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What an abortion: at least only a rusty W&S scope was sacrificed, and a beaten up old MkIII of no particular significance. Some poor fool paid over $2500. US for it on Gunbroker, so we may well hear of it again.
Last edited by Surpmil; 03-06-2017 at 10:09 AM.
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02-04-2017 09:11 PM
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I am far from expert on Ross Rifles, thought I do own and shoot a number of them. I noticed the bolt on this sniper rifle was pinned. I am not 100% sure but I recall reading somewhere that the bolts were pinned after WW1 and thus after the Ross was removed from front line service.
It does not mean that the rifle itself was not in the hands of a Canadian Soldier on a WW1 battlefield. That is entirely possible. The pinned bolt does make me wonder though if the modifications into a sniper version were done after WWI.
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Originally Posted by
Surpmil
What an abortion: at least only a rusty W&S scope was sacrificed, and a beaten up old MkIII of no particular significance. Some poor fool paid over $2500. US for it on Gunbroker.
About the right price for a reproduction 4t here =D
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Rob, the W&S can't be rusty since it's made of brass ...
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In Clive Law's book he states the material to be Bronze?
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Brass and Bronce are both alloys of copper. The difference is the mixture of those two (mixture of Copper and Zinc). To what I know the W&S scopes are made of Brass and not of Bronze, but I haven't metallurgically researched the components of such a scope. I however do not consider this topic important enough to be solved, if we can agree that it's a Copper/Zinc alloy.
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Cool by me, was just curious
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Originally Posted by
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Brass and Bronce are both alloys of copper. The difference is the mixture of those two (mixture of Copper and Zinc). To what I know the W&S scopes are made of Brass and not of Bronze, but I haven't metallurgically researched the components of such a scope. I however do not consider this topic important enough to be solved, if we can agree that it's a Copper/Zinc alloy.
If I'm not mistaken bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. The Phoenicians used to sail up to what is now Cornwall to buy the stuff. No tin, no Bronze Age.
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
Much changes, much remains the same.
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