LeeEnfield Wikipedia. LeeEnfield. Type. Bolt action rifle. Place of origin. United Kingdom. Service history. In service. MLE 1. 89. 51. 92. SMLE 1. 90. 4present. Used by. See Users. Wars. Second Boer War. World War IEaster Rising. Various Colonial conflicts. Irish War of Independence. A website dedicate to the Lee Enfield rifle, its history and images. Irish Civil War. World War IIIndonesian National Revolution. Indo Pakistani Wars. Greek Civil War. Malayan Emergency. Collectible Foreign Military Longarms post1898 OLD SMOF6851 BRITISH NO 4 MK IENFIELD RIFLE MADE BY SAVAGE U. S. PROPERTY. 303 BRITISH CALIBER Serial. German Sport Guns GSG522 With Retractable Stock Semi Auto. LR Rifle 16 Barrel 813393014864. The LeeEnfield is a boltaction, magazinefed, repeating rifle that was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during. French Indochina War. Korean War. Arab Israeli War. Suez Crisis. Border Campaign Irish Republican ArmyMau Mau Uprising. Vietnam War. The Troubles. Sino Indian War. Bangladesh Liberation War. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Fritz Kalkbrenner Here Today Gone Tomorrow Deluxe Check. Nepalese Civil War. Afghanistan conflict. Production history. Designer. James Paris Lee, RSAF Enfield. Produced. MLE 1. SMLE 1. No.  built. 17,0. Variants. See Modelsmarks. Specifications. Weight. Mk I3. 9. 6 kg 8. Bsa Rifle Serial Number Search' title='Bsa Rifle Serial Number Search' />Mk III4. No. 4Length. MLE 4. SMLE No. 1 Mk III 4. SMLE No. 4 Mk I 4. LEC 4. 0. 6 in 1,0. EARLY REMINGTON MODEL 11 12GA. SEMIAUTO SHOTGUN. Serial number 41XXX circa 190607. Serial Number Criteria Description Criteria B17G Data last updated Tue Mar 15 092504 2016 4124440. Boeing B17F10BO Fortress MSN 31253174 24440. VMach FAC Rifle Tuning Kits For BSA Rifles. The kits listed below are for FACrated air rifles. These kits can be supplied to Export customers in countries whose. SMLE No. 5 Mk I 3. Barrel length. MLE 3. SMLE No. 1 Mk III 2. SMLE No. 4 Mk I 2. LEC 2. 1. 2 in 5. SMLE No. 5 Mk I 1. Cartridge. 3. 03 Mk VII SAA Ball. Action. Bolt action. Rate of fire. 203. Muzzle velocity. 74. Effective firing range. Maximum firing range. Feed system. 10 round magazine, loaded with 5 round charger clips. Sights. Sliding ramp rear sights, fixed post front sights, dial long range volley telescopic sights on sniper models. Fixed and adjustable aperture sights incorporated onto later variants. The LeeEnfield is a bolt action, magazine fed, repeating rifle that was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 2. It was the British Armys standard rifle from its official adoption in 1. It is often referred to as the SMLE, which is short for the common Short Magazine Lee Enfield variant. A redesign of the LeeMetford adopted by the British Army in 1. LeeEnfield superseded the earlier MartiniHenry, MartiniEnfield, and LeeMetford rifles. It featured a ten round box magazine which was loaded with the. Britishcartridge manually from the top, either one round at a time or by means of five round chargers. The LeeEnfield was the standard issue weapon to rifle companies of the British Army and other Commonwealth nations in both the First and Second World Wars these Commonwealth nations included Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India and South Africa, among others. Although officially replaced in the UK with the L1. A1 SLR in 1. 95. 7, it remained in widespread British service until the earlymid 1. L4. 2 sniper variant remained in service until the 1. As a standard issue infantry rifle, it is still found in service in the armed forces of some Commonwealth nations, notably with the Bangladesh Police, which makes it the second longest serving military bolt action rifle still in official service, after the MosinNagant. The Canadian Rangers unit still use Enfield rifles, with plans to replace the weapons sometime in 2. Sako designed Colt C 1. Total production of all LeeEnfields is estimated at over 1. The LeeEnfield takes its name from the designer of the rifles bolt systemJames Paris Leeand the factory in which it was designedthe Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Southern Africa and India the rifle became known simply as the three oh three9Design and historyeditThe LeeEnfield rifle was derived from the earlier LeeMetford, a mechanically similar black powder rifle, which combined James Paris Lees rear locking bolt system with a barrel featuring rifling designed by William Ellis Metford. 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 i. Mauser Gewehr 9. 8 design. The bolt has a relatively short bolt throw and features rear mounted lugs and the bolt operating handle places the bolt knob just rearwards of the trigger at a favorable ergonomic position close to the operators hand. The action features helical locking surfaces the technical term is interrupted threading. This means that final head space is not achieved until the bolt handle is turned down all the way. The British probably used helical locking lugs to allow for chambering imperfect or dirty ammunition and that the closing cam action is distributed over the entire mating faces of both bolt and receiver lugs. This is one reason the bolt closure feels smooth. The rifle was also equipped with a detachable sheet steel, 1. 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 LeeMetford and LeeEnfield even used a short length of chain to secure the magazine to the rifle. To further facilitate rapid aimed fire the rifle can be cycled by most rifleman without loss of sight picture. These design features facilitate rapid cycling and fire compared to other bolt action designs like the Mauser. The Lee bolt action and 1. LeeEnfield the fastest military bolt action rifle of the day. The current world record for aimed bolt action fire was set in 1. British ArmySergeant Instructor Snoxallwho placed 3. Some straight pull bolt action rifles were thought faster, but lacked the simplicity, reliability, and generous magazine capacity of the LeeEnfield. 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. The LeeEnfield was adapted to fire the. British service cartridge, a rimmed, high powered rifle round. Experiments with smokeless powder in the existing LeeMetford 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 6. Replacing this with a new square shaped rifling system designed at the Royal Small Arms Factory RSAF Enfield solved the problem, and the LeeEnfield was born. Modelsmarks of LeeEnfield rifle and service periodseditModelMark. In Service. Magazine LeeEnfield. Charger Loading LeeEnfield. Short Magazine LeeEnfield Mk I1. Short Magazine LeeEnfield Mk II1. Short Magazine LeeEnfield Mk IIIIII. Short Magazine LeeEnfield Mk V1. Rifle No. 1 Mk VI1. Rifle No. 4 Mk I1. Rifle No. 4 Mk I. Rifle No 5 Mk I Jungle Carbine1. BSA Shirley produced 8. ROF Fazakerley 1. Rifle No. 4 Mk 2. Rifle 7. 6. 2mm 2. A1. 96. 4present. Rifle 7. 6. 2mm 2. A1. 19. 65present. Magazine LeeEnfieldeditThe LeeEnfield rifle was introduced in November 1. Rifle, Magazine, LeeEnfield, or more commonly Magazine LeeEnfield, or MLE sometimes spoken as emily instead of M, L, E. The next year, a shorter version was introduced as the LeeEnfield Cavalry Carbine Mk I, or LEC, with a 2. Both underwent a minor upgrade series in 1. 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 carbines, respectively. Some of the MLEs and MLMs were converted to load from chargers, and designated Charger Loading LeeEnfields, or CLLEs. EARLY REMINGTON MODEL 1. GA. SEMI AUTO SHOTGUN. Serial number 4. XXX circa 1.