MkIII Home Guard

[flying pig]

Another new arrival. I've wanted an original un messed with MkIII for close to 15 years.

This one is just above the mentioned serial number range in the lower serial block for Home Guard Rosses. 12611 was noted as the highest rifle in that block in TRRS, this rifle is 12615.

It has all the proper HG features, and has not been apart a whole lot. The screw heads are almost all like new. The bore is excellent. It has the small bolt stop and the 1/16" aperture. it has a bunch of honest surface wear and tear, it definitely was not someone's prized possession anyway!

B of M, Bank of Montreal? The sister to this rifle was sold at Great North Guns a little while ago. That one was 12560 and B of M 12.

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[Sapper740]

The Home Guard Rosses are some of the best preserved Ross Rifles in existence today. I have an Essex County Home Guard MkIII serial #14253 in my collection also with an unpinned bolt and a tight commercial chamber.

[browningautorifle]

I have an Essex County Home Guard MkIII serial #14253 in my collection also with an unpinned bolt and a tight commercial chamber.

Isn't that nice. Spent it's time in stores and then out guarding our side of the Detroit bridge...or the gate at Chryslers.

[Sapper740]

Isn't that nice. Spent it's time in stores and then out guarding our side of the Detroit bridge...or the gate at Chryslers.

And kept the German sympathizers Charles Respa and Albert Kaltschmidt from blowing up the Windsor Armoury.

[flying pig]

The Home Guard Rosses are some of the best preserved Ross Rifles in existence today. I have an Essex County Home Guard MkIII serial #14253 in my collection also with an unpinned bolt and a tight commercial chamber.

Beautiful rifle Sapper. Mine very obviously was not someone’s prized possession, but that may have been its saving grace too. And it shoots like a house on fire. Took a guess at a load yesterday and wound up at 2/5 touching and a bit over an inch in total. Very happy with that.

They may not have served in WWI, or been part of the great Ross debacle, but a MkIII that came off the commercial line fits perfectly with the rest of my collection.

[tiriaq]

HG rifles tend to be in either respectable original condition, or sported. They exhibit all early Mk. III features; no reason for later modifications to have occurred.
Mine is stamped HG100. No idea what that signifies. I suspect it is unfired since manufacture - no primer ring on the bolt face, no brass marks in the magazine.