Using the Ross Rifle

The Ross Rifle was superb for target shooting, but left much to be desired in combat conditions - as the Canadian 1st Division learned to its peril at Ypres in April 1915.

Canada, Militia and Defence, Rifle and Musketry Exercises for the Ross Rifle (1914)

Ross Rifle.pdf (3.06 MB)
booklet, 44 pages, 10.1cm x 12.2cm
Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
First World War