The Lee-Enfield Rifle
The
Lee-Enfield Rifle Website
Welcome to the Lee-Enfield
Rifle Website,
This site was created to
provide basic information on the many variations of the Lee-Enfield rifle, with
particular emphasis placed on pictorial references. Descriptions combined with
images to better showcase and illustrate the sometimes-subtle differences
between them. These pages attempt to assist those that are interested in these
rifles to understand some of the cryptic stamps and markings found on them.
Other pages provide the history behind the development of the Lee action, the
Enfield rifle and the .303 British cartridge.
Technical information pages are also included to aid the collector/owner in
maintaining, accurizing and restoring these rifles.
The subject of the Enfield
rifle is so diverse and expansive that it is difficult to present in one simple
package. As such, this is only one of many sites covering the world of the
The aim of this site is to
offer factual and historically correct information regarding these rifles,
great care is taken to ensure that what is presented is correct. For this I
must thank Dr. Roger Payne, Ian Skennerton the late Skip Stratton, Warren
Wheatfield and a host of other individuals who have graciously shared
information and personal images from their own prized collections. The depth of
this site would not have been possible without the help from these countless
individuals. I have tried in every case where this information is displayed to
credit those that have offered it for all to see.
Jay
Barrie
These pages include
information on the history of the
Part
Two - Technical Information
These pages include
information on general characteristics and operation. Parts, disassembly,
exploded views, care, cleaning and restoration. Sighting and accurizing.
These pages showcase the
various Enfields dating from 1888 to 1974.
Part Four - Sub-Caliber
Training Rifles
These pages detail some of
the .22 caliber Lee-Enfields used for training purposes.
Part
Five - Sporterized Enfields
These pages illustrate
Enfields that were modified for hunting and some of the commercially built
Enfields designed for the civilian market.
Pictures of other
Collector’s Enfields
Pages illustrating the bayonets
for the No1, No3, No4 and No5 Rifles.
Basic
Enfield Identification and the Facts about Serial Numbers
How to roughly identify the
four most common Enfields and the simple facts on
Parker’s Rifle Shot’s Register
Scans of an original 1913
shooting aid booklet designed to help shooters compete in King Badge military
competitions. A must read. Courtesy of Grant Rombough.
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Last Updated: 7 June 2008
Created: 12 December 1999
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