303 Lee Enfield
303 Lee Enfield
Antiqued English Pewter 1/6 mounted replica of the Lee Enfield 303 rifle along with a 303 round (deactivated) and a short information panel.
On black baize, with green mount and housed in a walnut coloured frame.
size (glass) 277mm x 208mm
Panel Reads :-
Designed by James Paris Lee & RSAF Enfield in around 1895. A bolt action rifle using the 303 British
cartridge in a 10 round magazine loaded manually from the top, either one round at a time or by means of five-round chargers. This was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. Although officially replaced in the UK with the L1A1 SLR in 1957, it remained in widespread British service until the early 1960s and the 7.62 mm L42 sniper variant remained in service until the 1990s. As a standard issue infantry rifle, it is still found in service in the armed forces of some Commonwealth nations, notably with the Indian Police, which makes it the longest-serving military bolt-action rifle still in official service.
