The Ross model 1912 Cadet rifle was introduced in 1912 as a diminutive rimfire companion to the 1905 and 1910 military Ross rifles. It was a single-shot straight pull rifle, with a somewhat unusual locking bolt system. Somewhere between 13,000 and 17,000 appear to have been made, for civilian commercial sale, Cadet Corps, and Militia use. Production ended in March 1917, when the Ross company collapsed. Today these are quite rare rifles.
Bolt Action Rifles
Quebec Papal Zouave’s Ceremonial Gewehr 71/84
Here’s a rifle with an interesting twisting history… This began life as a German military Gewehr 71/84, made in 1888. It was issued to a unit, but eventually replaced by the Gewehr 1888. It was […]
Conversion
Experimental Pre-WWI Ross .30-06 Automatic Rifle
In August 1913, the British War Office wrote to Sir Charles Ross requesting a sample automatic rifle for trials in the UK. Ross was able to submit a prototype on May 1914, which was tested […]
Light MGs
John Inglis and Bren Production
If I say “John Inglis”, the first two things that probably come to mind for a gunnie are High Powers and Bren guns. Inglis was a Canadian company that made a huge proportion of the […]
Note that modern Olympic .22 biathlon rifles are almost exclusively straight-pulls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biathlon_rifle
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I wonder how accurate it is. Ross strikes me as the type to demand bullseye accuracy for even such a gun
The firing pin on that rifle is set up similar to the Japanese Type 38 and 99 rifles.
We “Britain” should probably crank out a a million, as a back up to to playstation controller drones – With the hint given to younger people; the enemy won’t like you zapping them with drones you know… If they ever get close enough, you might have to use the “antiquated” notion of actually being able to shoot them with a rifle before they insert a bayonet right up you. “Bayonet, whats that?” 2 million.
Thus far the Ivans haven’t been overrunning and bayonet-kebabing too many drone-dudes in the Ukraine contretemps.I think it is possible the game has changed. Not so much as to scrap rifles perhaps. But enough to spend quality time sussing out how to defeat drones before I go breaking out the Brown Besses and bayonets just this moment
Mind you, I suppose it really is about how phoney; the current phoney war with the former Soviet Union, namely Russia, is – Is it countless Ivans, or is there a limit. Brown besses/bayonets, and schools, primary schools… “BAYONET HIS FAVOURITE TEDDY BEAR!! Stop crying you bitch!” Train the future traffic wardens, wielding Slr’s in an atomic war like the film. S’meh, doubtless we’d be fecked. What was you saying about drone defense, yes that would be handy clearly. In principle. If perhaps not in practice, against anyone other than, say Iran. Meh, who knows… Economies etc.
Say if Vlad dies tomorrow, Dimitry is all Nuclear torpedos on Faslane. Which is, going to cause something of in issue in Whitehall given their cold mentality of Americas unsinkable battleship or be wiped out trying. To be.
I mean they are evidently adamant on being wiped out really, so god knows what they intend to do to Moscow.
I managed to get my hands on one that served in (many) Cadet squadrons in Quebec and Eastern Canada.
Sadly the rear sight broke off either from accident or deliberate removal.