Lee-Enfield Bolt-Action Rifles (UK)

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Lee-Enfield

Lee-Enfield

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I (1903)

Type Bolt-action rifle

Place of origin United Kingdom

Service historyIn service MLE: 1895 1926

SMLE: 1907 present

Used by See Users

Wars Second Boer WarWorld War IVarious Colonial conflictsIrish War of IndependenceIrish Civil War

World War IIIndonesian National RevolutionIndo-Pakistani WarsGreek Civil WarMalayan EmergencyFrench Indochina WarKorean WarArab-Israeli WarSuez CrisisMau Mau UprisingBangladesh Liberation WarNepalese Civil WarAfghanistan conflict

Production historyDesigner James Paris Lee, RSAF Enfield

Produced MLE: 1895 1907SMLE: 1907 present

Number built 17,000,000+ [1]

Variants See Models/marks

SpecificationsWeight 4 kg (8.8 lb)

Length SMLE: 44 in (1,118 mm)
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Barrel length MLE: 30.2 in (767 mm)SMLE: 25.2 in (640 mm)

Cartridge .303 Mk VII SAA Ball

Action Bolt-action

Muzzle velocity 744 m/s (2,441 ft/s)

Effective range 550 yd (503 m) []

Maximum range 3,000 yd (2,743 m) []

Feed system 10-round magazine, loaded with 5-round charger clips

Sights Sliding ramp rear sights, fixed-post front sights, "dial" long-range volley sights; telescopic sights on snipermodels.

The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the

British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle

from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. [2][3]

A redesign of the Lee-Metford which had been adopted by the British A rmy in 1888, t he Lee-Enfield superseded the

earlier Martini-Henry, Martini-Enfield, and Lee-Metford rifles. It featured a ten-round box magazine which was

loaded with the .303 British cartridge manually from the top, either one round at a time or by means of five-round

chargers. The Lee-Enfield was the standard issue weapon to rifle companies of the British Army and other

Commonwealth nations in both the First and Second World Wars (th ese Commonwealth nations included Canada,

Australia and S outh A frica, among others). [4] Although officially replaced in the UK with the L1A1 SLR in 1957, it

remained in widespread British service until the early/mid-1960s and the 7.62 mm L42 sniper variant remained in

service until the 1990s. As a standard-issue infantry rifle, it is still found in service in the armed forces of some

Commonwealth nations, [5] notably with the Indian Police and Bangladesh Police, which makes it the longest-serving

military bolt-action rifle still in official service.[6]

The Canadian Forces' Rangers Arctic reserve unit still use Enfield4 rifles as of 2012[7], with plans announced to replace the weapons sometime in 2014 or 2015. [] Total production of

all Lee-Enfields is estimated at over 17 million rifles. [1]

The Lee-Enfield takes its name from the designer of the rifle's bolt system James Paris Lee and the factory in

which it was designed the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. In Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa and

Canada the rifle became known simply as the " 303".

Design and historyThe Lee-Enfield rifle was derived from the earlier Lee-Metford, a mechanically similar black-powder rifle, which

combined James Paris Lee's rear-locking bolt system with a barrel featuring rifling designed by William Ellis

Metford. The Lee action cocked the striker on the closing st roke of th e bolt, making the initial opening much faster

and easier com pared to the "cock on opening" (i.e., the firing pin cocks upon opening the bolt) of the Mauser

Gewehr 98 design. The rear-mounted lugs place the bolt operating handle much closer to the operator, over the

trigger, making it quicker to operate than traditional designs like the Mauser. [3] The rifle was also equipped with a

detachable sheet-steel, 10-round, double-column magazine, a very modern development in its day. Originally, the

concept of a detachable magazine was opposed in some British Army circles, as some feared that the private soldier

might be likely to lose the magazine during field campaigns. Early models of the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield even

used a short length of chain to secure the magazine to the rifle. [8]

The fast-operating Lee bolt-action and large magazine capacity enabled a well-trained rifleman to perform the "mad

minute" firing 20 to 30 aimed rounds in 60 seconds, making the Lee-Enfield the fastest military bolt-action rifle ofthe day. The current world record for aimed bolt-action fire was set in 1914 by a musketry instructor in the British
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Army Sergeant Instructor Snoxall who placed 38 rounds into a 12-inch-wide (300 mm) target at 300 yards

(270 m) in one minute. [9] Some straight-pull bolt-action rifles were thought faster, but lacked the simplicity,

reliability, and generous magazine capacity of the Lee-Enfield. Several First World War accounts tell of British

troops repelling German attackers who subsequently reported that they had encountered machine guns, when in fact

it was simply a group of well-trained riflemen armed with SMLE Mk III rifles. [10]

Standard Mk VII .303 inch cartridge for

Lee-Enfield rifle

The Lee-Enfield was adapted to fire the .303 British service cartridge,a rimmed, high-powered rifle round. Experiments with smokeless

powder in the existing Lee-Metford cartridge seemed at first to be a

simple upgrade, but the greater heat and pressure generated by the new

smokeless powder wore away the shallow, rounded, Metford rifling

after approximately 6000 rounds. [2] Replacing this with a new

square-shaped rifling system designed at the Royal Small Arms

Factory (RSAF) Enfield solved the problem, and the Lee-Enfield was

born. [2]

Models/marks of Lee-Enfield Rifle and service periods

Model/Mark In Service

Magazine Lee-Enfield 1895 1926

Charger Loading Lee-Enfield 1906 1926

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I 1904 1926

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk II 1906 1927

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III/III* 1907 present

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk V 1922 1924 (trials only; 20,000 produced)

Rifle No. 1 Mk VI 1930 1933 (trials only; 1,025 produced)

Rifle No. 4 Mk I 1939 present (officially adopted in 1941)

Rifle No. 4 Mk I* 1942 present

Rifle No 5 Mk I "Jungle Carbine" 1944 present

Rifle No. 4 Mk 2 1949 present

Rifle 7.62mm 2A 1964 present

Rifle 7.62mm 2A1 1965 present

Magazine Lee-EnfieldThe Lee-Enfiel d rifle w as introduced in November 1895 as the .303 calibre, Rifle, Magazine, Lee-Enfield ,[2] or

more commonly Magazine Lee-Enfield , or MLE (sometimes spoken as " emily" instead of M, L, E). The next year a

shorter version was introduced as the Lee-Enfield Cavalry Carbine Mk I , or LEC , with a 21.2-inch (540 mm)

barrel as opposed to the 30.2-inch (770 mm) one in the "long" version. [2] Both underwent a minor upgrade series in

1899 (the omission of the cleaning / clearing rod), becoming the Mk I*. [11] Many LECs (and LMCs in smaller

numbers) were converted to special patterns, namely the New Zealand Carbine and the Royal Irish Constabulary

Carbine , or NZ and RIC carbines, respectively. [12] Some of the MLEs (and MLMs) were converted to load from

chargers, and designated Charger Loading Lee-Enfield s, or CLLE s.[13]
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Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk IA shorter and lighter version of the original MLE the famous Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield , or SMLE

(sometimes spoken as "Smelly" , rather than S, M, L, E) [6] was introduced on 1 January 1904. [14] The barrel was

now halfway in length between the original long rifle and the carbine, at 25.2 inches (640 mm). [14]

The SMLE's visual trademark was its blunt nose, with only the bayonet boss protruding a small fraction of an inch

beyond the nosecap, being modeled on the Swedish Model 1894 Cavalry Carbine. The new rifle also incorporated a

charger loading system, [15] another innovation borrowed from the Mauser rifle; [16] notably the charger system is

different from the fixed "bridge" that later became the standard, being a stripper clip guide on the face of the bolt

head. The shorter length was controversial at the time: many Rifle Association members and gunsmiths were

concerned that the shorter barrel would not be as accurate as the longer MLE barrels, that the recoil would be much

greater, and the sighting radius would be too short. [17]

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III

Magazine Cut-Off on an SMLE Mk III rifle this

feature was removed on the Mk III* rifle.

The iconic Lee-Enfield rifle, the SMLE Mk

III , was introduced on 26 January 1907, [6]along with a Pattern 1907 (P'07) Sword

bayonet and featured a simplified rear sight

arrangement and a fixed, rather than a

bolt-head-mounted sliding, charger guide.

The design of the handguards and the

magazine were also improved, and the

chamber was adapted to fire the new Mk VII

High Velocity spitzer .303 ammunition.

Many early model rifles, of Magazine Lee

Enfield (MLE), Magazine Lee Metford(MLM), and SMLE type, were upgraded to

the Mk III standard. These are designated

Mk IV Cond., with various asterisks

denoting subtypes. [18]

During the First World War, the standard

SMLE Mk III was found to be too

complicated to manufacture (an SMLE Mk

III rifle cost the British Government

3/15/-),[19]

and demand was outstripping supply, so in late 1915 the Mk III* was introduced,[18]

whichincorporated several changes, the most prominent of which were the deletion of the magazine cut-off, [16] and the

long range volley sights. [20] The windage adjustment capability of the rear sight was also dispensed with, and the

cocking piece was changed from a round knob to a serrated slab. [20] Rifles with some or all of these features present

are found, as the changes were implemented at different times in different factories and as stocks of existing parts

were used. [21] The magazine cut-off was reinstated after the First World War ended, [20] and not entirely dispensed

with until 1942.

The inability of the principal manufacturers (RSAF Enfield, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited, and

London Small Arms Co. Ltd) to meet military production demands led to the development of the "peddled scheme",

which contracted out the production of whole rifles and rifle components to several shell companies. [22]

The SMLE Mk III* (redesignated Rifle No.1 Mk III* in 1926) saw extensive service throughout the Second World

War as well, especially in the North African, Italian, Pacific and Burmese theatres in the hands of British and
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Commonwealth forces. Australia and India retained and manufactured the SMLE Mk III* as their standard-issue

rifle during the conflict, [23] and the rifle remained in Australian military service through the Korean War, until it was

replaced by the L1A1 SLR in the late 1950s. The Lithgow Small Arms Factory finally ceased production of the

SMLE Mk III* in 1953. [18]

Pattern 1914/US M1917The Pattern 1914 Enfield and M1917 Enfield rifles are Mauser 98 derivatives and not based on the Lee action, and

are not part of the Lee-Enfield family of rifles, [24] although they are frequently assumed to be.

Inter-war period

Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Lee-Enfield.

In 1926 the British Army changed their nomenclature; [25] the

SMLE became known as the Rifle No. 1 Mk III or III* ,[25] with

the original MLE and LEC becoming obsolete along with the

earlier SMLE models. Many Mk III and III* rifles were converted

to (.22 rimfire) calibre training rifles, and designated Rifle No. 2 ,of varying marks. (The Pattern 1914 became the Rifle No. 3 .)[25]

The SMLE design was fairly expensive to manufacture becau se of the many forging and machining operations

required. In the 1920s several experiments were carried out to help with these problems, reducing the number of

complex parts. The SMLE Mk V (later Rifle No. 1 Mk V ), use d a new receiver-mounted aperture sighting system,

which moved the rear sight from its former position on the ba rrel. [26] The increased gap resulted in an improved

sighting radius, improving sighting accuracy, and the aperture im proved speed of sighting (making it also known as a

"battle sight"). The magazine cutoff was also reintroduced, and an additional band was added near the muzzle for

additional strength during bayonet use. [26] Unfortunately, this design was found to be even more complicated and

expensive to manufacture than the Mk III, [26] and so was not developed or issued beyond a trial production of about

20,000 rifles [26] between 1922 and 1924 at RSAF Enfield. The No. 1 Mk VI also introduced a heavier "floating

barrel" that was independent of the forearm, allowing the barrel to expand and contract without contacting the

forearm, and interfering with the 'zero', the correlation between the alignment of the barrel and the sights. The

floating barrel would also increase the accuracy of the rifle by allowing it to vibrate freely and consistently, whereas

wooden forends in contact with barrels adversely affect the harmonic vibrations of a barrel. The receiver-mounted

rear sights and magazine cutoff were also present, [27] and 1025 units were produced between 1930 and 1933. [28]

Rifle No. 4

Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I

By the late 1930s the need for new rifles

grew, and the Rifle, No. 4 Mk I was firstissued in 1939 but not officially adopted

until 1941. [29] The No. 4 action was similar

to the Mk VI, [30] but lighter, stronger, and

most importantly, easier to

mass-produce. [30] Unlike the SMLE, the No

4 Lee-Enfield barrel protruded from the end

of the forestock. The No. 4 rifle was

considerably heavier than the No. 1 Mk. III,

largely due to its heavier barrel, [30] and a
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Canadian rifleman during Battle of Ortona,

December 1943

new bayonet was designed to go with the rifle: a spike bayonet, [30]

which was essentially a steel rod with a sharp point, and was

nicknamed "pigsticker" by soldiers. Towards the end of the Second

World War, a bladed bayonet was developed, originally intended for

use with the Sten gun but sharing the same mount as the No. 4's spike

bayonet

and subsequently the No. 7 and No. 9 blade bayonets wereissued for use with the No. 4 rifle as well. [31]

During the course of the Second World War, the No. 4 rifle was further

simplified for mass-production with the creation of the No. 4 Mk I* in

1942, [32] with the bolt release catch replaced by a simpler notch on the

bolt track of the rifle's receiver. [32] It was produced only in North

America, [32] by Long Branch Arsenal in Canada and Savage-Stevens

Firearms in the USA. [32] The No.4 Mk I rifle was primarily produced

in the United Kingdom. [33]

In the years after the Second World War the British produced the No. 4 Mk 2 (Arabic numerals replaced Romannumerals for official designations in 1944) rifle, a refined and improved No. 4 rifle with the trigger hung from the

receiver and not from the trigger guard, [34] beech wood stocks (with the original reinforcing strap and centre piece of

wood in the rear of the forestock on the No.4 Mk I/Mk I* being removed in favour of a tie screw and nut) and brass

buttplates (during World War II, the British replaced the brass buttplates on the No.4 rifles with zinc alloy (Zamak)

ones to reduce costs and to speed up rifle production). With the introduction of the No. 4 Mk 2 rifle, the British

refurbished many of their existing stocks of No. 4 rifles and brought them up to the same standard as the No. 4 Mk

2.[35] No. 4 Mk 1 rifles so upgraded were re-designated No. 4 Mk I/2 , whilst No. 4 Mk I* rifles that were brought up

to Mk 2 standard were re-designated No. 4 Mk I/3 .[32]

The C No.7 Rifle is a .22 single shot manually fed training version of the No.4 Mk I* rifle manufactured at Long

Branch. [36]

Rifle No. 5 Mk I the "Jungle Carbine"

Lee-Enfield No. 5 Mk 1 "Jungle Carbine"

Later in the war the need for a shorter, lighter rifle led to the

development of the Rifle, No. 5 Mk I (the "Jungle Carbine"). [37] With

a severely cut-down stock, a prominent flash hider, and a receiver

machined to remove all unnecessary metal, the No. 5 was shorter and

2 lb (0.9 kg) lighter. Despite a rubber butt-pad, the .303 round

produced too much recoil for the No. 5 to be suitable for general issue, and production ceased in 1947 due to an

"inherent fault in the design", [38] often said to be a "wandering zero" and accuracy problems. [38] However, the No. 5

Mk I was popular with soldiers owing to its light weight, portability, and shorter overall length than a standard

Lee-Enfield rifle. [39] The No. 5 was first issued to the British 6th Airborne Division and in use during their

occupation of Denmark in 1945.

An Australian experimental version of the No. 5 Mk I, designated Rifle, No. 6, Mk I [40] was also developed, using

an SMLE MK III* as a starting point (as opposed to the No. 4 Mk I used to develop the No. 5 Mk I), as the

Australian military never adopted the No. 4 Mk I and was still producing the SMLE Mk III. The No. 6 Mk I never

entered full production, and examples today are extremely rare and valuable to collectors. [37] A "Shortened and

Lightened" version of the SMLE Mk III* rifle was also trialled by the Australian military, [41] and a very small

number were manufactured at SAF Lithgow during the course of the Second World War.[41]
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In Britain, a .22RF version of the No.5 Rifle was prototyped by BSA and trialled with a view to it becoming the

British Service training rifle when the .303"CF No.5 was initially mooted as being a potential replacement for the

No.4 Rifle. [42]

The term "Jungle Carbine" was popularised in the 1950s by the Santa Fe Arms Corporation, a U.S. importer of

surplus rifles, in the hope of increasing sales of a rifle that had little U.S. market penetration. It was never an official

military designation, but British and Commonwealth troops serving in the Burmese and Pacific theatres duringWorld War II had been known to unofficially refer to the No. 5 Mk I as a "Jungle Carbine". [37] Both the No. 4 and

No. 5 rifles served in Korea (as did the No.1 Mk III* SMLE mostly with Australian troops). [6]

Lee-Enfield conversions

Sniper rifles

Canadian sniper Sergeant Harold Marshall carries a

No. 4 Mk. I (T).

A Canadian Soldier with Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I

in Caen during the Normandy Campaign. He is

wearing a Mk III helmet

During both World Wars and the Korean War, a number of

Lee-Enfield rifles were modified for use as sniper rifles. The

Australian Army modified 1,612 [43] Lithgow SMLE No. 1 Mk.

III* rifles by adding a heavy target barrel, cheek-piece, and a

World War I era Pattern 1918 telescope, creating the SMLE No. 1

Mk. III* (HT) . (HT standing for " Heavy Barrel, Telescopic

Sight), [6] which saw service in the Second World War, Korea, and

Malaya and was used for Sniper Training through to the late

1970s. [44] There is evidence that some SMLE No. 1 Mk. III* (HT)

sniper rifles were used by Australian forces during the later stages

of the Vietnam War. [citation needed ]

During the Second World War, standard No. 4 rifles, selected for

their accuracy during factory tests, were modified by the additionof a wooden cheek-piece, and telescopic sight mounts designed to

accept a No. 32 3.5x telescopic sight. [45] This particular sight

progressed through three marks with the Mk. 1 introduced in 1942,

the Mk. 2 in 1943 and finally the Mk. 3 in 1944. Many Mk. 3s and

Mk. 2/1s (Mk. 2s Modified to Mk. 3 standard) were later modified

for use with the 7.62 mm NATO L42A1 Sniper Rifle. They were

known by the designation Telescope Straight, Sighting L1A1.

Holland and Holland, the famous British sporting gun

manufacturers, converted the majority of No. 4 Mk. I (T) sniper

rifles, with the rest converted by BSA and, in Canada, Long

Branch arsenal. [46] These rifles were extensively employed in

various conflicts until the late 1960s, and when the British military

switched over to the 7.62x51 NATO round in the 1950s, many of

the No. 4 Mk I (T) sniper rifles were converted to the new calibre

and designated L42A1. [34] The L42A1 sniper rifle continued as the

British Army's standard sniper weapon until the mid-1980s, being

replaced by Accuracy International's L96. [47]
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.22 Training Rifles

No. 8 Training Rifle.

Numbers of Lee-Enfield rifles were converted to .22 calibre

training rifles, [48] in order to teach cadets and new recruits the

various aspects of shooting, firearms safety, and marksmanship at

a markedly reduced cost per round. Initially rifles were converted

from obsolete Magazine Lee-Metford and Magazine Lee-Enfieldrifles [49][50] but from the First World War onwards SMLE rifles were used instead. These were known as .22 Pattern

1914 Short Rifles [51] during The First World War and Rifle, No. 2 Mk. IV [52] from 1921 onwards. [53] They were

generally single-shot affairs, although some were later modified with special adaptors to enable magazine loading. A

five round .22 cal 'Parker-Hiscock' magazine was also developed and in service for a relatively short period during

the later period of the First World War, but was subsequently withdrawn from issue due to reliability problems with

its quite complicated loading and feeding mechanism. [54][55] No. 2 Mk. IV rifles are externally identical to a .303

calibre SMLE Mk III* rifle, the only difference being the .22 calibre barrel, empty magazine case, bolthead and

extractor which have been modified to fire .22 calibre rimfire cartridges. [56]

After the Second World War, the Rifle, No. 7 , Rifle, No. 8 and Rifle, No. 9 , all .22 rimfire trainers and/or targetrifles based on the Lee action, were adopted or in use with Cadet units and target shooters throughout the

Commonwealth. [57][58]

Muskets and Shotguns

Conversion of rifles to smoothbored guns was carried out in several locations, at various times, for varying reasons.

SAF Lithgow, in Australia, produced shotguns based on the MkIII action, chambering the common commercial .410

shotgun shell. Commercial gunsmiths in Australia and Britain converted both MkIII and No4 rifles to .410 shotguns.

These conversions were prompted by firearms legislation which made possession of a rifle chambered in a military

cartridge both difficult and expensive. Smoothbored shotguns could be legally held with far less trouble.

RFI, in India, converted a large number of MkIII rifles to single shot muskets, chambered for the .410 Indian Musket

cartridge. These conversions were for issue to police and prison guards, to provide a firearm with a much-reduced

power and range in comparison to the .303 cartridge. A further likely consideration was the difficulty obtaining

replacement ammunition in the event of theft or the carrier's desertion.

While British and Australian conversions were to the standard commercially available .410 shotgun cartridge

(though of varying chamber lengths) the Indian conversions have been the source of considerable confusion. The

Indian conversions were originally chambered for the .410 Indian Musket cartridge, which is based on the .303

British cartridge, and will not chamber the common .410 shotgun cartridge. Many of these muskets were

rechambered, after being sold as surplus, and can now be used with commercially available ammunition.

Unmodified muskets require handloading of ammunition, as the .410 Indian Musket cartridge was not commerciallydistributed and does not appear to have been manufactured since the 1950s.
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L59A1 Drill Rifle

The L59A1 was a conversion of the No4 Rifle (all Marks) to a Drill Purpose Rifle that was incapable of being

restored to a firing configuration. It was introduced in service in the 1970s. A conversion specification of No.1 rifles

to L59A2 Drill Purpose was also prepared but was abandoned due to the greater difficulty of machining involved

and the negligible numbers still in the hands of cadet units.

The L59A1 arose from British government concerns over the vulnerability of Army Cadet Force and schoolCombined Cadet Forces' (CCF) stocks of small arms to theft by terrorists, in particular the Irish Republican Army

following raids on CCF armouries in the 1950s and 1960s. Previous conversions to Drill Purpose (DP) of otherwise

serviceable rifles were not considered to be sufficiently incapable of restoration to fireable state and were a potential

source of reconversion spares.

L59A1 Drill Rifles were rendered incapable of being fired, and of being restored to a fireable form, by extensive

modifications that included the welding of the barrel to the receiver, modifications to the receiver that removed the

supporting structures for the bolt's locking lugs and blocking the installation of an unaltered bolt, the removal of the

striker's tip, the blocking of the striker's hole in the bolt head and the removal of most of the bolt body's locking lugs.

Most bolts were copper plated for identification. A plug was welded in place forward of the chamber, and a window

was cut in the side of the barrel. The stock and fore end was marked with broad white painted bands and the letters

"DP" for easy identification.

Special Service Lee-Enfields: Commando and Automatic models

Charlton Automatic Rifles

Charlton Automatic Rifle.

Small numbers of Lee-Enfield rifles were built as, or converted to,

experimental semi-automatic loading systems, such as the British

Howell and South African Reider and the best-known of which

was the Charlton Automatic Rifle , designed by a New Zealander,Philip Charlton in 1941 to act as a substitute for the Bren and

Lewis gun light machine guns which were in chronically short

supply at the time. [59][60] During the Second World War, the

majority of New Zealand's land forces were deployed in North Africa. When Japan entered the war in 1941, New

Zealand found itself lacking the light machine guns that would be required for local defence should Japan choose to

invade, and so the New Zealand Government funded the development of self-loading conversions for the

Lee-Enfield rifle. [61] The end result was the Charlton Automatic Rifle (based on the obsolete MLE), [62] which was

issued to Home Guard units in NZ from 1942. Over 1,500 conversions were made, including a handful by Electrolux

using Lithgow SMLE Mk III* rifles. [63]

The two Charlton designs differed markedly in external appearance (amongst other things, the New Zealand

Charlton had a forward pistol grip and bipod, whilst the Australian one did not), but shared the same operating

mechanism. [64] Most of the Charlton Automatic Rifles were destroyed in a fire after the Second World War, [65] but a

few examples survive in museums and private collections.
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De Lisle Commando carbine

The initial wooden-stocked De Lisle with a fitted

suppressor.

The Commando units of the British military requested a silenced

rifle for eliminating sentries, guard dogs and other clandestine

operational uses during the Second World War. The resulting

weapon, designed by W.G. De Lisle, was effectively an SMLE Mk

III* receiver redesigned to take a .45 ACP cartridge and associatedmagazine, with a barrel from a Thompson submachine gun and an

integral silencer. [19]

Elkins Automatic Rifle

The Elkins Automatic Rifle was one of the numerous attempts to convert a Lee-Enfield SMLE to an automatic rifle.

Howard Francis machine carbine

The Howard Francis Self-Loading Carbine was a conversion from a No. 1 Mk III SMLE to the 7.63x25mm Mauser

pistol cartridge. It fired in semi-automatic only and suffered some feeding and extraction problems and, despitemeeting accuracy and soundness of design concept, never made it past prototype stage. Very light and very short

carbine.

Howell Automatic Rifle

The Howell Automatic Rifle was the first attempt to convert the Lee-Enfield SMLE into a semi-automatic rifle. The

weapon was reliable but unergonomic for the user as the force of the recoiling bolt interfered with handling. The

Howell Automatic Rifle was used by the British Home Guard as an anti-aircraft weapon.

Rieder Automatic Rifle

The Rieder Automatic Rifle was a semi-automatic Lee-Enfield SMLE rifle of South African origin. The Rieder

device could be installed straight away without the use of tools.

Conversion to 7.6251mm NATODuring the 1960s, the British Government and the Ministry of Defence converted a number of Lee-Enfield No. 4

rifles to 7.6251mm NATO as part of a programme to retain the Lee-Enfield as a reserve weapon. [66] The

Lee-Enfield No. 4 series rifles that were converted to 7.62 mm NATO were re-designated as the L8 series of

rifles [67] with the rifles being refitted with 7.62 mm NATO barrels, new bolt faces and extractor claws, new rear

sights and new 10-round 7.62 mm NATO magazines that were produced by RSAF Enfield to replace the old

10-round .303 British magazines. [68] The outward appearance of the L8 series rifles were no different from the

original No. 4 rifles, except for the new barrel (which still retained the original No.4 rifle bayonet lugs) and

magazine. [69] The L8 series of rifles consisted of L8A1 rifles (converted No.4 Mk2 rifles), L8A2 rifles (converted

No.4 Mk1/2 rifles), L8A3 rifles (converted No.4 Mk1/3 rifles), L8A4 rifles (converted No.4 Mk1 rifles), and L8A5

rifles (converted No.4 Mk1* rifles).

Sterling Armaments of Dagenham, Essex produced a conversion kit comprising a new 7.62mm barrel, magazine,

extractor and ejector for commercial sale. The main difference between the two conversions was in the cartridge

ejection arrangement; the Enfield magazine carried a hardened steel projection that struck the rim of the extracted

case to eject it, the Sterling system employed a spring-loaded plunger inserted into the receiver wall.

The results of the trials that were conducted on the L8 series rifles were mixed, and the British Government and theMinistry of Defence decided not to convert their existing stocks of Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifles to 7.62 mm NATO.
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Despite this, the British learned from the results of the L8 test program and used them in successfully converting

their stocks of No. 4 (T) sniper rifles to 7.62 mm NATO which led to the creation of the L42A1 series sniper

rifles. [70]

In the late 1960s, RSAF Enfield entered the commercial market by producing No.4-based 7.62 x 51mm rifles for

commercial sale. The products were marketed under alliterative names e.g. Enfield Envoy, a rifle intended for

civilian competition target shooting, and Enfield Enforcer, a rifle fitted with a Pecar telescopic sight to suit therequirements of police firearms teams.

Ishapore 2A/2A1

Ishapore 2A1.

At some point just after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, the Ishapore

Rifle Factory in India began producing a new type of rifle known

as the Rifle 7.62 mm 2A , which was based on the SMLE Mk

III* [71] and was slightly redesigned to use the 7.62 mm NATO

round. Externally the new rifle is very similar to the classic Mk

III*, with the exception of the front sight protectors and magazine, which is more "square" than the SMLE magazine,

and usually carries twelve rounds instead of ten, [72] although a number of 2A1s have been noted with 10-round

magazines.

Ishapore 2A and Ishapore 2A1 receivers are made with improved ( EN) steel (to handle the increased pressu res of the

7.62 mm NAT O round) [73] and the extractor is redesigned to suit the rimless cartridge. From 1965 1975 (when

production is believed to have been discontinued), the sight ranging graduations were changed from 2000 to 800, and

the rifle re-designated Rifle 7.62 mm 2A1 .[74] The original 2,000 yards (1,800 m) rear sight arm was found to be

suitable for the ballistics of the 7.62x51 NATO which is around 10% more powerful which equates to a flatter

trajectory than that of the .303 British MkVII ammunition, so it was a simple matter to think of the '2000' as

representing metres rather than yards. It was then decided that the limit of the effective range was a more realistic

proposition at 800 m.The Ishapore 2 A and 2A1 rifles are often incorrectly described as ".308 conversions". The 2A/2A1 rifles are not

conversions of .303 calibre SMLE Mk III* rifles. Rather, they are newly manufactured firearms and are not

technically chambered for commercial .308 Winchester ammunition. However, many 2A/2A1 owners shoot such

ammunition in their rifles with no problems, although it should be noted that some factory loaded .308 Winchester

cartridges may appear to generate higher pressures than 7.62 mm NATO, even though the rounds are otherwise

interchangeable, however this is due to the different systems of pressure measurement used for NATO and

commercial cartridges. See the Wikipedia article on the Ishapore 2A1 rifle for further details.

Commercial ammunition tends to run around 55,000 psi, some lots of military ammunition can run around 60,000

psi. The military brass is heavier than commercial brass.

Production and manufacturersIn total over 16 million Lee-Enfields had been produced in several factories on different continents when production

in Britain shut down in 1956, at the Royal Ordnance Factory ROF Fazakerley near Liverpool after that fa ctory had

been plagued w ith industria l unrest. The machinery from ROF Fazakerley was sold to Pakistan Ordnance Factories

(POF) in Rawalpindi where production and repair of the No.4 rifle was continued. Also contributing to the total was

the Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI) at Ishapore in India, which continued to produce the SMLE in both .303 and

7.62 mm NATO until the 1980s, and is still manufacturing a sporting rifle based on the SMLE Mk III action,

chambered for a .315 calibre cartridge [75] the Birmingham Small Arms Company factory at Shirley near

Birmingham, and SAF Lithgow in Australia, who finally discontinued production of the SMLE Mk III* with a final'machinery proving' batch of 1000 rifles in early 1956, using 1953-dated receivers. During the First World War
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alone, 3.8 million SMLE rifles were produced in the UK by RSAF Enfield, BSA, and LSA. [76]

The wristguard markings on a 1918-dated Short

Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III* rifle manufactured

by the London Small Arms Co. Ltd

From the late 1940s, legislation in New South Wales, Australia,

heavily restricted .303 British calibre (and other "military calibre")

rifles, [77] so large numbers of SMLEs were converted to "wildcat"

calibres such as .303/25, .303/22, .303/270 and the popular 7.7x54

round.[78]

303/25 calibre sporterised SMLEs are very common inAustralia today, although getting ammunition for them is very difficult

and has been since the 1980s. [77] The restrictions placed on "military

calibre" rifles in New South Wales were lifted in 1975, and many

people who had converted their Lee-Enfields to the "wildcat" rounds

converted their rifles back to .303 British. [77] Post-Second World War,

SAF Lithgow converted a number of SMLE rifles to commercial

sporting rifles- notably the .22 Hornet model- under the "Slazenger"

brand. [79] In the early 1950s Essential Agencies Ltd.(E.A.L.)produced a run of several thousand No.4 enfield rifles

cambered in .303 British. serial# below 6000 were for civilian sale serial# 6000 and higher were built under contract

to the Canadian government. Most of these were destined for service with the Canadian rangers for the nextsixty-five plus years. The C.A.F also used these as a survival rifle in the remote parts of Canada.

RFI in India and SAF Lithgow in Australia bot h produced single -shot conversions of the SMLE chambered for a

.410 shotgun cartridge. The .410 conversions made by Ishapore were generally used as ri ot shotguns for crowd

control in India, and were originally chambered for the .410 Musket cartridge, basically a .303 inch cartridge with no

"neck" formed to reduce the calibre of the projectile. As these cartridges were not commercially produced,

ammunition is available only through handloading. Many of these conversions have been reamed out to accept

modern 2" and 3" .410 shotshells in the United States. As the pressure for even high velocity .410 ammunition are

well below standard .303 British pressure ranges these conversions, when done by a competent gunsmith, are quite

safe to shoot. The SAF Lithgow/Slazenger .410 shotguns were, however, chambered for commercial .410 shells, as

they were primarily intended for civilian sale, with over 7,000 eventually being manufactured. [80]

Numerous attempts were made to convert the various single-shot .410 shotgun models to a bolt-action repeating

model by removing the wooden magazine plug and replacing it with a standard 10-round SMLE magazine. None of

these is known to have been successful, [81] though some owners have adapted 3-round magazines for Savage and

Stevens shotguns to function in a converted SMLE shotgun, or even placing such a magazine inside a gutted SMLE

magazine.

List of manufacturers

The manufacturer's names found on the MLE , CLLE , and SMLE Mk I Mk III* rifles and variants are:

Marking Manufacturer Country

Enfield Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield United Kingdom

Sparkbrook Royal Small Arms Factory Sparkbrook United Kingdom

BSA Co The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited United Kingdom

LSA Co London Small Arms Co. Ltd United Kingdom

Lithgow Lithgow Small Arms Factory Australia

GRI Ishapore Rifle Factory British India

RFI Ishapore Rifle Factory India (Post-Independence)
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Note 1: "SSA" and "NRF" markings are sometimes encountered on First World War-dated SMLE Mk III* rifles. These stand for "Standard Small

Arms" and "National Rifle Factory", respectively. Rifles so marked were assembled using parts from various other manufacturers, as part of a

scheme during the First World War to boost rifle production in the UK. Only SMLE Mk III* rifles are known to have been assembled under this

program.

Note 2: GRI stands for "Georgius Rex, Imperator" (Latin for "King George, Emperor (of India)", denoting a rifle made during the British Raj. RFI

stands for "Rifle Factory, Ishapore", denoting a rifle made after the Partition of India in 1947.

For the No. 4 Mk I , No. 4 Mk I* and No. 4 Mk 2 rifles:

Marking Manufacturer Country

ROF (F) Royal Ordnance Factory Fazakerley United Kingdom

ROF (M) Royal Ordnance Factory Maltby United Kingdom

B The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited United Kingdom

M47C Birmingham Small Arms Factory (Shirley) United Kingdom

Longbranch Longbranch Arsenal Canada

US PROPERTY [S] Savage Arms U.S.

POF Pakistan Ordnance Factories Pakistan

Note 1 : Second World War UK production rifles had manufacturer codes for security reasons. For example, BSA Shirley is denoted by M47C,

ROF(M) is often simply stamped "M", and BSA is simply stamped "B".

Note 2: Savage-made Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I and No. 4 Mk I* rifles are all stamped "US PROPERTY". They were supplied to the UK under the

Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War. No Savage Lee-Enfields were ever issued to the US military; the markings existed solely

to maintain the pretence that American equipment was being lent to the UK rather than permanently sold to them.[82]

Australian International Arms No. 4 Mk IV

AIA M10-B2 Match Rifle

The Brisbane-based Australian International Arms also manufactures a

modern reproduction of the No. 4 Mk II rifle, which they market as the AIA No.

4 Mk IV . The rifles are manufactured by parts outsourcing and are assembled

and finished in Australia, chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO and feed from

modified M14 magazines. The No. 4 Mk IV is designed with the modern shooter

in mind, and has the ability to mount a telescopic sight without drilling and

tapping the receiver. [83] AIA also offers the AIA M10-A1 rifle, a Jungle Carbine-styled version chambered in

7.62x39mm Russian, which uses AK-47 magazines [84] In late 2009 the supply of these firearms has been limited that

some models are now unavailable in Australia (Oct 2009 the 7.62x39mm was unavailable). Magazine

supply/importation (M14 & AK 10 single stack mag) whilst legal in Australia, it has been spasmodically curtailed by

Australian Federal Customs (for more information, see Gun politics in Australia). It is possible to obtain a 10 round

(the maximum allowed by law) M14 magazines for the M10-B2 match rifles in particular, provided an import permit

from the appropriate Licensing Services Division can be obtained in some States, yet Australian Federal Customs

may still refuse importation on no valid grounds. [85]
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Khyber Pass Copies

A number of British Service Rifles, predominantly the Martini-Henry and Martini-Enfield, but also the various

Lee-Enfield rifles, have been produced by small manufacturers in the Khyber Pass region of the Pakistani/Afghan

border. [86]

"Khyber Pass Copies", as they are known, tend to be copied exactly from a "master" rifle, which may itself be a

Khyber Pass Copy, markings and all, which is why it's not uncommon to see Khyber Pass rifles with the "N" in"Enfield" reversed, amongst other things. [87]

The quality on such rifles varies from "as good as a factory-produced example" to "dangerously unsafe", tending

towards the latter end of the scale. Khyber Pass Copy rifles cannot generally stand up to the pressures generated by

modern commercial ammunition, [87] and are generally considered unsafe to fire under any circumstances. [6]

Khyber Pass Copies can be recognised by a number of factors, notably:

Spelling errors in the markings; as noted the most common of which is a reversed "N" in "Enfield")

V.R. (Victoria Regina) cyphers dated after 1901; Queen Victoria died in 1901, so any rifles made after 1901

should be stamped "E.R" ( Edwardius Rex King Edward VII or King Edward VIII) or "G.R" ( Georgius

Rex

King George V or King George VI). Generally inferior workmanship, including weak/soft metal, poorly finished wood, and badly struck markings. [87]

Armalon

British company Armalon Ltd developed a number of rifles based on the Lee Enfield No 4. The PC Gallery Rifle is

a carbine in pistol and revolver calibres, the AL42 a 5.56 mm rifle and the AL30C, a carbine in .30 Carbine.

The Lee-Enfield in military/police use today

An Afghan mujahid carries a Lee-Enfield in August

1985

The Lee-Enfield family of rifles is the second oldest bolt-action

rifle design still in official service, after Mosin

Nagant;[6]

Lee-Enfield rifles are used by reserve forces and police forces in

many Commonwealth countries, including Malawi, and

particularly Canada, where they are the main rifle issued to the

Canadian Rangers, and India, where the Lee-Enfield is widely

issued to reserve military units and police forces. [6] Indian police

officers carrying SMLE Mk III* and Ishapore 2A1 rifles were a

familiar sight throughout railway stations in India after the

Mumbai train bombings of 2006 and the November 2008 Mumbai

attacks. They are also still seen in the hands of Pakistani and

Bangladeshi second-line and police units. In the UK, thesingle-shot .22 calibre Rifle No. 8 is in regular use with UK Cadet

Forces as a light target rifle. [88] Used as a drill weapon and in

ceremonial functions by the Sri Lankan Military, one was used by

Vijitha Rohana to attack Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in

1987.

Many Afghan participants in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan were armed with Lee-Enfields (a common rifle in

the Middle East and South Asia). [89] The CIA's Operation Cyclone provided hundreds of thousands of Enfields to the

Mujahideen, funneling
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service rifle competitions in many British Commonwealth countries notably Australia, which boasts a very active

Military Service Rifle shooting community. [6]

The Lee-Enfield series is very popular for service rifle shooting competitions in Great Britain and Australia due to

the prohibitions on the legal ownership semi-automatic centrefire rifles in both countries. [94][95] (For more

information see Gun politics in the United Kingdom and Gun politics in Australia.)

Rhineland Arms produces .45 ACP conversion kits for the Lee-Enfield action using M1911 pistol magazines.[96]

Users

Turkish 7.9257mm conversion of a Lee-Enfield

captured during World War I.

Members of the Milice, armed with captured

British No. 4 Lee-Enfield Rifles and Bren Guns

Afghanistan [97][98][99]

Australia No.1 MkIII/MkIII* manufactured at Lithgow Arsenal

in Lithgow, New South Wales [43][100]

Bangladesh still used by Bangladesh Police

Belgium post-WW2 British donations and used by Belgian

soldiers in the Korean War until 1952.

Canada[4][100]

No.4 MkI* manufactured at Long BranchArsenal in Long Branch, Ontario, Canada. Still used by the

Canadian Rangers as of 2012[7].

France (Foreign Legion, Free French Forces). [101][102] Also

used during WW2 by the French Resistance and some captured

from the Resistance were used by the pro German French militia

Milice franaise (see picture to the right)

Fiji [citation needed ]

Greece Used by Hellenic armed forces during World War II

and post-World War II period. [103] Greece used the Lee-Enfield and

British small arms until they were replaced by the M1 Garand and

American small arms.

Iceland: Once Used by Icelandic Coast Guard and National

Police of Iceland. [citation needed ]

India: Made under licence by Ishapore Rifle Factory [104]

Indonesia: Used by republicans in Indonesian National

Revolution some are taken from the Dutch.

Italy post-World War II Italian Army and Navy [105]

Iraq [4]

Ireland both No1 MkIII/III* and No4 were used by Irish Defence Forces. [4]

Israel used during the first few years of independence.

Jamaica: still used by the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Correctional Services and Jamaica Combined Cadet

Force

Jordan

Kenya

Luxembourg, including the Luxembourg detachment in the Korean War

Malaysia [106]

Netherlands post-WW II use

Nepal [104]

Norway: (Parachuted to the resistance movement as military aid. Used by the post-war Norwegian Armyuntil replaced by the US M1 Rifle in early 1950s.)
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New Zealand [4]

Ottoman Empire: Captured rifles, used as reserve weapons. []

Pakistan [104]

Philippines

Poland: Used by the Polish exiled army

Portugal used by the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, during the First World War [107]

Singapore : Reserve units until the late 1960s. Still used by Singapore Armed Forces Military Police

Command for ceremonial purposes.

South Africa [4]

Thailand (The contract was concluded on 10 December 1920 when the king received shipment of 10,000

rifles.) [108]

Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad & Tobago Cadet Force

Turkey: Converted Ottoman-captured rifles to 7.9257mm Mauser. []

Uganda

United Kingdom & Colonies [106][109]

United States: Used by units of the American Expeditionary Force attached to British and Australian unitsduring the First World War. [110][111] No.4 MkI* rifles manufactured by Savage-Stevens Firearms under

Lend-Lease for the British and Commonwealth forces during WWII. Some US Army units attached to British

Commonwealth units in Burma during WWII were issued Lee-Enfield rifles on logistics grounds.

Notes[1][1] Skennerton (1993), pp.153, 230

[2][2] Skennerton (2007), p.90

[3][3] Hogg (1978), p.215

[4][4] Skennerton (2007), p.587

[5][5] Skennerton (2007), p.264

[6][6] Wilson (2007)

[7] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ w/ index. php?title=Lee-Enfield& action=edit

[8][8] Skennerton (2007), p.60

[10][10] Skennerton (2007), p.159

[11][11] Skennerton (2007), p.91

[12] Skennerton (2007), pp.453 454

[13][13] Skennerton (1997), p.8

[14][14] Skennerton (1994, 1), p.5

[15][15] LOC 11715

[16][16] Skennerton (2007), p.132

[17][17] Skennerton (2007), p.126

[18][18] Skennerton (1994, 1), p.9

[19][19] Skennerton (2001), p.7[20][20] Skennerton (2007), p.161

[21][21] Skennerton (1994, 1), p.7

[22] Skennerton (2007), pp.171 172

[23][23] Skennerton (2007), p.338

[24] War Office (1929), pp.7 8

[25][25] Skennerton (1994, 1), p.8

[26][26] Skennerton (2007), p.187

[27][27] Skennerton (2007), p.189

[28][28] Skennerton (2007), p.194

[29][29] Skennerton (1994, 2), p.5

[30][30] Smith (1979), p.21

[31][31] Skennerton (2007), p.406

[32][32] Skennerton (1994, 2), p.9

[33][33] Skennerton (2007), p.230
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[34][34] Skennerton (1994, 2), p.7

[35][35] Skennerton (1994, 2), p.6

[37][37] Wilson (2006)

[38][38] Skennerton (1994, 4), p.8

[39][39] Skennerton (1994, 4), p.7

[40][40] Skennerton (2007), p.349

[41][41] Skennerton (2007), p.347

[43][43] Skennerton (2007), p.345[44][44] Skennerton (2004, 19), p.36

[45][45] Skennerton (2007), p.227

[46][46] Skennerton (2007), p.228

[50] Skennerton (2007), pp.481 483

[52] (http:/ / www. rifleman. org. uk/ Enfield_Rifle_No. 2. html)

[53] Skennerton (2007), pp.484 489

[55][55] Skennerton (2007), pp.484,488

[56][56] Skennerton (2007), p.489

[58] Skennerton (2007), pp.504 509

[59][59] Skennerton (2001), p.33

[60][60] Skennerton (2007), p.203

[61] Special Service Lee Enfields: Commando and Auto Models by Ian Skennerton. Published by Ian D Skennerton, PO Box 80, Labrador 4215,Australia, 2001. ISBN 0-949749-37-0. Paperback, 48 pp, 50 plus b & w drawings and photos, 210 274 mm

[62][62] Skennerton (2001), p.37

[63] Skennerton (2007), pp.37 38

[64][64] Skennerton (2007), p.505

[65][65] Skennerton (2007), p.205

[67][67] Skennerton (2007), p.255

[68] Skennerton (2007), pp.256 259

[69] Skennerton (2007), pp.255 260

[70] Skennerton (2007), pp.260 264

[71][71] Skennerton (2007), p.515

[72][72] Skennerton (2007), p.370

[73][73] Skennerton (2004, 18), p.5

[74][74] Skennerton (2004, 18), p.14

[76][76] Skennerton (2007), p.171

[77][77] Enright (1998)

[78][78] Skennerton (2007), p.351

[79][79] Skennerton (2007), p.549

[80][80] Skennerton (2007), p.379

[81][81] Griffiths (1998)

[82][82] Skennerton (2007), Chapter 15

[84][84] Skennerton (2007), p.553

[85] Firearms Act, SCHEDULE 2, Part (8)(b) (http:/ / www. austlii. edu. au/ au/ legis/ vic/ consol_act/ fa1996102/ sch2. html), accessed 11

January 2010

[86][86] Skennerton (2007), p.368

[87][87] Skennerton (1993), p.334[89][89] Modern Warfare, Published by Mark Dartford, Marshall Cavendish (London) 1985

[90] Charlie Wilson's War, George Crile, 2003, Grove/Atlantic.

[93][93] War Office (1929), p.364

[100] Hogg, Ian (2002). Jane's Guns Recognition Guide . Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-00-712760-X.

[103][103] Sazanidis

[104][104] Skennerton (2007), Chapter 11

[106][106] Skennerton (2007)

[109] Miller, David (2001). The Illustrated Directory of 20th century Guns . Salamander Books Ltd. ISBN 1-84065-245-4.
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Lee-Enfield Rifle Association (http:/ / www. leeenfieldrifleassociation. org. uk/ )

Lee-Enfield Training Rifles (http:/ / www. rifleman. org.uk/ Enfield_small-bore_training_rifles. html)

The Lee-Metford (http:/ / www.militaryrifles. com/ Britain/ Metford. htm) Demonstration of rapid aimed fire at Bisley (http:/ / uk. youtube. com/ watch?v=7LmYQhEfuxM& NR=1)

Demonstration of rapid fire 10 aimed shots in 9 seconds (http:/ / www. youtube. com/

watch?v=8x3lOZ4yX6Y& feature=related)

Rieder Automatic Rifle Attachment (http:/ / www. rieder. 741. com)
http://www.rieder.741.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x3lOZ4yX6Y&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x3lOZ4yX6Y&feature=relatedhttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7LmYQhEfuxM&NR=1http://www.militaryrifles.com/Britain/Metford.htmhttp://www.rifleman.org.uk/Enfield_small-bore_training_rifles.htmlhttp://www.leeenfieldrifleassociation.org.uk/http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~stratton/en-page.htmlhttp://www.enfieldrifles.ca/


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