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The design of the rifle – initially the Rifle 7.62mm 2A – began at the Rifle Factory Ishapore of the Ordnance Factories Board in India, soon after the Sino-Indian War of 1962. [4] The Ishapore 2A/2A1 has the distinction of being the last bolt-action rifle designed to be used by a regular military force other than specialized sniper rifles ...
The .303 British calibre Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III, the 7.62×51mm NATO calibre Ishapore 2A1 rifle and the 7.62mm NATO L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle were manufactured at RFI. It now manufactures the 5.56mm INSAS rifle assault rifle , Kalantak rifle , Ghatak rifle (7.62×39mm AKM -style assault rifle), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 7.62 Sniper Rifles and ...
The Rifle 7.62 mm 1A1, or the Ishapore 1A1, is a copy of the L1A1 self-loading rifle. [17] It is produced at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli of the Ordnance Factories Board . [ 18 ] It differs from the UK SLR in that the wooden butt-stock uses the butt-plate from the Lee–Enfield with trap [ 19 ] for oil bottle and cleaning pull-through.
The Ishapore 2A and 2A1 rifles are often incorrectly described as ".308 conversions". The 2A/2A1 rifles are not conversions of .303 calibre SMLE Mk III* rifles. Rather, they are newly manufactured firearms and are not technically chambered for commercial .308 Winchester ammunition.
The IOF .315 sporting rifle is a civilian version of the British military Lee–Enfield rifle, chambered in the 8×50mmR Mannlicher cartridge rather than the .303 British military cartridge due to Indian gun control laws.
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