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  2. Lee–Enfield - Wikipedia

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    Many surplus LeeEnfield rifles were sold in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States after the Second World War, and a fair number have been 'sporterised', having had the front furniture reduced or removed and a scope fitted so that they resemble a bolt-action sporting rifle. [13]

  3. Ishapore 2A1 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Rifle 7.62mm 2A/2A1 [3] (also known as the Ishapore 2A/2A1 [3]) is a 7.62×51mm NATO calibre bolt-action rifle adopted as a reserve arm by the Indian Armed Forces in 1963. . The rifle is a variant of the LeeEnfield rif

  4. Century International Arms - Wikipedia

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    He then sought sources of surplus rifles that he could sell for a profit. [ 1 ] With his brother-in-law, Manny Weigensberg, Sucher made contacts in foreign countries for the importation of military surplus rifles and handguns and by the 1970s, Century became the single largest importer of firearms in the United States and Canada.

  5. Sporterising - Wikipedia

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    Large numbers of military surplus rifles were sporterised in the 1950s and 1960s- especially LeeEnfield, M1903 Springfield, and Mauser K98 rifles, which were in abundant supply after WWII, and therefore cheaper to acquire than a newly manufactured commercial hunting rifle.

  6. List of weapons used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army

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    Loaded .303 rifles found by Irish security forces at an IRA training camp in Kilkelly, County Mayo, as late as 1985; Lee-Enfield reportedly still in active use in sniper role in late 1980s. [4] [15] Gewehr 98: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Bolt action rifle German Empire [16] [17] M1 carbine.30 Carbine: Semi-automatic Carbine United States [18] [13] M1 Garand

  7. Rifle Factory Ishapore - Wikipedia

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    The .303 British calibre Short Magazine LeeEnfield 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 ...

  8. List of Cold War weapons and land equipment of the United ...

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    LeeEnfield [1] – Main service rifle until the 1950s and afterwards adapted for a variety of specialist roles. EM-2 rifle [2] – Experimental rifle adopted very briefly in 1951. L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle [3] – Main Cold War service rifle from 1954 to 1994. SA80 L85 rifle [4] – Adopted right at the end of the Cold War in 1987.

  9. Karabiner 98k - Wikipedia

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    After 2003, the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle (along with the Mosin–Nagant, the LeeEnfield and the Yugoslavian M48 Mauser) was encountered in Iraq by US and Allied forces with Iraqi insurgents making use of the Karabiner 98k and other bolt-action rifles alongside more modern infantry weapons like the AK-47 series rifles and the SKS carbine. [62]