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The P14's principal combat use during World War I was as a sniper rifle, since it was found to be more accurate than the Short Magazine Lee–Enfield, either in standard issue form or with modified "fine-adjustment" aperture rearsights designated Pattern 1914 Mk I W (F) and Pattern 1914 Mk I* W (F) or, from April 1918, [2] Aldis Pattern 1918 ...
The No. 4 Mk 1 rifles were renamed No. 4 Mk I/2, while No. 4 Mk I* rifles that were brought up to Mk 2 standard were renamed No. 4 Mk I/3. [ 43 ] The refurbishment of the No.4 MkIs and No.4 MkI*s to the No.4 Mk2 specifications were done during the 1950s at ROF Fazakerley and BSA Shirley.
No. 4 Mk I .303 British: 1942 2009 [1] [4] No. 4 Mk I* No. 4 Mk II No. 8 Mk I .22 Long Rifle: 1952 2009 [1] No. 5 Jungle Carbine .303 British: 1955 [1] M1904 Winchester Training rifle United States: M1904 .22 Long Rifle: 1910 1945 [1] Birmingham Small Arms Air rifle United Kingdom: Model D 1911 1918 [1] Pattern 1914 Enfield United Kingdom ...
Ross Mk III Canada: Bolt action service rifle.303 British: Pattern 1914 Enfield British Empire: Bolt action service rifle.303 British: Lee-Metford. Mk I; Mk I* Mk II British Empire: Bolt action service rifle.303 British: Martini-Henry and carbine variants Martini-Enfield British Empire: Breech-loading single-shot lever-actuated rifle.577/450 ...
The Martini–Enfield Mk I was a Martini–Henry Mk III rebarrelled to .303 and with a new extractor installed, whilst the Martini–Enfield Mk II rifles were generally of new manufacture, although there are examples of converted Mk II rifles.
Lee–Enfield SMLE Mk III: United Kingdom.303 British: 10: 745: ... United Kingdom.303 British: 10: 745: 640: 1129: 4.11 Lee–Enfield No 5 Mk I "jungle carbine ...
The Pattern 1913 Enfield was mainly based on the Mauser line of bolt-action rifles. Engineering concepts found in the German Gewehr 98 and American M1903 Springfield service rifle bolt actions were combined with design features of the British Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III service rifle. The design of the Pattern 1913 Enfield showed the ...
In 1926, the British government changed the nomenclature of its rifles, designating the .303 calibre SMLE as No. 1 Rifles and the .22 calibre training rifles as No. 2 Rifles. For practical purposes "SMLE" and "No. 1 Rifle" are alternate names for the same weapon, but a purist would define a No. 1 as post-1926 production only.