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Description: | Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mark 1*Rifle. It is fully stocked - the stock encases the barrel which screws into the body. It is fitted with a brass buttplate with a trap which covers the compartment bored into the butt to store cleaning equipment. It has a steel trigger and box magazine which holds eight rounds of ammunition. Bolt action. The barrel is rifled and fitted with a blade foresight protected by wings and a rearsight with screw lateral adjustment. The calibre is 0.303in. Stamped on the rifle is a crown over 'ER SPARKBROOK 1905 SHT LE 1*' and the serial number 'P19493'.
This firearm was acquired via the Firearms Amnesty of 1988. In event of disposal it must be either transferred (not given) to authorised museums, the Forensic Science Service, the MOD Pattern Room, the Royal Military College at Shrivenham. Otherwise it must be handed into the Metropolitan Police for destruction.
caption: SMLE Mark 1* | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Snaresbrook Factory rifles | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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