Nepalese Police constables may also be usually seen equipped with SMLE rifles. BSA-Shirley, Birmingham produced 81,329 rifles and ROF Fazakerley, Liverpool 169,807 rifles. 5 Mk I as a "Jungle Carbine". 4 MK … Police forces in both the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu continue to operate and maintain stocks of No.4 rifles. [91], A number of British Service Rifles, predominantly the Martini–Henry and Martini–Enfield, but also the various Lee–Enfield rifles, have been produced by small manufacturers in the Khyber Pass region of the Pakistani/Afghan border. The Australian military were not permitted to manufacture the No. 4 Mk I was officially adopted in 1941. [74], In the early 1950s Essential Agencies Ltd. Despite a rubber butt-pad, the .303 round produced excessive recoil due to the shorter barrel. Early models of the Lee–Metford and Lee–Enfield even used a short length of chain to secure the magazine to the rifle. [95] Enfields continue to be used as drill weapons by the National Ceremonial Guard of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) as well as the Australian Defence Force Cadets. A very nice example Australian SMLE No. 4 (T) sniper rifles to 7.62×51mm NATO, which led to the creation of the L42A1 series sniper rifles.[79]. The rear "battle sight" was ground off to make room to attach the No. It features a usable 6X zoom scope. Free postage. Lee Enfield. However, many 2A/2A1 owners shoot such ammunition in their rifles with no problems, although some factory loaded .308 Winchester cartridges may appear to generate higher pressures than 7.62×51mm NATO, even though the rounds are otherwise interchangeable – this is due to the different systems of pressure measurement used for NATO and commercial cartridges. SMLE rifle BUTT STOCK Lee Enfield original Canadian with C broad arrow stamp & P. This is an original WW2 era SMLE BUTT STOCK made in Canada by Longbranch. [92], "Khyber Pass Copies", as they are known, tend to be copied exactly from a "master" rifle, which may itself be a Khyber Pass Copy, markings and all, which is why it's not uncommon to see Khyber Pass rifles with the "N" in "Enfield" reversed, amongst other things. Both were located at Long Branch, Ontario. [19] 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. [17][18], The Lee–Enfield was adapted to fire the .303 British service cartridge, a rimmed, high-powered rifle round. The butt stomped 'Rifle E.Y. I/L bayonet, which has a rotating handle and a large ring on the cross-guard was not for the No. [29], The inability of the principal manufacturers (RSAF Enfield, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited and London Small Arms Co. Ltd) to meet military production demands, led to the development of the "peddled scheme", which contracted out the production of whole rifles and rifle components to several shell companies. The No. 4 Mk. These were similar to the No. All our Enfield rifles are fully serviced, checked for correct head space & range tested if time permitting. ), of Toronto, Ontario, produced a run of several thousand survival rifles based on the No. 1 Mk III* it lacked a volley sight and had the wire loop in place of the sling swivel at the front of magazine well along with the simplified cocking piece. 4 Mk 1 rifles were re-named No. British / Australia Short Lee Enfield I rifle in.303 calibre, officially converted to an EY rifle. Mk 7 – Lee Enfield No4 Mk1 and Mk2. In Iraq and Egypt, the Lee–Enfield was replaced by the Kalashnikov as the standard issue rifle in the Armed Forces by the late 1950s, and in Police Forces by the late 1970s. Fitted with target sling mounts and a… £100 US$134/€111 2 bids +$15.00 shipping. This means that final head space is not achieved until the bolt handle is turned down all the way. [13][99] As of 2012[update], Lee–Enfield rifles are still being used by the Taliban insurgents against NATO/Allied forces in Afghanistan.[84]. I, Mk. From the late 1940s, legislation in New South Wales, Australia, heavily restricted .303 British calibre (and other "military calibre") rifles,[72] so large numbers of SMLEs were converted to "wildcat" calibres such as .303/25, .303/22, .303/270 and the popular 7.7×54mm round. 4 MK. Most of this website is accessible to non-members, there are no adverts, no dangerous links and no multimedia content. The next year a shorter version was introduced as the Lee-Enfield Cavalry Carbine Mk I, or LEC, with a 21.2-inch barrel as opposed to the 30.2-inch "long" version. [61] They were generally single-shot affairs, originally using Morris tubes chambered for cheap .22L cartridge and some larger types, circa 1907. B1660 No4 Saftey catch … 4 action, but lightened and shortened, chambered in .303 British. About 3,000 rifles, mostly Stevens-Savage, appear to have been partially converted by Holland & Holland but never received brackets, scopes of the final "T" mark. 1 Mk. The Howard Francis Self-Loading Carbine was a conversion of a No. It was equipped with a No. Initially, rifles were converted from obsolete Magazine Lee–Metford and Magazine Lee–Enfield rifles[57][58] but from the First World War onwards SMLE rifles were used instead. The magazine cutoff was also reintroduced and an additional band was added near the muzzle for additional strength during bayonet use. The stock and fore end was marked with broad white painted bands and the letters "DP" for easy identification. [21], A shorter and lighter version of the original MLE—the Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee–Enfield or SMLE (sometimes spoken as "Smelly", rather than S, M, L, E)[13]—was introduced on 1 January 1904. 7, Rifle, No. The L59A1 arose from British government concerns over the vulnerability of Army Cadet Force and school Combined Cadet Forces' (CCF) stocks of small arms to theft by terrorists, in particular the Irish Republican Army following raids on CCF armouries in the 1950s and 1960s. [43] With the introduction of the No. Lee Enfield No 4 Mk2 – RAF Contract. The Lee–Enfield rifle was derived from the earlier Lee–Metford, a mechanically similar black-powder rifle, which combined James Paris Lee's rear-locking bolt system that had a barrel featuring rifling designed by William Ellis Metford. In the UK, the single-shot .22 calibre Rifle No. A conversion specification of No.1 rifles to L59A2 Drill Purpose was also prepared but was abandoned due to the greater difficulty of machining involved and the negligible numbers still in the hands of cadet units. [89] AIA also offered the AIA M10-A1 rifle, a Jungle Carbine-styled version chambered in 7.62×39mm Russian, which uses AK-47 magazines. [13], Many people still hunt with as-issued Lee–Enfield rifles, with commercial .303 British ammunition proving especially effective on medium-sized game. All numbers matching. 4 rifle with the trigger hung forward from the butt collar and not from the trigger guard, beech wood stocks (with the original reinforcing strap and centre 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 "gunmetal" buttplates (during the war the British, Americans and Canadians replaced the brass buttplates on the No.4 rifles with a zinc alloy (Zamak) type to reduce costs and to speed up rifle production). I (T) and No. p. 372. Calibre.303 1955 Serial No: UF55 A11614 Price: £1,050. [84][85] Also contributing to the total was the Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI) at Ishapore in India, which continued to produce the SMLE in both .303 and 7.62×51mm NATO until the 1980s, and is still manufacturing a sporting rifle based on the SMLE Mk III action, chambered for a .315 calibre cartridge,[86] the Birmingham Small Arms Company factory at Shirley near Birmingham, and SAF Lithgow in Australia, who finally discontinued production of the SMLE Mk III* with a final 'machinery proving' batch of 1000 rifles in early 1956, using 1953-dated receivers. An Australian experimental version of the No. From China. The Rifle Factory Ishapore at Ishapore in India produced the Mk III* in .303 British and then upgraded the manufactured strength by heat treatment of the receiver and bolt to fire 7.62×51mm NATO ammunition, the model 2A, which retained the 2,000 yard rear sight as the metric conversion of distance was very close to the flatter trajectory of the new ammunition, then changed the rear sight to 800 m re-named model 2A1. Buy It Now +$78.00 shipping. Model No4 Mk1* Longbranch. Modern Warfare, Published by Mark Dartford, Marshall Cavendish (London) 1985. Used in 1959 to test 7.62 Rifle design. EU/UK20 Spec. Experiments with smokeless powder in the existing Lee–Metford 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 6000 rounds. How the experts tuned Lee Enfields; 215 pages/365 images. They were then known by the designation Telescope Straight, Sighting L1A1. Fixed and adjustable aperture sights incorporated onto later variants, 1930 (trials only; 1,025 produced and leftover parts assembled into rifles early in WWII), 1931–present (2,500 trials examples produced in the 1930s, then mass production from mid-1941 onwards). 1 bid. Parker Hale PH5DC Lee Enfield No4 rear sight and PH 'FS2A' foresight . £550.00 . A new rifle based on the Mauser design was created to fire the round, called the Pattern 1913 Enfield. A five-round .22 cal 'Parker-Hiscock' magazine was also developed and in service for a relatively short period during the later period of the First World War, but was subsequently withdrawn from issue due to reliability problems with its quite complicated loading and feeding mechanism. Click On The Links Below For More Details . Chambered in .303 British – 7.7mm – it produced dozens of variants over the years, which include the SMLE (Short magazine Lee Enfield), No. Lee Enfield scopes No4 MK1 T No 32 sniper rifle scope Full Ensemble for the No. Lee Enfield SMLE No1 MkIII*. In the early 1930s, a batch of 2,500 No. 4 Mk. The Australian Army modified 1,612[50] Lithgow SMLE No. Lee–Enfields are very popular as hunting rifles and target shooting rifles. The rifle became known simply as the "three-oh-three". Many early models, Magazine Lee–Enfield (MLE), Magazine Lee–Metford (MLM) and SMLE, were rebuilt to the Mk III standard. 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. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. 4 marks, in the hope of increasing sales of a rifle that had little U.S. market penetration. The SMLE Mk V (later Rifle No. [10] The Lee bolt-action and 10-round magazine capacity enabled a well-trained rifleman to perform the "mad minute" firing 20 to 30 aimed rounds in 60 seconds, making the Lee–Enfield the fastest military bolt-action rifle of the day. Time left 6d 15h left. The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. 4 Mark I and featured a rear receiver aperture battle sight calibrated for 300 yd (274 m) with an additional ladder aperture sight that could be flipped up and was calibrated for 200–800 yd (183–732 m) in 100 yd (91 m) increments. 1 Mk V is the rear aperture sight. [78] 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). Mechanism Bolt Action. 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. 32 3.5× telescopic sight. The 2A/2A1 rifles are not conversions of .303 calibre SMLE Mk III* rifles. 5 photos. 3) in 1944 which had a improved field of view of 8 degrees 30 minutes. A redesign of the Lee–Metford (adopted by the British Army in 1888), the Lee–Enfield superseded the earlier Martini–Henry, Martini–Enfield, and Lee–Metford rifles. Page 1 of 1. No4 Enfield Rifle Spares - Firearm Spares. 1 Mk III or III*, with the original MLE and LEC becoming obsolete along with the earlier SMLE models. 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. Specialising In the Sales, Service & Repair of All types of Lee Enfield Rifles. They are also still seen in the hands of Pakistani and Bangladeshi second-line and police units. [54] A transitional model the No. Mechanism Deactivated. 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PARTS FOR THIS RIFLE CAN NOT BE SUPPLIED TO CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE OF THE UK. more info Quick view Add to Cart. They were supplied to the UK under the Lend-Lease programme during the Second World War. Side adjustments in 2 MOA increments were made by the drum mounted at the side of the sight. 5 Mk I (the "Jungle Carbine"). I* (T) sniper rifles. 32 MKI Telescope, “This detailed reproduction of the No. Contact Simon Pemberton on Mobile 07952 119609 or Email: highwoodclassicarms@hotmail.co.uk. Post-war versions were made that would fit No. I Mk III in.303 calibre. Lee Enfield No.4 Mk 2 F.56 FTR single shot target rifle. The barrel was now halfway in length between the original long rifle and the carbine, at 25.2 inches (640 mm). Roughly 1,400 of these were converted to No. We set ourselves apart by supplying unique parts at a good value and standing by our products by offering outstanding customer service. Lee Enfield No4 Normal Walnut Butt stock. [28] It was produced in very limited numbers and an experimental folding stock version was made. Each No. Smoothbored shotguns could be legally held with far less trouble. The Lee–Enfield takes its name from the designer of the rifle's bolt system—James Paris Lee—and the factory in which it was designed—the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. 32 telescope progressed through three marks with the Mk. Enfield 7.62 Trials Rifle dated 1959 S/N 137. 6 Mk I never entered full production and examples are rare and valuable to collectors. [22] The SMLE's visual trademark was its blunt nose, with only the bayonet boss protruding a small fraction of an inch beyond the nosecap, being modelled on the Swedish Model 1894 Cavalry Carbine. 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