"DA" Marked Ross rifles; Serial number listing from HMS Canada

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DA 426 is marked to 16 Battalion, CEF.

The anomalous serial number is all it has. On another site (CGN), recently ran into another rifle with a similar low serial number, marked with what appear to be the same punches; even the "A" was slightly elevated before the Number, as my rifle. This second rifle was sportered after WW2, was definitely an RMLI rifle, did NOT serve in Chile.

DA 426 has 4 holes in the Left side of the stock. These form two sets of 2, exactly 1 inch apart horizontally, separated vertically by 7/8 of an inch. The rearmost holes are just ahead of a vertical line drawn downwards from the front of the Bolt Stop. I assume these were for a hasp of some sort. Do any other rifles exhibit this feature?

The Bolt on DA 426 IS numbered to match the rifle. Chilean markings are ENGRAVED rather than STAMPED.

DA 426 has all the earmarks of a very early production rifle. I bought it from International Firearms of Montreal in early 1976. Price was $99 plus $10 shipping to Fogo Island. Matching bayonets were $25 extra.... and I didn't have the money. Bayonets were not advertised as NUMBERS-matching, else I would have sold a kidney or something.

It is BY FAR the most accurate iron-sight rifle I have.

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