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The Lee rifles fitted with Enfield barrels became known as Lee Enfields. Regardless of the shortfalls brought about by the use of black powder, the Lee–Metford went through several revisions during its short service life, with the principal changes being to the magazine (from eight-round single stack to ten-round staggered), sights, and safety. Starting in 1895, the Lee–Metford started to be phased out in favor of the Lee–Enfield for the reasons outlined above, involving a change to Enfield barrels and sights adjusted for the flatter trajectory enabled by the smokeless propellant.
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defence should the Japanese invade, and so the New Zealand Government funded the development of self-loading conversions for the Lee–Metford rifle. The end result was the Charlton Automatic Rifle (based on the obsolete MLE), which was issued to Home Guard units in NZ from 1942. Over 1,500 conversions were made, including a handful in Australia by
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The two Charlton designs differed markedly in external appearance (amongst other things, the New Zealand Charlton had a forward pistol grip and bipod, whilst the Australian one did not), but shared the same operating mechanism. Most of the Charlton Automatic Rifles were destroyed in a fire after the
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In British service the Lee–Metford was also upgraded to the standards of later rifle patterns (e.g. to charger loading and Short Rifle, the SMLE pattern), though the barrel was almost always switched to one with Enfield pattern rifling. The Lee–Metford was produced commercially and used by civilian
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cartridges were available, it was found that they were wholly unsuited for use with the shallow Metford rifling, which would wear out and render barrels unusable after approximately 6,000 rounds, compared to the 10,000 rounds that the deeper, square-cut Enfield rifling pattern rifles could deliver.
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light machine guns which were in chronically short supply at the time. During the Second World War, the majority of New Zealand's land forces were deployed in North Africa. When Japan entered the war in 1941, New Zealand found itself lacking the light machine guns that would be required for local
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in 1899. Poor sighting-in and quality control at the factory level resulted in British rifles being woefully inaccurate at ranges greater than 400 yards (370 m). Nonetheless, captured Lee–Metford rifles became the primary weapon for the Boers too when their Mauser ammunition ran out.
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ammunition designed for the rifle was in fact originally intended to be loaded with a smokeless propellant, but as a result of protracted development, selection of a smokeless propellant was delayed, forcing the British to rely on black powder in the interim. By the time
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was adopted to reduce fouling from powder residue building up in the barrel, and to make cleaning easier. The magazines were also chained to the weapon to prevent it missing as it was expensive at the time.
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In addition Lee introduced a superior detachable box magazine to replace the integral magazines in use with most repeaters, and this magazine offered greater capacity than the competing
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Special Service Lee-Enfields ... Commando & Auto Models: 45 De Lisle Commando Carbine, Charlton, Howell & Rieder Rifles and Howard Francis Carbine Notes & Illustrations
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Small numbers of Lee–Metford rifles were built as, or converted to, experimental semi-automatic loading systems, such as the British
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Replacement of the Lee–Metford rifles took several years to achieve, and they were still in service in some units during the
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in 1888, following nine years of development and trials, but remained in service for only a short time until replaced by the
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cartridges, which allowed bullets to be propelled at much higher velocities without as much smoke or residue. The
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In spite of its many advantageous features, the Lee–Metford was something of an anachronism, due to its use of a
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until more modern rifles could be obtained. The Lee–Metford is still in ceremonial use with the
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Small Arms Identification Series No. 7: .303 Magazine Lee-Metford and Magazine Lee-Enfield
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Lee's bolt action mechanism was a great improvement over other designs of the day:
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Sliding leaf rear sights, Fixed-post front sights, "Dial" long-range volley sights
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Second World War, but a few examples survive in museums and private collections.
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This article is about the 1888 British rifle. For other uses, see
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Index

Lee rifle
Lee–Metford rifle
Service rifle
Users
British colonial conflicts
First Sino-Japanese War
First Italo-Ethiopian War
Second Boer War
Boxer Rebellion
British expedition to Tibet
1904 Paraguayan Revolution
World War I
Irish War of Independence
Chaco War
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
World War II
James Paris Lee
RSAF Enfield
RSAF Enfield
£3/15/–
Charlton Automatic Rifle
Barrel
Cartridge
Cartridge .303 Mk I
Calibre
Action
Bolt-action
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
bolt action

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