How many Ross rifles are tucked away in the former Soviet Union?
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Last I heard it was the same issue as their magical G43 stockpiles - what they have they want to sell for way too high prices per gun and want to sell in bulk units without any way of sorting out junk guns from good ones.
I recall seeing a figure of 160,000 shipped over during the Great War. This was followed by more in War Two.
I think it is fair to say that Mother Russia ended up with close to 2/3 of all production.
A fair number were rebuilt into Running Deer rifles..... same ones that burned everyone else's butts at Caracas in 1954.
They were quite popular at the DOSAAF ranges.
How many remain?
I don't know, but I want another half a dozen!
I think it is fair to say that Mother Russia ended up with close to 2/3 of all production.
A fair number were rebuilt into Running Deer rifles..... same ones that burned everyone else's butts at Caracas in 1954.
They were quite popular at the DOSAAF ranges.
How many remain?
I don't know, but I want another half a dozen!
There are IIIB Rosses that went to the Brits, were supplied to the Whites, captured by the Bosheviks, supplied to the Mac-Paps of the International Brigades, captured by the Fascists, and then sold off surplus by the Spanish Government.
Russia could be holding Rosses. Who knows? Maybe they will destroy them under UN pressure.
Russia could be holding Rosses. Who knows? Maybe they will destroy them under UN pressure.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
What a neat film on the Ross! However, I will take a K31 Swiss over one of these buggers any day.
Das Pitanya!
Das Pitanya!
What a neat film on the Ross! However, I will take a K31 Swiss over one of these buggers any day.
Das Pitanya!
If you were going to give me either two K-31s or one MK III Ross, I`d take the Ross.
One of the best looking videos on the Ross and I can't speak Greek
Some if it I understood......."Dobry den zdravstvujte Ya tuk lyublyu tebia....'Charles Ross'....do vstrechi udachi poka"...!
What is needed is a good translation.
BTW, they were speaking Russian.
Writing just looks like Greek because the Cyrillic alphabet was designed by a Greek Orthodox missionary named (ready for it?) Cyril. He started with the 24 Greek letters, added another 30 or so and the world has been confused ever since. Thankfully, it has been pared down in size at least 3 times and now approaches sane. It is used by most of the major Slavic languages.
BTW, they were speaking Russian.
Writing just looks like Greek because the Cyrillic alphabet was designed by a Greek Orthodox missionary named (ready for it?) Cyril. He started with the 24 Greek letters, added another 30 or so and the world has been confused ever since. Thankfully, it has been pared down in size at least 3 times and now approaches sane. It is used by most of the major Slavic languages.
- Location
- Leduc County, Alberta
It's all Greek to me...
Short Summary:
- They were very impressed with groups of this rifle the one in the program was shooting under 5cm groups
- Photo of Rifles lined in the storage is not from Russia it is a photo of Birmingham Gun Works/Arsenal in Canada
- Rifles that came to Russia in bigger numbers came through Georgia and Armenia. They were supplied by the British during the revolution to newly established and short lived Kingdom of Georgia and Armenia
- This program gave high marks for Ross as a hunting/sporting rifle
- They were very impressed with groups of this rifle the one in the program was shooting under 5cm groups
- Photo of Rifles lined in the storage is not from Russia it is a photo of Birmingham Gun Works/Arsenal in Canada
- Rifles that came to Russia in bigger numbers came through Georgia and Armenia. They were supplied by the British during the revolution to newly established and short lived Kingdom of Georgia and Armenia
- This program gave high marks for Ross as a hunting/sporting rifle
