada use ...
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 ...
Rifles. Arisaka Type 30 (Royal Navy and home defence only) Arisaka Type 38; Elephant gun (Ad hoc use against sniper armour) Enfield Pattern P1914; Farquhar–Hill Pattern P1918 (Troop trials only) Farquharson M1872 [citation needed] Lee–Enfield Magazine Mk I; Lee–Enfield Short Magazine Mk I, Mk II and Mk III; Lee–Metford Mk I and Mk II ...