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Thread: Some Lee Enfield History

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  1. 18-10-2021, 11:53 PM #9
    caberslash
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cordite View Post
    Arguably James Paris Lee's most significant firearms invention was not the rear-locking, short-stroke, small-lift, fast-racking, butterysmooth, Lee action... but rather the ubiquituous box magazine.
    Aye!

    And trust the scrimpy Brits not to make full use of it, use stripper clips to load instead...

    Another mention would be that the Lee Enfield lived on as the L42A1 in British arsenals into the 1990's... rumour has it some are still gathering dust somewhere!
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