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... cadet forces. Such examples include the [[Lee-Enfield#Rifle No 4 Mk I|Lee-Enfield No IV Mk 1]] Rifle used between 1941 and 1955.
...purpose rifle include the aforementioned [[Lee-Enfield#Rifle No 4 Mk I|Lee-Enfield Rifle No 4 Mk I]], which is used mainly by the British Army Cadet Force. Th
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...res armed with [[Type 56 assault rifle]]s and older weapons like the [[Lee Enfield]].
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...round. The three predominant bolt-action systems are the [[Mauser]], [[Lee-Enfield]], and [[Mosin-Nagant]] systems.
...ank]] action, the [[Springfield Model 1873|Trapdoor]] action, the [[Snider-Enfield|Snider breechblock]] and Lock breechblock action.
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...hich was used on the late-World War II jungle-combat versions of the [[Lee-Enfield]], the No. 5 variant, intended for use in the Pacific. More modern solution
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...e capacity limit of some historically significant firearms such as the Lee-Enfield and M1 Garand. The restrictions did not cover rimfire rifles. The provinces
...rifles and shotguns have a maximum magazine capacity of five rounds. [[Lee-Enfield]] rifles and the [[M1 Garand]] are exempted from this requirement by name.
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...rra Adam Khel]], near Peshawar, which was historically known for the [[Lee Enfield]] [[.303]]; however, the town now produces ordnance including the [[AK-47]]
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...nd the designation ''"Pistol No. 2 Mk I"'' was used to refer to both the [[Enfield Revolver]] and the later [[Browning Hi-Power]] semi-automatic.
[[Image:Revolver Enfield No2 Mk I.jpg|thumb|left|A 1930s vintage [[Enfield revolver]].]]
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...ed for military rifles with intentionally large chambers such as the [[Lee-Enfield]] in [[.303 British]]. The use of partial length or neck sizing for cartri
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*Iceland: Used by the Coast Guard (replacing the [[Lee-Enfield]] [[bolt-action]] rifle) and the Icelandic Crisis Response unit (both the G
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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
...ple had already had some 11,000 rounds fired through it before coming into Enfield's hands, this is understandable. Using all varieties of Mark VII ammunition
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...or inventing the [[bolt action]] that led to the [[Lee-Metford]] and [[Lee-Enfield]] series of [[rifle]]s.
[[Image:Enfield Island Village4.JPG|thumb|left| James Lee square at Enfield Island Village formerly the [[Royal Small Arms Factory]]]]
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* [[1907]] — The British introduce the iconic [[Lee-Enfield|SMLE Mk III]].
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...ames Paris Lee]]. The rifle they made led to the [[Lee-Metford]] and [[Lee-Enfield]] series of [[rifle]]s.
...itage.ca/kent/rifle.htm Chatham-Kent: Lee-Enfield Rifle]</ref> [[Image:Lee Enfield Rifle Prototype Wallaceburg Museum.jpg|left|thumb| Lee Rifle Prototype 1878
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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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... that replaced the Krags had a magazine cutoff, as did the [[SMLE]] ([[Lee Enfield]]) until 1915.
...ese [[Type 38 Rifle]]''' || '''German [[Gewehr 98]]''' || '''British [[Lee-Enfield]]''' (data for late model)
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* '''Enfield No.2 Mk.1''': Common name for [[Enfield Revolver|Revolver No 2]].
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*[[C No.4 Mk I & Mk I*]] Lee-Enfield and (T) sniper variants
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... 1912, the factory initially manufactured [[Lee-Enfield|Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III]] rifles (and bayonets therefor) for the Australian military during
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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
... during WWI it was actually outnumbered by the [[M1917 Enfield rifle|M1917 Enfield]] for much of the war. Also, during WW2 many remained in use early on, espe
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...ll as a host of other locations. The British version was chambered in .303 Enfield and sported a spike-type Bipod.
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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.<
...ly lost by U.S. soldiers (a criticism made of British soldiers and the Lee-Enfield 50 years previously), would render the weapon too susceptible to clogging f
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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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There are, however, exceptions to these rules. [[Lee-Enfield]] and Tokarev [[SVT-40]] rifles had a detachable box magazine only to facil
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...trials at the arms testing establishment at [[Royal Smal Arms Factory|RSAF Enfield]]. The results are very favorable: The Huot did better in some tests than t
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[[Image:Snider-Martini-Enfield Cartridges.JPG|thumb|right|(From Left to Right): A [[.577 Snider]] cartridg
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...acity was a source of criticism. Ironically, the Germans faced the [[M1917 Enfield rifle|U.S. M1917]] rifle during WWI, which was the Pattern 13 rifle adapted
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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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...then dropped as infantry rifle designs were shortened such as in the [[Lee-Enfield|SMLE]] rifle.
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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
...tions by Remington included development and production of the U.S. [[M1917 Enfield rifle]], a simplified version of the British Pattern 1914, and development
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