the fact that dude bought a cannon and blew up his neighbour's house is hilarious to me

Maybe that why the Canadians did so well in WWI, they vented their frustration about their rifle on the enemy.

What really suprizes me is how low the view count is. This is one of the best produced and well presented gun shows on KZread. Of course they don't blow up gas tanks or spray bullets at soda bottles and that's what IMO makes it even better. They describe the details of the firearm it's background, it's creator. And you gotta love those animations. This is a fantastic project and I thank you for a brilliant job you're doing and wish you all the best! Can't wait for your take on the Mosin-Nagant.

11 of Ross's children dislike.

"He is a majestic, majestic creature in history."

I'm a Canadian, I have the Ross Mk III, it's the civilian sporting carbine variant (Ross Mk II, Model of 1910, R-10, ".303 Ross") with a shorter lighter barrel and stock with a 6-round single stack magazine. Fast firing and smooth, basically addresses everything they didn't like about it. I'd be happy to lend it to Othais and Mae.

Nearly an hour of content of this caliber? You're no longer just a KZread channel, you're a documentary crew!

Ross also declared his castle part of the USA in an attempt to avoid taxes

As a Canadian, I've always wanted to learn about this gun since all we learned about it in high school was that it was unreliable junk and troops would sometimes even take fallen german soldiers rifles to replace them if they couldn't find a lee-enfield at the time. Thank you for this and thank you to The Great War channel for introducing me to you and Mae. You guys did an amazing job.

"He is a majestic creature in history..." is now one of my favorite quotes XD

Definitely your Magnum Opus yet. Great episode.

Charles Ross is my spirit animal.

Great video, my Grandfather took me to the War Museum in Halifax NS, in the early 1960's and when we got to the the Ross display he lost it, he railed on how the Ross got men killed, he was all most in a rage, he then took me to the Enfield display and talked about the Enfield almost like he was talking about his first love. I never found out what his experienced was, he was gone before I was old enough that I could ask him, but I remember that day with him.

We know that the bolt was assembled right since Mae is still with us.

The story of this rifle is basically summed up as National Lampoon's Rifle Maker, staring John Belushi as Ross.

In his book A Rifleman Went to War, the author makes mention of the Ross staying in favor with Canadian snipers after it pulled from line use. Great video. Great series.

That intro on Charles Ross is worth the watch. Now i want to know more about that lovable SoB.

Great episode. I'm Canadian and believe it or not, there is a HUGE love of these rifles up in Canada. Full military ones are not easy to come by these days. Many served for many years up in hunt camps taking moose every fall.

Very informative and interesting, right up there with Forgotten Weapons.

Very good clip, sir. Good background, but notwithstanding the rearming of the British Army after the Boer War, I might confirm that Canada re-armed in 1895/6 with the MLE (from the Snider) and was armed with this rifle during the Boer War. It seemed as though your presentation indicated that the Canadian forces in SA were armed generally with obsolete weapons including the Martini Enfield during that war. Great exposure of the ridiculous relationship between Hughes and other political entities. Great animation, and supporting features... Thanks.