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Description: | Ross M10 MarkIII rifle. The stock is made of wood and fitted with a leather sling. Bolt action with a box magazine taking five rounds of ammunition. The barrel is rifled. The rear sight is mounted on the receiver rather than on the barrel. The calibre is 0.303in. It is stamped with the letters 'LC' (which stands for large chamber - the intermediate pattern adapted for British-made ammunition). Onthe left of the butt is stamped: 28 OB 1075 D arrow C Quebec III 5 over 1914 EG.
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This firearm was acquired via the Firearms Amnesty of 1988. In event of disposal it must be either transferred (not given) to authorised museums, the Forensic Science Service, the MOD Pattern Room, the Royal Military College at Shrivenham. Otherwise it must be handed into the Metropolitan Police for destruction.
caption: Ross M10 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Cutlass rifles Ross Rifle Co. | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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