Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 1137
ROSS RIFLE CO. A RARE COMPOSITE .303 (BRIT.) 'M-10 MKIII' STRAIGHT-PULL BOLT-MAGAZINE SNIPER RIFLE, serial no. 50556229 / 1000 IV 191

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ROSS RIFLE CO.
A RARE COMPOSITE .303 (BRIT.) 'M-10 MKIII' STRAIGHT-PULL BOLT-MAGAZINE CANADIAN WWI SNIPER RIFLE, serial no. 50556229 / 1000 IV 1916,
dated 1916, 30 1/2in. nitro reproved barrel (in 1998), block and blade fore-sight with side protectors, folding aperture rear sight marked 'B.S.A. MARTIN.', receiver fitted with a Warner Swasey Co. 'TELESCOPIC MUSKET SIGHT MODEL OF 1913' telescopic sight, serial no. 6740, with ranging plates, in its adjustable side-mount and with period leather carry case marked to the back 'DIAMOND "D". A.B.D.', scope mount numbered '6740', receiver ring marked 'ROSS RIFLE CO. CANADA. M-10. PATENTED.', magazine cut-off, bolt with manual safety marked 'SAFE' and 'READY', full stock with top-cover, single barrel band, leather sling, the right of the butt marked 'R. C.483. 7. 16. III. 1000/1916 I.V.', and with white painted '35', 12in. pull including buttplate, with brass trapdoor containing a brass oil bottle marked on the base 'D.A. 17', weight 10lb. 13oz. (unscoped), 13lb. (scoped)



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Estimate £3,000-5,000

S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act