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Lee-Enfield rifle

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Lee-Enfield rifle

British service rifle. A .303-in calibre weapon, it used a bolt-action breech and a 10-round box magazine. It was first used 1893 and went through several minor modifications but remained the standard British rifle until the 1950s.
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This was too much, and the black, afraid more of Van Horn than of Jerry, turned and fled for'ard, leaping to safety on top of the eight Lee-Enfield rifles that lay on top of the cabin skylight and that were guarded by one member of the boat's crew.
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