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Numbers and Nomenclature

Delivery		Designation on issue, or prior to 1911	Reported on Charge M&D March 1911	Epitomized Nomenclature July 1912	No. on Charge M&D August 1914	Nomenclature 1918
Number	Date
10,500	Feb., 1906	Rifles, Ross, Mk. I	10,000	Rifles G.P. Ross		Rifles Ross .303" Cadet D.P.
	July 1909 to Nov. 1911	converted to Rifles, Ross Mk. I*
19,300	1905 to Aug., 1907	Rifles, Ross Mk. II (with sight Ross Mk. II)	21,300	Rifles, Cadet Ross
	1910-1912	converted to Rifles Ross Mk. II*
44,700	Oct., 1907 to July, 1909	Rifles, Ross Mk. II (with sight Ross Mk. III)	38,300	Rifles, Short Ross Mk. I	19,000
26,000	April, 1910 to Mar., 1912	Rifles, Ross Mk. II** (with Sutherland sight Mk. II) converted from Mk. II (with Mk. III sight)	7,700	Rifles, Short Ross Mk. II	40,000
4,000	June, 1910	Rifles, Ross Mk. II** converted Mk. II**
15,000	August, 1910	Rifles, Ross Mk. II** (with Sutherland sight Mk. I)	15,000
1,700	May, 1909	Rifles, Ross Mk. II** (with new H sight) converted from Mk. II with Mk. III sight	700	Rifles, Long Ross Mk. II	13,000	Rifles, Long Ross Mk. II.
13,000	1911-1912	Rifles, Ross Mk. II**
3, 863	1914	Rifles, Ross Mk. III		Rifles, Long Ross Mk. III	3,863	Rifles, Long Ross Mk. III