Lee–Enfield
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The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century,
A 1903 Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I in the Swedish Army Museum
Standard Mk VII .303-inch cartridge for Lee–Enfield rifle
A Magazine Lee Enfield Mk I* rifle ("Long Tom"), used in the Second Boer War by the New Zealand Mounted Rifles
Short Magazine Lee–Enfield No. 1 Mk III
.303 British
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The.303 British or 7.7×56mmR, is a.303-inch calibre rimmed tapered bottleneck centerfire rifle cartridge. The.303-inch bore diameter is measured between rifling lands as is the common practice in Euro
Lee–Enfield
…the Lee–Enfield superseded it and the earlier Martini–Henry and Martini–Enfield rifles. It featured a ten-round box magazine which was loaded with the .303 British cartridge manually from the top, either one round at a time or by means of five-round chargers. The Lee–Enfield was the standard-issue weapon to rifle…
Left to right: .303 British, 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka and .30-06 Springfield ballistic tip ammunition
.303 British maximum C.I.P. cartridge dimensions. All sizes in millimetres (mm).
Longitudinal section of Mk VI ammunition 1904, showing the round nose bullet
Longitudinal section of Mk VII ammunition circa 1915, showing the "tail heavy" design