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Worst Rifle Ever Made?
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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 2778873" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>The Ross rifle of Canadian world war 1 history is pretty infamous…made a good sniper weapon but couldn't take much abuse or the conditions of the trench, and worst of all was not fool proof and was possible to reassemble incorrectly but still able to chamber and fire are round leading to disaster. </p><p></p><p>It was further complicated by reported dimensional difference between British and Canadian sources of ammunition for the rifle, which in no way reflects on the rifle but contributed to its reputation as dangerous and unreliable. </p><p></p><p>The thing is, they were in many ways a very well made rifle…but more fit as a sporting rifle or possibly sniper/specialist tool. They were reportedly much more accurate than most ww1 rifles and the .280 Ross as both a long range sniping round and a sporting round was decades ahead of it's time. Too soon in fact to be accepted or appreciated for what it was, and the usual issues of those pioneering cartridges of higher velocity than normal for their time: bullet blow up on heavy game (obviously as a hunting round here)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 2778873, member: 109862"] The Ross rifle of Canadian world war 1 history is pretty infamous…made a good sniper weapon but couldn’t take much abuse or the conditions of the trench, and worst of all was not fool proof and was possible to reassemble incorrectly but still able to chamber and fire are round leading to disaster. It was further complicated by reported dimensional difference between British and Canadian sources of ammunition for the rifle, which in no way reflects on the rifle but contributed to its reputation as dangerous and unreliable. The thing is, they were in many ways a very well made rifle…but more fit as a sporting rifle or possibly sniper/specialist tool. They were reportedly much more accurate than most ww1 rifles and the .280 Ross as both a long range sniping round and a sporting round was decades ahead of it’s time. Too soon in fact to be accepted or appreciated for what it was, and the usual issues of those pioneering cartridges of higher velocity than normal for their time: bullet blow up on heavy game (obviously as a hunting round here) [/QUOTE]
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