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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 ...
Most straight-pull rifles have a striker firing mechanism (without a hammer), [citation needed] and models using a hammer usually have a comparably longer lock time than hammer-less mechanisms. The Anschütz Fortner action used in biathlon is a good example of an ergonomical straight-pull rifle with good economy of motion and high operating speed.
This rifle was an accurate weapon for its day, with reported kills being made at 100 to 300 yards (90 to 270 m) away. At Cacabelos, in 1809, Rifleman Tom Plunkett, of the 95th, shot the French General Colbert-Chabanais at a range allegedly of 400 yards (370 m). The rifle was in service in the British Army until the 1840s.
Year entered service: 1887 Type: Bolt-action service rifle Country of origin: France Action: Bolt-action lever Caliber & feed: 8mm Lebel & 8-round tube magazine 67. Mannlicher Model 1888
The Ross rifle Mk III is a straight-pull design that has multi-thread locking lugs. Welin breechblock of a 16-inch Mk 6 gun on USS Alabama (BB-60) , 1943. Note the four separate thread "steps" on the block which engage with matching steps in the breech when the block is swung up and inwards and then rotated slightly clockwise.
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.
The .35 Winchester / 9.1x61mmR (colloquially .35 Win) cartridge was created in 1903 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company for use in the Winchester Model 1895 lever-action rifle, [1] and was also available in the bolt action Remington-Lee, [2] or the Model 1905-E and 1905-R Factory Sporter Ross Rifle in Canada.
That year, Joseph Huot, an engineer from Richmond, Quebec, [3] adapted the Ross' straight-pull bolt action. His sample model, which shared 33 parts with the Ross Mark III, [4] had a pneumatic piston parallel to the barrel, which moved a sleeve on the bolt backward, operating the action. To absorb excess energy, the bolt was buffered.