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 The patent date is stamped

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

The machining marks are still fully visible inside the cylinder

Measures approximately 18 inches long

The breech is accessed by raising a lever behind the tang that can only be fully opened with the hammer in the fired position

The heavily rifled barrel is 35" in length and is Octagonal

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 The patent date is stampedOriginal 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