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English: British Lee Enfield Mk Ix rifle (Long Tom), Anglo Boer War Probably belonged to and carved by Lance-Corporal Alfred Samuel Clark, 16th Coy, NZMR rifle- bolt action; .303 inch calibre; comes with magazine and original leather sling; carved butt carving- side 1- soldier on horseback side 2- 1900-1902 - SOUTH AFRICA - BOER WAR - NZMR 6 markings- proof and view marks; Military Acceptance ...
From the late 1940s, legislation in New South Wales, Australia, heavily restricted .303 British calibre (and other "military calibre") rifles, [76] so large numbers of SMLEs were converted to "wildcat" calibres such as .303/25, .303/22, .303/270 and the popular 7.7×54mm round.
.276 Enfield (7×60mm) rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge for which the action was originally designed.303 British (7.7×56mmR) rimmed cartridge for which the P14 action was adapted. During the Second Boer War the British were faced with accurate long-range fire from Mauser rifles, model 1893 and 1895, in 7×57mm caliber.
Martini–Enfield: a conversion of the Martini–Henry rifle to .303 calibre, from 1895. Lee–Enfield 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 Lee–Enfield replacement, mainly used by snipers in World War I.
The .303 British (designated as the 303 British by the C.I.P. [2] and SAAMI [3]) or 7.7×56mmR, is a .303-inch (7.7 mm) calibre rimmed tapered bottleneck centerfire rifle cartridge. The .303-inch bore diameter is measured between rifling lands as is the common practice in Europe which follows the traditional black powder convention.
Martini–Enfield rifles were, by and large, conversions of the .577/450 Martini–Henry rifle, rechambered for use with the newly introduced .303 British cartridge. Whilst most Martini–Enfields were converted rifles, a number were newly manufactured as well.
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 ...
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