{"id":62072,"date":"2020-12-15T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=62072"},"modified":"2020-12-14T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:24:23","slug":"experimental-pre-wwi-ross-30-06-machine-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/12\/15\/experimental-pre-wwi-ross-30-06-machine-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Experimental Pre-WWI Ross .30-06 Machine Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PVqew1bA0c4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 14 Dec 2020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons%2Fhome&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjVLYkRBemdobTBldmlxOV9CWHY3azUxQmw3d3xBQ3Jtc0ttODY5ZjBnN2JhZ2ZIMVFFdUpUNWRaNUZzekViX1l4ZnJJY3Z6STZoeFdXVEs5ejhUeU9xUzJ2WHlUTUJjTTB4cU1KTlhKdUNQUnNMY3NWNktBbXNJT2JTRGF4Yy1vS3YwTFBiMW9lVTI4d2FKbXdjQQ%3D%3D&#038;v=PVqew1bA0c4&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/Fo&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEQ4SE9hQWNaWjMwcXJlTEhyc093S0c2dk9UZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsUS1GbUJNNGJtVF9UUW5kLV95Z3RyRDhlZXZSdHhaeGZhZF94VlF0ZWZYbmtpTTBMaEJEZWhyQUdsYVh2dGppYTh2c3VoV2Z1b3BCeTFPWEFObzhkeFZlNkpTS1FSeDlLVDZWNGlHVFlYVFhVNktBOA%3D%3D&#038;v=PVqew1bA0c4&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In August 1913, the British War Office wrote to Sir Charles Ross requesting a sample automatic rifle for trials in the UK. Ross was able to submit a prototype in May 1914, which was tested at Enfield &mdash; but only fired 308 rounds before the test ended, suggesting that something important probably broke. The gun was a very strange looking contraption, whose Ross MkIII lineage is visible only in the bolt and front of the receiver forging. A long stroke gas pistol was added, and the action flipped upside-down. A large 25-round magazine was fitted, along with a thumbhole style stock that looks very similar to the grip of a Lewis gun. In addition to one example tested at Enfield in .303 caliber, one other model was send to the US for testing, chambered for .30-06. That is the gun we are looking at today, which came to the Canadian War Museum from the collection stored at Fort Knox in the 1970s and 80s.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Canadian War Museum for providing me access to film this extremely unusual Ross for you!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0mxJAQkkaD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Canadian War Museum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/embed\/#?secret=S07MrL5IAK#?secret=0mxJAQkkaD\" data-secret=\"0mxJAQkkaD\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. 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