Ross?
Ross?
Did someone say Ross?
You should ONLY consider getting into a Ross if you have appreciation for one of the finest rifles ever built. Designed by a Scot, built on the Plains of Abraham by a bunch of French-Canadians. A relic from a time in which Canadians were proud to work together and the politicians had not yet stolen the country from us.
The .280 sporter? You mean the rifle that outdid the 7mm Weatherby..... and did it 50 years earlier. They run from about $300 to $800.
The .280 Match rifle? The one that the British AND the Americans changed the rules for... to keep it from running away with ALL the prizes. They are one of the Ultimate Rarities.
The much-maligned .303 Mark III military rifle? The one that it took Borden AND Haig to get rid of, with a packet of lies to boost them along? Nothing much. It was long and heavy. It was also the strongest action EVER built as well as the most accurate military rifle of EITHER World War. Are they competitive today? Possibly: last time I used one in competition, I beat a MINIMI. You can find them Bubba'd starting about $75 and go to a grand for a nice original full-wood treasure that you can take to the range and outshoot the scoped rifles with.
Yup, Rosses are worth thinking about, I would say.
And there are the Long Branch Lee-Enfields, the EAL rifles, the Huot Light Machine Gun (but this is a Free Country: you can't have one of those) and there is the Cooey 82, which is the single WWII Service rifle that everybody forgets, and the Inglis Brens and Browning pistols and the ultra-rare North American Arms Co. M1911 .45 auto (not the current company of the same name: the World War ONE company).
LOTsa variety in Canadian firearms, friend.
And then there are all the ones that Canada USED but didn't make: Sniders, Martini-Henrys, Martini-Metfords, Martini-Enfields, Lee-Metfords, Long Lee-Enfields, Peabodys, Ballards, 1851 Colts, Tranters, Adamses, Webleys, 1911 Colts, New Service Colts, Triple Lock Smiths, the little Smith 10/200 (one of the sweetest-shooting little revolvers you could even ASK to try) and a whole gang of others,
And when you have all of those, branch out and snaffle up a copy of one of everything else.
Fun!
Welcome to the club!
