The Lee–Metford (also known as the Magazine Lee–Metford) is a British bolt action rifle which combined James Paris Lee's rear-locking bolt system and detachable...

of the Lee–Metford (adopted by the British Army in 1888), the Lee–Enfield superseded the earlier Martini–Henry, Martini–Enfield, and Lee-Metford rifles...

rifle is commonly referred to as the Lee–Metford or MLM (Magazine Lee–Metford). The "Lee" comes from James Paris Lee (1831–1904), a Scottish-born Canadian-American...

rifle designs later on, such as in the Lee–Metford and Lee–Enfield rifle series. Born in Hawick, Scotland, Lee emigrated with his family to Galt, Upper...

military rifles. The weapon was a sporting variant of the well known Lee–Metford and Lee–Enfield rifles made for civilian shooters, though often purchased...

stop-gap black powder round put into service in December 1888 for the Lee–Metford rifle. From 1891 the cartridge used smokeless powder which had been the...

tubular magazine. The design was incorporated by the British into the Lee–Metford and Lee–Enfield rifles, thereby becoming one of the most widely used rifle...

British Lee–Metford rifles, named after their proprietary Metford rifling, American M1895 Lee Navy rifles (both designed by James Paris Lee), and the...

M1872[citation needed] Lee–Enfield Magazine Mk I Lee–Enfield Short Magazine Mk I, Mk II and Mk III Lee–Metford Mk I and Mk II Lee–Speed No.1 and No.2 Mauser–Verqueiro...

rear-locking action designed by James Paris Lee for the British Army. This action design appeared first in the Lee–Metford rifle of 1888. The L42A1 was a 7.62×51mm...

1888, the Lee–Metford small-bore (.303", 7.70 mm) rifle, Mark I, was adopted for the British army. The Lee–Metford was the predecessor of the Lee–Enfield...

1879 to 1907); The M1895 Lee Navy rifle (in service in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps from 1895 to 1907); The Lee–Metford rifle (in service in the...

rounds, which was more than any other rifle of the time, predating the Lee–Metford. Due to the Swiss Federal Council's early 1866 decision to equip the...

Indian units received the Martini–Henry when the British adopted the Lee–Metford. The Ijeshas used large numbers of Snider–Enfields against Ibadan during...

December 1887 they already started the final troop trials of the future Lee-Metford, the pattern of which was sealed in November 1888 after minor tweaks)...

the Martini–Henry rifles with the .303 calibre bolt-action magazine Lee–Metford, which gave a considerably higher maximum rate of fire. Consequently...

Metford (4 October 1824 – 14 October 1899) was a British engineer best known for designing the Metford rifling used in the .303 calibre Lee–Metford and...

of its kind was the M1885 Remington–Lee, but the first to be generally adopted was the British 1888 Lee–Metford. World War I marked the height of the...

detachable box magazine but he didn't design one until 1892 for the Mark II Lee-Metford, three years after the Schmidt-Rubin. The first pistol with a double-stack...

hostilities. Others used captured British rifles such as the "long" Lee-Metford and the Enfield, as confirmed by photographs from the era. When the ammunition...

The rifle they made led to the Lee–Metford and Lee–Enfield series of rifles. Harrowing from Hawick, Scotland, the Lee family emigrated to Ontario in Canada...

known as the 7.62×63mm in metric measurement. .303 British, used in Lee–Metford and Lee–Enfield rifles, is known as 7.7×56mmR in metric measurement. 7.7×58mm...

contemporaneously with the Martini–Henry rifle until the .303 bolt action Lee–Metford repeating rifle was introduced in the 1880s. Later, military surplus...

official military role, this hand-picked body of local men are armed with Lee–Metford rifles, and the regiment includes a pipe band. Joining the Highlanders...

Empire small arms of the First World War Rifles Lee–Metford Magazine Lee-Enfield (MLE) rifle Short Magazine Lee–Enfield (SMLE) rifle Pattern 1914 Enfield rifle...

Lebel 1886 rifle 8×50mmR Lebel 1887  France Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I .303 British 1931  United Kingdom Lee-Metford .303 British 1884  United Kingdom M1870/87...

was typically a 530-grain (34 g) Boxer modification of the Pritchett & Metford or a Burton-Minié, which would be driven out at approximately 1,250 feet...

Empire small arms of the First World War Rifles Lee–Metford Magazine Lee-Enfield (MLE) rifle Short Magazine Lee–Enfield (SMLE) rifle Pattern 1914 Enfield rifle...

give them back later. Used from 1902 to 1920. Lee-Metford carbine – issued in .303 British. The Metford rifling gave tighter groups when fired than the...

original Charlton automatic rifles were converted from obsolete Lee–Metford and magazine Lee–Enfield rifles dating from as early as the Boer War, and were...