The .303-cal. Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III rifle was fast to operate and up to the wretched conditions of the trenches. It was arguably the best combat rifle of World War I.

The No. 4 Mk I, chambered in the same .303 British cartridge as the SMLE, retained the better features of the SMLE (in 1926 the SMLE was renamed the No. 1 rifle), but changes were made to the ...

Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday bid goodbye to the historic British-era bolt-action rifles after using them for one last salute during the Republic Day parade. The Lee-Enfield .303 rifle was the ...

Sixteen-year-old John Gruben is seen here on polar bear watch at Issungnak, N.W.T., in 1981, with his trusty Lee-Enfield .303. Griffin, Doug / Toronto Star file photo Facebook ...

BSA Musketry Score Book for Use in the General Musketry Course Instructions for Short Lee-Enfield Rifle and Enfield Pattern 1914, Rifle, Using Mark VII Ammunition. Nature 102 , 164 (1918). https ...

The 303 Lee-Enfield rifles were introduced in 1914 during the First World War. The range of this rifle was about 2,000 metres. The Uttar Pradesh Police received this rifle in 1945.