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To: ManyMoose who wrote (256925)	7/6/2008 2:34:06 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 794206

It replaced another rifle that didn't work. en.wikipedia.org Initially the Canadian forces were armed with the Ross rifle, a Canadian produced weapon derived from the 1890 Mannlicher (German) which was prone to jam during cartridge extraction and with problems of ammunition supply on active service. (ww1sb)(pg162) The Ross in caliber .303 Mark VII (British) was the Canadian service rifle at the outbreak of WW1. However, after a comparatively short service under actual battle conditions, it was found that the extracting power of the straight-pull bolt design was inadequate for the type of trench warfare then being waged.(BOF)(pg136) shiawasseehistory.com