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  2. L42A1 - Wikipedia

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    A new hammer-forged heavy 7.62×51mm NATO barrel was installed, with four-groove, right hand twist rifling instead of the five-groove left-hand Enfield-type rifling used in .303 British barrels. The heavier barrel was free-floating, which meant that the required accuracy standard could be achieved without the barrel bearing against the wooden ...

  3. Lee–Enfield - Wikipedia

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    The LeeEnfield family of rifles is the second oldest bolt-action rifle design still in official service, after the Mosin–Nagant. [13] LeeEnfield rifles are used by reserve forces and police forces in many Commonwealth countries, including Malawi. In Canada the .303 and .22 models were being phased out between 2016 and 2019.

  4. M1895 Lee Navy - Wikipedia

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    The M1895 Lee Navy was a straight-pull magazine rifle adopted in limited numbers by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in 1895 as a first-line infantry rifle. [3] [4] The Navy's official designation for the Lee Straight-Pull rifle was the "Lee Rifle, Model of 1895, caliber 6-mm" [3] but the weapon is also largely known by other names, such as the "Winchester-Lee rifle", "Lee Model 1895", "6mm Lee ...

  5. Royal Small Arms Factory - Wikipedia

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    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. Bren (Brno + Enfield), .303 Light machine gun from 1935 onwards. Sten (Shepherd, Turpin ...

  6. 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

  7. L64/65 - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Small Arms Factory developed a rifle to fire the new round. The new L64/65 "Individual Weapon" was outwardly similar to the earlier EM-2, but adopted a firing mechanism very similar to ArmaLite 's latest AR-18 design, which was manufactured in Britain under license by the Sterling Armaments Company from 1975 to 1983.

  8. .276 Enfield - Wikipedia

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    The .276 Enfield was designed with the intent of being more powerful than the .303 British cartridge used in the LeeEnfield rifles and to be at least similar in size and performance to other large, powerful early 20th century military rifle cartridges, like the .280 Ross, 7.92×57mm Mauser, .30-06 Springfield and 7.5×55mm Swiss GP11.

  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.