I had been waiting for ' Handloader ' magazine and J.B.'s bit on the Ross rifle. . I had watched several video's on the Mark 3 and read what I could online.
The curiosity just doesn't seem to go away, my Grandad carried one of these in 1915, it must of predated the Mark 3.
The Canadian Expeditionary force he was enrolled in fought every major engagement in the Great War ( on the western front) and I have read quite alot about his battalion.
The Ross rifle was was a corrupt political choice by a bit of a nutcase running things at the time. Never the less I have always wanted to see one fired- correctly assembled of course.
I have seen the Mark 3's at gun shows and they wanted a bundle for them in the .280 Ross chambering.
Thanks for writing this very understandable article , JB
