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...trial at the arms testing establishment at [[Royal Small Arms Factory|RSAF Enfield]]. This took place between 19-21 March 1918, and the Huot competed against
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...or inventing the [[bolt action]] that led to the [[Lee-Metford]] and [[Lee-Enfield]] series of [[rifle]]s.
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...ames Paris Lee]]. The rifle they made led to the [[Lee-Metford]] and [[Lee-Enfield]] series of [[rifle]]s.
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...operated. Its magazine had only half the capacity of Great Britain's [[Lee-Enfield]] series rifles, but being internal, it made the weapon more comfortable to
...rifles and other surplus arms (namely the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Lee-Enfield]] bolt-action rifle, which was used on a large scale by these organisations
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...litary firearms, notably [[Martini-Henry]], [[Martini-Enfield]], and [[Lee-Enfield]] rifles, although [[AK-47]] rifles, [[Webley Revolver]]s, [[Tokarev TT-33]
...ality British or Indian manufactured rifles.<ref>Ian Skennerton, ''The Lee-Enfield Story'' (1993). Arms & Militaria Press, Gold Coast QLD (Australia) ISBN 1-8
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...e-equipped by the United States primarily with Springfield M1903 and M1917 Enfield rifles, making the Springfield M1903 rifle one of the primary rifles of Fre
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...Garand as a possible replacement for its [[bolt-action]] [[Lee-Enfield|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk III]], but rejected it after trials to simulate combat conditions.<
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...lt rifle can easily top that, although not with the same accuracy, the Lee-Enfield was a bolt action rifle, requiring the soldier to rotate and cycle a bolt w
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... Ian (1993). ''Lee-Enfield Story: A Complete Study of the Lee-Metford, Lee-Enfield, S.M.L.E. and No.4 Series''. Ian D Skennerton. ISBN 978-0-949749-15-4.</ref
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...ools, or simply an inventive mind. Examples of this fact include the [[Lee Enfield]] bolt action rifles converted to fully automatic in late World War I ([[Ho
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...bre, Rifle, Magazine, Lee-Enfield''', or more commonly simply Magazine Lee-Enfield, or MLE (sometimes spoken as "emily" instead of M, L, E).
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...contracting to produce millions of [[M1917 Enfield rifle|M1917]] "American Enfield" rifle with Remington and Winchester and were importing [[Ross rifle]]s fro
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...and Berthier Rifles|M1916 Berthier]] rifles for [[France]], [[Pattern 1914 Enfield]] rifles for [[Britain]], and Model 1891 [[Mosin-Nagant]] rifles for [[Impe
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...stern outlaw Jesse James. Another notable design is the [[Enfield revolver|Enfield]] and [[Webley revolver|Webley]] series of revolvers used by the British Ar
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...[[Mauser]] [[Kar 98k]] and semi-automatic [[Gewehr 43]]; the British [[Lee-Enfield No. 4]]; the Japanese [[Arisaka|Arisaka 97]]; and the American [[M1903 Spri
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