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The Colt Canada C19 is a licence-built, Finnish-designed Tikka T3 CTR bolt-action rifle modified for the Canadian Rangers.The C19 replaced the longer and heavier Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk.1.303" rifles which entered service with the Canadian Army in WWII and later, with the Canadian Rangers, when they were formed in 1947.
The bolt action Lee–Enfield was then issued to the PCMR as the standard rifle later during the war and it continued to be used by the Canadian Rangers when they were established in 1947. Due to the economy of the .303 (there were thousands left over after the war) and the robust nature of the rifle (especially in conditions such as extreme ...
Lee–Enfield SMLE Mk.III: Service rifle: 1916-1943 United Kingdom: Lee–Enfield No.4 Mk.I: Service rifle: 1943-1955 Canada: Used by Canadian Rangers until 2016, replaced by Colt C-19: M1 Garand: Service rifle: 1944-1953 Canada United States: A small number of M1, M1C and M1D rifles, enough to equip a brigade, were issued to the Canadian Army ...
An Afghan mujahid carries a Lee–Enfield in August 1985 A Rwandan soldier trains with a Lee-Enfield, 2011 Canadian Rangers, photographed in Nunavut, June 2011. The Lee–Enfield family of rifles is the second oldest bolt-action rifle design still in official service, after the Mosin–Nagant. [13]
Lee–Enfield No.1 United Kingdom: 1916 Bolt-action.303 British Mk.VII: Mk.III; Mk.III* Lee–Enfield No.4 United Kingdom: 1943 Bolt-action .303 British Mk.VII Mk.I; Mk.6* Primary service rifle. Pattern 1914 Enfield United Kingdom: 1914 Bolt-action.303 British Mk.VII For training and use by snipers. [2] M1917 Enfield United States: 1917 Bolt-action
The designation was changed to Rifle, Magazine, Lee–Enfield Mark I or MLE (magazine Lee–Enfield). 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 Lee–Enfield rifles have an overall length just under 50 inches (1,300 mm).
The Labour government of Walter Nash approved the purchase of the L1A1 as a replacement for the No. 4 Mk 1 Lee–Enfield bolt-action rifle in 1959. [30] An order for 15,000 L1A1 rifles was placed with the Lithgow Small Arms Factory in Australia which had been granted a license to produce the L1A1.
Match 16 - Canadian Ranger Open is open only to members of the Canadian Rangers and may be shot with either the current C7-series service rifle or with the .303 Lee–Enfield Number 4 Mark 1 bolt-action service rifle that is the standard-issue weapon of the Canadian Rangers.