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Short Magazine Lee-Enfield .303 inch bolt action rifle No 4 Mk I* 1943

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Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) .303 inch bolt action rifle No 4 Mk I 1943

Manufactured by Royal Ordnance Factory, Long Branch, Ontario, 1943.

The No 4 Rifle is a simplified Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) Mk 3. Modified to allow mass production, the muzzle of the barrel was exposed and a new rear sight fitted. Two million examples were produced in Canada and the USA during World War Two (1939-1945).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1982-04-759-4

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1982-04-759-4