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==Military variants== | ==Military variants== | ||
<b>Rifle, Ross Mk I</b><ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/> | <b>Rifle, Ross Mk I</b><ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/> | ||
− | This was the first production military model Ross Rifle. The first few hundred were fitted with the full-length folding <i>Sight, Ross Mk I.</i> Before any were delivered, the sight was replaced with a shorter version graduated to 2200 yards rather than 2500 yards. Years later, this sight would be designated <i>Sight, Ross Mk I*</i>. Many weapons would have this replaced with the <i>Sight, Ross Mk II</i>, a curved sliding " | + | This was the first production military model Ross Rifle. The first few hundred were fitted with the full-length folding <i>Sight, Ross Mk I.</i> Before any were delivered, the sight was replaced with a shorter version graduated to 2200 yards rather than 2500 yards. Years later, this sight would be designated <i>Sight, Ross Mk I*</i>. Many weapons would have this replaced with the <i>Sight, Ross Mk II</i>, a curved sliding "Land Vizier" type. The barrel was 28 inch long, and the fore-stock ended 4 inches short of the muzzle. The front band had a bayonet lug. The safety was operated by a square sliding button on the rear of the bolt handle. The magazine cut-off was on the lower right of the magazine protruding through the stock, and pressing it down engaged the cut-off. The magazine cut-off release was inside the front of the trigger guard, and depressing it would disengage the cut-off. A large lever was on the right side which was used to depress the magazine follower for "dump loading" all five rounds at once. The weapon was a straight-pull cock-on-close design. There was a sliding trap in the butt-stock for cleaning tools. A total of 10,500 were manufactured. A number of the original 500 were re-purposed as training rifles and fitted with longer front barrel bands used on later production <i>Rifle, Ross Mk II</i>. This was done so they could more easily endure the stress of constant bayonet practice. |
<b>Carbine, Ross Mk I</b><ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/> | <b>Carbine, Ross Mk I</b><ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/> |