In fact, the British Enfield Rifle series include so many variations that they are an entire collector's field in themselves!īut because there are so many variations, identification of models and types is very difficult, and determining whether or not the rifle is 'correct as manufactured' often seems impossible. They were manufactured in a dozen factories on four continents in dozens of variations. 303 rifles spans more than 80 years from 1888 to the early 1970s.

Manufactured at the Springfield Armory c.late 1930′s - serial number 937700.The production of various British Enfield series of. 30-06 25-round Air Service fixed box magazine, Warner and Swasey telescopic musket sight M1913, bolt action repeating rifle.ĭesigned by brigadier general John Jacob c.1859 and manufactured by Swinburn&Sons c.1862 for Jacob’s own Indian rifleman regiment - serial number 370. 585 notches that fit the gun’s rifling, fitted with a copper-cased fulminate mercury insert, percussion lock, side-by-side twin barrels, express and ladder sights. Lee-Enfield No.5 MkI “Jungle Carbine” rifle Norwegian Krag Jorgensen Model 1895 bolt action rifle with Boer trench art, Second Boer War, 1899-1902.

Manufactured at the Fazakerley arsenal c.1944~47 - serial number AC4206. 303 British 10-round removable box magazine, lightened stock, bolt, receiver and barrel, muzzle flash hider, rubber buttpad. Manufactured in Czechoslovakia c.1952~59 by ČZUB - serial number GR30507.ħ,62x39mm 10-round detachable box magazine, reloaded mostly using stripper clips, gas operated semi-automatic fire, folding 20cm long steel bayonet, fitted with a Russian 1PN58 3,5X night vision scope.ĭesigned by Milanese gunsmith Giuseppe Crespi c.late 1760′s, manufactured by Durs Egg c.1782~1810 for sir Robert Ainslie. 65 caliber breechloader, single shot flintlock, ~87cm long steel spear bayonet.Īn early breechloading rifle suffering from gas leakage, as they do. This is joining the Treuille de Beaulieu Mle1854 carbine as a cavalry carbine doubling as a lance.įusil Porfirio Díaz Sistema Mondragón Modelo 1908 It was considered to equip some British cavalry regiments, but eventually found to be unreliable. Patented c.1907 by Colonel Manuel Mondragon, manufactured c.1908 by SIG Neuhausen - serial number 2.ħx57mm Spanish Mauser 5-round fixed box magazine, gas-operated semi-automatic or straight pull bolt action, early production bipod, trowel-bayonet.

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