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December 31, 2012
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One of my most favorite rifles is the Lee Enfield No4 MKII. This particular rifle was made in 1955 in the Royal Ordnance Factory Fazakerley, Liverpool. It is .303 in caliber and has a magazine capacity of 10 rounds. It has the fastest bolt mechanism of any service rifle. The record set was 38 rounds all on target at 300 yards in one minute by a World War One Sergeant. The sights are graduated out to 1,300 yards, I'm not sure about that but it will hit a three foot square at 500 yards all day long. I bought this rifle in 1995 when it was still rapped in cosmoline. Since then it has fired about two hundred rounds. The wood furniture is unmarked and finished in a blond beech. The blue finish is also unmarked. All of the serial numbers match (bolt, receiver, magazine, fore grip) It also has a no 9 matching bayonet, I also have 100 rounds plus of ammo. I would like to trade this rifle if anyone is interested for a complete box set DW 357 or 44 with stainless barrels.
March 15, 2011
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That's a nice rifle! I can appreciate what you said, considering that the rate of fire for this bolt gun was used in the British "Mad Minute" firing. Someone said they could shoot this rifle faster than any semi-automatic gun of similar vintage, to which I gladly took up the challenge and said I'd use my M-1 Garand, the "competition" to be at a range of his choice. But it turned out he was in Canada and couldn't leave the country due to "child support issues." I suspect it would have been a blowout. DW41F.
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