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<b>Rifle, Ross Mk II**</b><ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/> | <b>Rifle, Ross Mk II**</b><ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/> | ||
− | Development of this weapon began in the spring of 1908, and the planned designation was <i>Rifle, Ross Mk III</i>. This model was intended as a major improvement over the previous <i>Rifle, Ross Mark II with Sight, Ross Mk III</i>. The barrel length was extended to 30.5 inches, the rear hand-guard was simplified, the safety was replaced by a completely new flag-type safety, and the rear sight was changed to the third-party <i>Sight, Sutherland Mk I</i>. The magazine cut-off was dispensed with entirely. By the time it was ready to be produced in numbers, an even more radical design change was in the works to become the Mk III, and this model was desiginated <i>Rifle, Ross Mk II**</i> instead | + | Development of this weapon began in the spring of 1908, and the planned designation was <i>Rifle, Ross Mk III</i>. This model was intended as a major improvement over the previous <i>Rifle, Ross Mark II with Sight, Ross Mk III</i>. The barrel length was extended to 30.5 inches, the rear hand-guard was simplified, the safety was replaced by a completely new flag-type safety, and the rear sight was changed to the third-party <i>Sight, Sutherland Mk I</i>. The magazine cut-off was dispensed with entirely. By the time it was ready to be produced in numbers, an even more radical design change was in the works to become the Mk III, and this model was desiginated <i>Rifle, Ross Mk II**</i> instead. |
<b>Rifle, Ross Mk II<sup>3</sup>*</b><ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/> | <b>Rifle, Ross Mk II<sup>3</sup>*</b><ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/> |