RE: [split] Lee-Enfield .303
May 13, 2009 at 7:03 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2009 at 7:04 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Must been a design long before it's time if the same is still use today.
I think it was very much OF its time. It was used by The British army from 1895 to 1957. A masterpiece of late Victorian design and engineering. There were a few million kicking around after WW1 and still lot after 1957.Obsolete weapons are cheap..
A beast of a weapon, high velocity;it made a HUGE exit wound.In WW 1 thousands died from wounds which would be minor from a less powerful weapon. Very accurate for hundreds of yards. Bolt action,magazine fed meant rapid fire compared with earlier breech loading weapons.. It also has a kick like a mule.
Imo THE great design of the C20th is the Russian AK47.(Kalsihnakov; 1947) Gas operated,simple, reliable,rapid fire accurate. THE rifle of choice of irregulars all over the world if they can get hold of them. I lot of them found their way to the Middle East after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
MY weapon of choice was the Armalite because it was so light. As a weapon,the official Australian rifle,the 7.62 SLR was superior imo. (could be converted to automatic in under 3 minutes using a screwdriver and matchstick)
See section on Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1A1_SLR#United_Kingdom
I think it was very much OF its time. It was used by The British army from 1895 to 1957. A masterpiece of late Victorian design and engineering. There were a few million kicking around after WW1 and still lot after 1957.Obsolete weapons are cheap..
A beast of a weapon, high velocity;it made a HUGE exit wound.In WW 1 thousands died from wounds which would be minor from a less powerful weapon. Very accurate for hundreds of yards. Bolt action,magazine fed meant rapid fire compared with earlier breech loading weapons.. It also has a kick like a mule.
Imo THE great design of the C20th is the Russian AK47.(Kalsihnakov; 1947) Gas operated,simple, reliable,rapid fire accurate. THE rifle of choice of irregulars all over the world if they can get hold of them. I lot of them found their way to the Middle East after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
MY weapon of choice was the Armalite because it was so light. As a weapon,the official Australian rifle,the 7.62 SLR was superior imo. (could be converted to automatic in under 3 minutes using a screwdriver and matchstick)
See section on Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1A1_SLR#United_Kingdom
