Ross Rifle Mark II - Harris-type magazine?

[Power Pill]

I was reading an article about the Ross and it mentions that the Mark II has a "Harris-type magazine," but It doesn't explain what a Harris-type magazine is....

Can anyone explain what a Harris-type magazine is? Google was no help.

 

[gordonlbyrne]

its an internal mag with an outside depressor that when depresed lowers the mag follower allowing you to simpily drop the rounds in the magazine,not the best design in my opinion but you know what they say about opinions

 

[Power Pill]

sounds like a lot more work and time compared to using stripper clips.

 

[7offsuit2]

sounds like a lot more work and time compared to using stripper clips.

Unless one didn't have any: this allows you to drop loose rounds with ease. Remember those Bando leer that held individual bullets? The Harris system can run those extremely well. However, the mauser/ stripper clip feed defeated what was an arguable speed advantage over tubular fed systems.

Stripper fed> Harris system> tubular> single shot

 

[Eaglelord17]

How did it work with the rimmed rounds, as that seems to me a good way to get rimlock (unless there is some sort of mechanism in play to prevent that).

 

[gordonlbyrne]

i have a couple ross rifles with the harris magazine but to tell the truth i have yet to try them out to see how they function

 

[collector67]

Is the Harris magazine comparable to the Krag loading procedure? You just drop the cartridge in and it automatically feeds?

 

[flying pig]

Drop them in, snap the lever a few times and the cartridges automatically align. I've never had it not work yet. It's a neat system, but the stock seems weak because of it. I've seen a ton broken by the lever. Also the lever itself is a clumsy flimsy part.