Original Canadian WWI Mk.I Ross Rifle Bayonet Unit Marked to 31st Battalion with Scabbard and U.S. WWI Surcharges - Dated 1908 U.S. Antique Guns Uniform and headgear regulations of

Uniform and headgear regulations of the DRKB/NS-RKB were introduced prior to 1933 and were modified again in 1936 and 1938

The patent date is stamped on the cylinder and the serial number is on the butt

though no cockade

and the celluloid diamond is intact

The FN-designed pistol grip and rate-reducer mechanism with two rates of automatic fire was shelved in favor of a rate-reducer mechanism designed by Springfield Armory

Original Canadian WWI Mk.I Ross Rifle Bayonet Unit Marked to 31st Battalion with Scabbard and U.S. WWI Surcharges - Dated 1908 U.S. Antique Guns Uniform and headgear regulations ofOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Ross rifle is a straight pull bolt action . 303 inch caliber rifle that was produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. 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 overall length made the Mk. III (or "1910") Ross rifle unsuitable for the conditions of trench warfare, exacerbated by the often poor