Ross Rifle: Quite Possibly the Worst Rifle to Ever Fire a Shot
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Key point: One bad gun.
At the turn of the 20th century, Canada was dependent on Great Britain for rifles to equip her army. In 1901, however, a request by the Canadian government to purchase 15,000 Lee-Enfield Mark I rifles from Britain was denied. The British were in the process of upgrading and replacing rifles used in the Boer War, and with first priority given to arming their own troops, there were no rifles... Читать дальше...
