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A redesign of the which had been adopted by the British Army in 1888, the Lee-Enfield superseded the earlier, and rifles. It featured a ten-round box magazine which was loaded with the manually from the top, either one round at a time or by means of five-round. The Lee-Enfield was the standard issue weapon to rifle companies of the British Army and other Commonwealth nations in both the and (these Commonwealth nations included Canada, Australia and South Africa, among others). Although officially replaced in the UK with the in 1957, it remained in widespread British service until the early 1960s and the 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, notably with the, which makes it the longest-serving military bolt-action rifle still in official service. The Canadian Rangers military service is still issued Enfield 4 rifles as of 2011, with plans announced to replace the weapons in 2014. Total production of all Lee-Enfields is estimated at over 17 million rifles. The Lee-Enfield rifle was derived from the earlier Lee-Metford, a mechanically similar rifle, which combined 's rear-locking bolt system with a barrel featuring rifling designed. The Lee action cocked the striker on the closing stroke of the bolt, making the initial opening much faster and easier compared to the 'cock on opening' of the design. The rear-mounted lugs place the operating handle much closer to the operator, over the trigger, making it quicker to operate than traditional designs like the Mauser.

Hello all, I'm getting ready to post this rifle for sale on the trader but would like to learn a little more about it's history before I do. Since there is no chit chat rule on the trader section, I thought I'd better post some details over here first. This is the first.22LR trainer that I've ever seen in person. Some questions: 1) Did this rifle begin life as a.303 Lee-Metford rifle in 1915? Military Rifles Rare Enfield.22 Trainer No.2 Mk IV. from NEW ZEALAND! Rare Enfield.22 Trainer No.2 Mk IV. from NEW ZEALAND! SKU: $1,050.00. Unavailable Here is a super rare opportunity to own a bit of history and shoot one of the most fun rifles you will ever experience! This great Traning Rifle started life in 1910, where it. Bolt Action Rifles; Enfield SMLE.22 trainer. If this is your first visit. I gave my friend the enfield.22 trainer to take to the range and test it a while ago. He was at a private range were the army (Southern command) do a lot of training, after their exercise was over, they tried the.22.

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 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. The fast-operating Lee bolt-action and large capacity enabled a well-trained rifleman to perform the ' firing 20 to 30 aimed rounds in 60 seconds, making the Lee-Enfield the fastest military bolt-action rifle of the day. The current world record for aimed bolt-action fire was set in 1914 by a musketry instructor in the British Army—Sergeant Instructor Snoxall—who placed 38 rounds into a 12-inch-wide (300 mm) target at 300 yards (270 m) in one minute. Some straight-pull bolt-action rifles were thought faster, but lacked the simplicity, reliability, and generous magazine capacity of the Lee-Enfield. 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 trained riflemen armed with SMLE Mk III rifles.

The Lee-Enfield was adapted to fire the.303 British service cartridge, a rimmed, high-powered rifle round. Experiments with in the existing Lee-Metford 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. Replacing this with a new square-shaped rifling system designed at the (RSAF) solved the problem, and the Lee-Enfield was born.

Models/marks of Lee-Enfield Rifle and service periods Model/MarkIn ServiceMagazine Lee-Enfield1895–1926Charger Loading Lee-Enfield1906–1926Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I1904–1926Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk II1906–1927Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III/III.1907 – presentShort Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk V1922–1924 (trials only; 20,000 produced)Rifle No. 1 Mk VI1930–1933 (trials only; 1,025 produced)Rifle No. 4 Mk I1939 – present (officially adopted in 1941)Rifle No. 4 Mk I.1942 – presentRifle No 5 Mk I 'Jungle Carbine'1944 – presentRifle No. 4 Mk 21949 – presentRifle 7.62mm 2A1964 – presentRifle 7.62mm 2A11965 – present Magazine Lee-Enfield. The Lee-Enfield rifle was introduced in November 1895 as the.303 calibre, Rifle, Magazine, Lee-Enfield', 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.

Both underwent a minor upgrade series in 1899, becoming the Mk I. 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, respectively. Some of the MLEs (and MLMs) were converted to load from, and designated Charger Loading Lee-Enfields, or CLLEs. Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I. The SMLE's visual trademark was its blunt nose, with only the bayonet boss protruding a small fraction of an inch beyond the nosecap. The new rifle also incorporated a charger loading system, another innovation borrowed from the Mauser rifle; notably the charger system is different from the fixed 'bridge' that became the standard.

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. Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III. The iconic Lee-Enfield rifle, the SMLE Mk III, was introduced on 26 January 1907, along with a Pattern 1907 (P'07) 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.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. 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/-), and demand was outstripping supply, so in late 1915 the Mk III. was introduced, which incorporated several changes, the most prominent of which were the deletion of the magazine cut-off, and the long range volley sights. 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. 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. The magazine cut-off was reinstated after the First World War ended, and not entirely dispensed with until 1942. 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 Commonwealth forces.

Australia and retained and manufactured the SMLE Mk III. as their standard-issue rifle during the conflict, and the rifle remained in Australian military service through the, until it was replaced by the in the late 1950s. The finally ceased production of the SMLE Mk III. in 1953. Pattern 1914/US M1917. The SMLE design was fairly expensive to manufacture because of the many and 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), used a new -mounted aperture sighting system, which moved the rear sight from its former position on the barrel. The increased gap resulted in an improved sighting radius, improving sighting accuracy, and the aperture improved 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. Unfortunately, this design was found to be even more complicated and expensive to manufacture than the Mk III, and so was not developed or issued beyond a trial production of about 20,000 rifles between 1922 and 1924 at.

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 changing the zero  of the rifle. The receiver-mounted rear sights and magazine cutoff were also present, and 1025 units were produced between 1930 and 1933.

Rifle No 4. By the late 1930s the need for new rifles grew, and the Rifle, No. 4 Mk I was first issued in 1939 but not officially adopted until 1941. 4 action was similar to the Mk VI, but lighter, stronger, and most importantly, easier to mass produce. Unlike the SMLE, the No 4 Lee-Enfield barrel protruded from the end of the forestock. 4 rifle was considerably heavier than the No. III, largely due to its heavier barrel, and a new bayonet was designed to go with the rifle: a, 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 —but sharing the same mount as the No. 4's spike bayonet—and subsequently the No. 9 blade bayonets were issued for use with the No. 4 rifle as well.

In the years after the Second World War the British produced the No. 4 Mk 2 ( replaced 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, beech wood stocks (with the original reinforcing strap and center 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 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 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. Later in the war the need for a shorter, lighter rifle led to the development of the Rifle, No. 5 Mk I (the '). With a severely cut-down stock, a prominent, and a receiver machined to remove all unnecessary metal, the No.

5 was shorter and 2 lb (0.9 kg) lighter. Despite a 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', often said to be a ' and accuracy problems.

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. 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 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. 6 Mk I never entered full production, and examples today are extremely rare and valuable to collectors. A 'Shortened and Lightened' version of the SMLE Mk III.

rifle was also trialled by the Australian military, and a very small number were manufactured at SAF Lithgow during the course of the Second World War. 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 during World War II had been known to unofficially refer to the No. 5 Mk I as a 'Jungle Carbine'. 5 rifles served in Korea (as did the No.1 Mk III.

SMLE—mostly with Australian troops). Lee-Enfield conversions Sniper rifles. During both World Wars and the Korean War, a number of Lee-Enfield rifles were modified for use as. The Australian Army modified 1,612 Lithgow SMLE No1 Mk III.

rifles by adding a heavy target barrel, cheek-piece, and a World War I era Pattern 1918 telescope, creating the SMLE No1 Mk III. (HT). (HT standing for ' Heavy Barrel, Telescopic Sight), which saw service in the Second World War, Korea, and Malaya and was used for Sniper Training through to the late 1970s.

There is evidence that some SMLE No1 Mk III. (HT) sniper rifles were used by Australian forces during the later stages of the.

During the Second World War, standard No. 4 rifles, selected for their accuracy during factory tests, were modified by the addition of a wooden cheek-piece, and telescopic sight mounts designed to accept a No.

32 3.5x telescopic sight. 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 Sniper Rifle.

They were known by the designation Telescope Straight, Sighting L1A1. 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. These rifles were extensively employed in various conflicts until the late 1960s, and when the British military switched over to the round in the 1950s, many of the No 4 Mk I (T) sniper rifles were converted to the new calibre and designated. The L42A1 sniper rifle continued as the British Army's standard sniper weapon until the mid 1980s, being replaced.22 training rifles. Numbers of Lee-Enfield rifles were converted to training rifles, 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-Enfield rifles but from the First World War onwards SMLE rifles were used instead. These were known as.22 Pattern 1914 Short Rifles during The First World War and Rifle, No 2 Mk IV from 1921 onwards.

They were generally single-shot affairs, although some were later modified with special adaptors to enable magazine loading. 2 Mk IV rifles are externally identical to a.303 calibre SMLE Mk III. rifle, the only difference being the.22 calibre barrel, and bolthead and extractor which have been modified to fire.22 calibre rimfire cartridges.

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 commercially distributed and does not appear to have been manufactured since the 1950s. L59A1 Drill Rifle. 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. Small numbers of Lee-Enfield rifles were built as, or converted to, experimental semi-automatic loading systems, such as the British and South African 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 and light machine guns which were in chronically short supply at the time. 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.

The end result was the Charlton Automatic Rifle (based on the obsolete MLE), which was issued to Home Guard units in NZ from 1942. Over 1,500 conversions were made, including a handful by using Lithgow SMLE Mk III. rifles.

During the 1960s, the and the converted a number of Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifles to as part of a programme to retain the Lee-Enfield as a reserve weapon. The Lee-Enfield No.

4 series rifles that were converted to 7.62 mm NATO were re-designated as the L8 series of rifles 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 magazines. 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. 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). At some point just after the 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. 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, 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 pressures of the 7.62 mm NATO round) 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. The original 2,000 (1,800 ) 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 2A 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. In 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 near Liverpool after that factory had been plagued with industrial 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 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 the factory at Shirley near, and SAF Lithgow in Australia, who finally discontinued production of the SMLE Mk III. in 1950. During the First World War alone, 3.8 million SMLE rifles were produced in the UK by RSAF Enfield, BSA, and LSA.

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From the late 1940s, legislation in New South Wales, Australia, heavily restricted.303 British calibre (and other 'military calibre') rifles, so large numbers of SMLEs were converted to 'wildcat' calibres such as,.303/270 and the popular 7.7x54 round. 303/25 calibre sporterised SMLEs are very common in Australia today, although getting ammunition for them is very difficult and has been since the 1980s.

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. 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. RFI in India and SAF Lithgow in Australia both produced single-shot conversions of the SMLE chambered for a.410 shotgun cartridge.

The.410 conversions made by Ishapore were generally used as riot 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. Many of these conversions have been out to accept modern 2½' 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.

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. The rifles are manufactured by parts outsourcing and are assembled and finished in Australia, chambered in and feed from modified magazines.

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. AIA also offers the AIA M10-A1 rifle, a -styled version chambered in, which uses magazines 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 ). 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.

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Khyber Pass Copies. The Lee-Enfield family of rifles is the second oldest bolt-action rifle design still in official service, after; Lee-Enfield rifles are used by reserve forces and police forces in many Commonwealth countries, particularly Canada, where they are the main rifle issued to the, and India, where the Lee-Enfield is widely issued to reserve military units and police forces. Indian police officers carrying SMLE Mk III. and were a familiar sight throughout railway stations in India after the and the. They are also still seen in the hands of Pakistani and Bangladeshi second-line and police units.

In the UK, the single-shot.22 calibre Rifle No. 8 is in regular use with UK Cadet Forces as a light target rifle. Used as a drill weapon and in ceremonial functions by the Sri Lankan Military, one was used by to attack in 1987. Lee-Enfields are very popular as hunting rifles and target shooting rifles. Many surplus Lee-Enfield rifles were sold in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa after the Second World War, and a fair number have been ', having had the front furniture reduced or removed and a scope fitted so that they resemble a bolt-action sporting rifle. Top-notch accuracy is difficult to achieve with the Lee-Enfield design, as it was intended to be a battle rifle rather than a sharpshooter's weapon, and thus the Enfield is nowadays overshadowed by derivatives of 's design as a target shooting arm.

They did, however, continue to be used at up into the 1970s with some success, and continue to perform extremely well at Military Service Rifle Competitions throughout the world. The Lee-Enfield rifle is a popular gun for historic rifle enthusiasts and those who find the 10-round magazine, loading by charger clips, and the rapid bolt-action useful for Practical Rifle events. Since formation in 1998, organisations such as the Lee Enfield Rifle Association have greatly assisted in not just preserving rifles in shooting condition (many Lee-Enfields are being deactivated and sold as 'wall-hangers' to collectors who do not hold a Firearms Licence in countries where they are required), but holding events and competitions wholly accurate in terms of the various courses of fire and targets of the period. Lee-Enfields are also popular with competitors in service rifle competitions in many British Commonwealth countries—notably Australia, which boasts a very active Military Service Rifle shooting community.

1917 Enfield 22 Caliber Training Rifle

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