![]() ![]() ![]() Why Because in the rugged arctic conditions in which the Rangers operate, the Lee-Enfield can be relied upon to work. In fact, members of our own Canadian Forces, the Canadian Rangers, are still issued Lee-Enfield No. Korea, Lee-Enfields are still cropping up on todays battlefields in perfectly serviceable condition a testament to the riflesincredibly robust design and manufacture. Seeing considerable service with British and Commonwealth forces in World War II (as the Lee-Enfield No. In fact, the Lee-Enfield gave British troops such an advantage that German troops advancing under a hail of fire from the British Expeditionary Forces Lee-Enfields would later report that theyd come under fire from innumerable machine guns, such was the volume of fire maintained by the British troops armed with their Lee-Enfields. In fact, the current world record for aimed bolt-action rifle fire was set in 1914 by a musketry instructor in the British Army, Sergeant Instructor Alfred Snoxall, who put 38 rounds on a 12 target at 300 yards in one minute That feat more than doubled the already impressive rate of accurate fire required of regular troops during the infamous mad minute, in which soldiers would be expected to score 15 hits in the same amount of time, at the same distance as Snoxalls superlative record. ![]() This, combined with the Lees rear-locking lug layout that allowed the bolt handle to be placed just above and aft of the trigger (as opposed to ahead of and far above as on the Mausers of the day), made for a rifle that could be manipulated in a much more rapid and fluid manner, requiring less exertion, and allowing for superior accuracy from shot to shot. The former could be credited to a pair of distinct and innovative machinations of the James Paris Lee-designed action, the most obvious of which was the actions cock-on-closing design.Ĭompared to the cock-on-opening design of the Mauser and Mosin, the Lee-Enfield separated the task of cocking the firing pin spring from the effort required to extract the fired round, which in turn also allowed the shooter to build forward momentum with the bolt before encountering the resistance of the firing pin spring. Having grown out of the creation of the smokeless.303 British round it fires (see Calibres Calibre on page 47 for more information), the Lee-Enfield served the English Empire at its veritable height when it debuted in 1895, and has subsequently seen service in one form or another in almost every armed conflict since. But in the midst of all these various options at a gun owners disposal lie five rifles that we think every Canadian should make a point of owning. ![]()
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