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rifle, bolt action, Ross, .303 in M1910 Mk III, rifle, bolt action

Accession Number

NAM.1985-04-92-1

Description

Ross .303 in M1910/Mk III bolt action military rifle. With magazine attached. Presentation plaque on butt. Rifle presented to Rt Hon J E B Seely DSO MP by Col the Hon Sam Hughes MP, Minister of Militia and Defence for Canada 14 Feb 1914.

People

Hughes, Sam

Seely, John Edward Bernard, 1st Baron Mottisone

Ross Rifle Company

Dimensions

Length: 115 cm Text: 18 cm Text: .303 in

Inscriptions

Engraved on plaque on right side of butt: ‘TO / RT HON COLONEL J.E.B. SEELY DSO MP / WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF/ COLONEL THE HON SAM HUGHES MP/ MINISTER OF MILITIA AND DEFENCE FOR CANADA/ 14TH FEBRUARY 1914’ Bolt: ‘READY’ ‘CM[?]’ ‘ROSS RIFLE CO/ CANADA/ M-1910/ PATENTED/ [crown]/ [crossed flags]/ DC/ P’ ‘[other proof marks]’ Barrel: ‘NOT ENGLISH MAKE’ ‘NITRO PRO[OF]’ ‘.303’ ‘2.2[?]’ ‘[crown]/ [crossed flags]/ DC/ 2P’ ‘[crown]/ 1/ [other proof/ inspection marks possibly Canadian?]’