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Originally Posted by KegRiver
I own a Ross rifle, in .303
And it appears that you are right, they were designed by a Scotsman.
I was told they were designed and built in Canada, but it seems they were designed in Scotland and only built in Canada.
Or maybe the online information is wrong. That happens too.
I'll have to do some more research.
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I have a book about the Ross rifle.
Ross was born in Scotland in 1872 He designed the Ross rifle in 1896 and patented it in 1897.
The first Ross rifles were manufactured in Connecticut, where they were stocked and barreled with barrels made by Charles Lancaster in Bbritain.
These were civilian rifles .
Ross began production in Canada in a factory he built on the Plains of Abraham and in 1902 signed a contract for 12,000 rifles.
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