The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine -fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. [9][10]

What this page will attempt to provide is a basic overview of the serial system and where to find them along with the manufacture markings and barrel date stamp that is common on most Enfields.

May 14, 2020 · To combat the shortened barrel life, the engineers at Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield (RSAF) designed a new barrel rifling (Enfield rifling) for the British & Commonwealth firearms. The new model became the Magazine, Lee Enfield Mk1 or MLE Mk1 in 1895.

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mark I*** bolt action. Photo by David Tong. I recently happened upon this quite early Lee-Enfield rifle at a local gun shop and snapped her up. As the title of the article suggests, this is a Mark I, which differs from the vast majority of No. 1 rifles.

.303 Lee Enfield Rifle and Manual. The bolt action, Caliber .303 in. Magazine Lee-Enfield, MLE, held two columns of 5 cartridges each.

Dec 8, 2006 · The .303 calibre, Rifle, Magazine, Lee-Enfield, more commonly referred to as the Magazine Lee-Enfield, or MLE (sometimes spoken as "emily" instead of M, L, E) was developped because the new invention of cordite ammunition was too quickly eroding the rifling in the earlier Metford rifled arms.

The Lee Metford Cavalry Carbine Mk1 was only manufactuted for one year from 1895 to 1896 and only at the RSAF Enfield factory. Designed for Mounted Cavalry uses and was held in a holster on a horses saddle for easy access by the rider.

Lee Enfield cavalry .303 in Mk I magazine carbine, 1896. Approved in 1896, the Lee-Enfield carbine was a great improvement on the Martini-Henry. It had a box magazine containing six rounds and had a smooth bolt-action, but in the Boer War (1899-1902) it was opposed by Mauser carbines, which were clip-fed rather than having the rounds loaded by ...

The fast-operating Lee bolt-action and large magazine capacity enabled a trained rifleman to fire between 20 to 30 aimed rounds a minute, making the Lee-Enfield the fastest military bolt-action rifle of the day.

On the standard carbine a new nosecap was fabricated to allow the fitting of a Pattern 1888 bayonet to the 11200 standard carbines provided to the RIC and to forces in New Zealand of which 1500 were manufactured. The Mk1* differs from the Mk1 by the omission of the cleaning road which were abolished in 1899