Ross Rifle DA88 with bayonet DA115

[MilSurp in Oz]

I would be happy to re-unite / find the owner of bayonet DA88 and owner of rifle DA115

I also can be found on Gunboards under the name MilSurp

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[DocAV]

I wonder how many of the DA ( Directorado de Armada) Chilean Navy Ross Rifles there are in Australia. I have one, with a Matching Bayonet (three digit number).

Reportedly, they were part of the On-board Arms Locker of the Former HMS Canada ( a Chilean Cruiser taken over in 1914 in the British Shipyards, its complement of M1912 Steyr Mausers (7mm) given to Naval depots and Minesweepers for training and Mine sinking duties).
Eley/Kynoch even made Military Quality 7mm ammo for them ( ten round paper wrappers, marked "For Mines" etc. ( Normal British Military Cartridge Wrapper labelling)

AT war's end, the two (or three) "sequestered" Cruisers were then sent off to the Original Buyers (Chile) with a new complement of Ross M1910 rifles (Mark III) which had been supplied in 1916, when they were withdrawn from Canadian Service.

The Rifles and (DA Matched) Bayonets were kept in service till the Ships were scrapped in the 1960s; the rifles ended up in one of the US Surplus Importers, but before the 1968-86 GCA mandated "Importer marking" was required.

They are very good shooters ( even with an "L" chamber ( 1915-16 mod)...and I use normal Mark VII Ball ( Aussie 1950s), Yugo "Mark VIII" ( Boat tailed Ball) and Reloads using Yugo cases ( 1980s Berdan .217 primer) and either PPU projectiles ( "Mark 7" ) or recycled military Mark VII of various origins.

BTW, any Ross Aficionados out there...I know the Mark I and Mark II Ross rifles have a Left Hand Buttress type Barrel Thread, but what is the M1910 (Mark III) Thread...I know it is Whitworth Form, but is it RH or LH? .... I have a half-dozen Indian Army De-milled Ross Rifles I want to rebuild for Movie (Blank fire) Use.

TIA, Regards,
Doc AV
AV Ballistics Technical services & AVB Film Ordnance Services.
Brisbane Aussie.

[AlanD]

Hi Doc

Quite a few DA rifles are in Australia, I have DA 148 with matching bayonet.

I have a DA prefix survey going on the Ross Rifle Forum. Quite a few are located in Oz.

So far we have recorded a spread of DA19 to DA426.

Regards

AlanD
Sydney

[Warren]

DA 401 here.....

[MilSurp in Oz]

I would be happy to re-unite / find the owner of bayonet DA88 and owner of rifle DA115

I also can be found on Gunboards under the name MilSurp

Bumping thread to seek out any other owners of DA numbered rifles

[NavyShooter]

DA-181 lives in my gun-room.

[browningautorifle]

Love the Bisley pics in the background...that is what they are?

[Surpmil]

Weren't no cruiser, she was a "super dreadnought" and the last of her kind in the world when scrapped; which should never have happened.



Someone ought to start a spreadsheet on these rifles and bayos, the better to re-unite them.

[mr.e moose]

DA 69 rifle and bayonet resides in Alberta. Surpmil a list of rifles and bayonets already exists on this sub forum but it has not been updated for awhile.