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The IOF .315 Sporting Rifle is a commercial version of the Lee-Enfield manufactured by Indian
Ordnance Factories for the domestic arms market in India. It is chambered for the .315 Sporting Rifle cartridge, which is the Austro-Hungarian 8mmx50R Mannlicher cartridge loaded with a soft-point hunting
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The original (2A) design incorporated the LeeāEnfield rear sight which has graduations out to 2000 yards. The re-designated "Rifle 7.62mm 2A1" incorporated a more realistic 800 meter rear sight in 1965. The stock is recycled from the No. 1 Mk. III armory stock, with the addition of a cross screw
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was phased out of service with the Indian military. The Indian-made SMLE Mk IIIs are known as the Type 56, made between 1956 and 1965 although any rifles made in the latter are rare due to the transition to the 2A.
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used on the SMLE MkIII to be attached. Other difference included the use of improved steel (to handle the increased pressures of the 7.62mm NATO round), and a redesigned extractor to cope with the rimless round.
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rifle, with the exception of the distinctive "square" (10 or 12 round) magazine and the use of the buttplate from the 1A (Indian version of the FN FAL) rifle. The bolt and receiver were made out of nickel steel.
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bullet rather than the full metal jacket military "ball" bullet. Indian gun laws prohibit the private possession of firearms chambered for Indian (originally
British) military cartridges.
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The weapon was produced at a rate between 22,000 and 115,000 rifles annually, averaging 70,000 a year. Around 250,000 rifles were made in total before production ended in 1974.
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Bangladesh during the
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482:: Formerly used in the Indian military. Indian police forces began to phase out the rifle from 2020 and some were known to be made into anti-riot guns.
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The original production rifle has a sight range of 2000 meters.
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A second production variant with a sight range of 800 meters.
882:. Gold Coast, QLD (Australia): Arms & Militaria Press.
844:. Gold Coast, QLD (Australia): Arms & Militaria Press.
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36:RFI Rifle 7.62mm 2A/2A1 (aka Ishapore 2A/2A1)
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863:. Labrador, QLD: Arms & Militaria Press.
753:"Service Rifles of Indian Army: 1947-Present"
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558:"ŠŠøŠ½ŃŠ¾Š²ŠŗŠ° Ishapore 2A / 2A1 (ŠŠ½Š“ŠøŃ)"
198:4.7 kg (10.4 lb), unloaded
1110:ARDE Under Barrel Grenade Launcher
757:DefenceXP - Indian Defence Network
513:Karp, Aaron; Rajagopalan, Rajesh.
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978:Ordnance Cable Factory Chandigarh
942:Indian Ordnance Factories Service
751:Deb, Sheershoo (10 August 2020).
646:"1964 Royal Factory Ishapore No1"
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993:Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli
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309:adopted as a reserve arm by the
260:Effective firing range
117:Myanmar civil war (2021āpresent)
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968:Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project
516:Small Arms of the Indian State
268:Maximum firing range
255:792 m/s (2,600 ft/s)
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963:Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur
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983:Ordnance Clothing Factory
958:Field Gun Factory, Kanpur
859:Skennerton, Ian (2004b).
350:Bangladesh Liberation War
329:in India, soon after the
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113:Bangladesh Liberation War
67:Place of origin
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1003:Vehicle Factory Jabalpur
928:Ordnance Factories Board
878:Skennerton, Ian (1993).
840:Skennerton, Ian (2007).
327:Ordnance Factories Board
150:Ordnance Factories Board
1060:IOF .315 sporting rifle
431:IOF .315 sporting rifle
425:IOF .315 sporting rifle
1050:IOF .22 sporting rifle
998:Rifle Factory Ishapore
988:Ordnance Factory Medak
973:Heavy Vehicles Factory
686:"Gale - Product Login"
323:Rifle Factory Ishapore
241:Rate of fire
206:44.5 in (1130 mm)
132:Rifle Factory Ishapore
1136:7.62Ć51mm NATO rifles
880:The LeeāEnfield Story
700:"No. I Mk. III Rifle"
782:www.timesnownews.com
440:No. 7 jungle carbine
251:Muzzle velocity
1012:Training institutes
311:Indian Armed Forces
297:(also known as the
295:Rifle 7.62mm 2A/2A1
245:20ā30 rounds/minute
180:2A (2000 yd sights)
1095:Ishapore 2A1 rifle
1070:Pistol Auto 9mm 1A
951:Ordnance factories
808:The Times of India
804:"Going Great Guns"
727:Skennerton (2004b)
605:. 12 October 2015.
603:The Times of India
417:Ishapore 2A1 rifle
271:2,000 m (2,187 yd)
183:2A1 (800 m sights)
123:Production history
105:Indo-Pakistan Wars
48:Ishapore 2A1 rifle
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889:978-1-85367-138-8
870:978-0-949749-48-2
851:978-0-949749-82-6
784:. 26 January 2020
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707:worldbayonets.com
673:Skennerton (2007)
633:Skennerton (1993)
409:Ishapore 2A rifle
307:bolt-action rifle
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359:Development
315:LeeāEnfield
234:Bolt action
167: built
58:Bolt-action
1130:Categories
1100:Vidhwansak
487:References
466:Bangladesh
816:0971-8257
333:of 1962.
217:Cartridge
159:1962ā1974
1085:Nirbheek
1028:Products
404:Variants
375:calibre
305:calibre
175:Variants
156:Produced
138:Designed
128:Designer
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762:5 March
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344:History
325:of the
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203:Length
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480:India
452:Users
94:Users
70:India
61:rifle
884:ISBN
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