Original Canadian WWI Mk.I Ross Rifle Bayonet and Scabbard with U.S. WWI Surcharges - dated 1910 French Gun Magazines The leather sweatband is 1

The leather sweatband is 1 1/4" wide

and even have a good deal of their original ribbed texture

and that color was brown

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Original Canadian WWI Mk.I Ross Rifle Bayonet and Scabbard with U.S. WWI Surcharges - dated 1910 French Gun Magazines The leather sweatband is 1Original Item: Only One Available. The Ross rifle is a straight pull bolt action . 303 inch calibre rifle that was produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. The Ross Mk. II (or "model 1905") rifle was highly successful in target shooting before World War I, but the close chamber tolerances, lack of primary extraction and overall length made the Mk. III (or "1910") Ross rifle unsuitable for the conditions of trench warfare, exacerbated by the often poor