Some old rifle team photos showing Ross rifles

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Notice how around 1907-9 the Ross almost completely replaces the Lee Enfield. The James Sclator mentioned is later Maj. J. Sclator OC of the Canadian School of Sniping at Mont des Cats, France. Maj. Hart McHarg was a very well known rifleman and Boer War veteran/author who died of wounds as OC of the 7th Battalion CEF in 1915.

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1. Maj. Hart McHarg with the "[Palma]Long Range Championship of the World with Army Rifle, Camp Perry, Ohio, 1913", Governor General's Prize etc.
2. Hart McHarg and James Sclator as officers of the Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles, with "the Barlow Trophy"
3. BC Rifle Team, perhaps at the Connaught Ranges, 1909-13 (Westley-Richards sight on rifle held by man 3rd from left, front row)
4. Canadian Team at Bisley 1905
5. Canadian Team at Bisley 1909
6. Title in photo (Note fellow out front in Homburg hat also in last photo)
7. Vancouver Rifle Association Team 1913. (Notice the Humphrey's sight bridge, also made in Vancouver)
8. Canadian Team at Bisley 1907 (Note the range must be close to 1000 yards and slings set on the piling swivels)
9. BC Rifle Team, winners of London Merchants' Challenge Cup (DCRA) 1908

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