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  2. Lee–Enfield - Wikipedia

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    The LeeEnfield is a bolt-action, ... Rifles that were thus converted were re-designated as the L8 series of rifles and refitted with 7.62×51mm NATO barrels, new ...

  3. No.8 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Rifle, Number 8 (commonly referred to as the "Number 8 Rifle" or the "Number 8 Cadet Rifle") is a bolt-action.22 calibre version of the LeeEnfield rifle designed for British Army target shooting. They are simple single-shot, hand-fed cadet rifles and were originally designed to be used by military marksmen firing in civilian competitions.

  4. Wikipedia : WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Lee-Enfield

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    Previous review. After the last Peer Review in 2006, I've been involved in getting references for the article and trying to expand it again. The Lee-Enfield is, of course, one of the most influential firearms in history and one of the Core Topics of the "Technology" aspect of the WWI Centenary Drive.

  5. SA80 - Wikipedia

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    The SA80 was the last in a long line of British weapons (including the LeeEnfield family) to come from the Royal Small Arms Factory, the national arms development and production facility at Enfield Lock, before its weapons factory was closed down in 1988.

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  7. British military rifles - Wikipedia

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    The designation was changed to Rifle, Magazine, LeeEnfield Mark I or MLE (magazine LeeEnfield). The sights also had to be changed to reflect the flatter trajectory and longer ranges of the improved cartridge. The Martini–Henry, Lee–Metford, and LeeEnfield rifles have an overall length just under 50 inches (1,300 mm).

  8. Royal Small Arms Factory - Wikipedia

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    Martini–Enfield: a conversion of the Martini–Henry rifle to .303 calibre, from 1895. LeeEnfield rifles - using the Lee bolt action. There were 13 variants from 1895 to 1957. Pattern 1913 Enfield.276 Enfield experimental rifle, 1913; Pattern 1914 Enfield Rifle: intended as a LeeEnfield replacement, mainly used by snipers in World War I.

  9. Charlton automatic rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Charlton automatic rifle was a fully automatic conversion of the LeeEnfield rifle, designed by New Zealander Philip Charlton in 1941 to act as a substitute for the Bren and Lewis gun light machine guns which were in severely short supply at the time.