![]() 303 British cartridge manually from the top, either one round at a time or by means of five-round chargers. It featured a ten-round box magazine which was loaded with the. Ī redesign of the Lee–Metford (adopted by the British Army in 1888), the Lee–Enfield superseded the earlier Martini–Henry, Martini–Enfield, and Lee–Metford rifles. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. The Lee–Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 19th century. Sliding ramp rear sights, fixed-post front sights, "dial" long-range volley sights telescopic sights on sniper models. Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I (1903), Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.ġ0-round magazine, loaded with 5-round charger clips For other uses, see Lee rifle and Enfield rifle (disambiguation). This article is about the early twentieth-century British rifle.
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