Boy Shooting a .303 British Lee-Enfield Rifle

[CowboyAxe]

This rifle is still used by the canadian rangers up north, mostly because a 223 round only makes polar bears angry and the 303 british rounds kinda makes them dead. yes the exact rifle above is still a service rifle in the canadian armed forces.

[xProGamerUKx]

FATTY

[PLATINUMPOLAK]

i see someone likes mcdonalds food

[QUIGEY3112]

stop holdin the gun like the bitch u are

[TheAlexagius]

Like the m1 garand they should be made today i think for recreation or huning

[dasmonkeyman]

@TheAlexagius i think they still make the enfield in the UK (i think) dont know if that helps....

[cptexas1]

Making my back hurt - stand up!

[Marlever357]

Nice rifle mate,you have a real piece of history there.Look after it.

[Alexbroooo]

hey guys quick question i have a .303 that my grandfather used in ww1 but it looks totally diffrent to that can some one care to shed some light on this question?

[HistoryFreak92]

@Alexbroooo The answer to your question is that the Enfield i was shooting came out of the factories around World War 2 and this was a different version of the Enfield, the World War 1 era Enfields had the barrel covered at the end. My dad has the same rifle type of rifle that your grandfather used but his is chambered for the .308 caliber because they put different barrels into some Enfields in the 60's to chamber the .308 instead of the regualr .303. Hope i was able to answer your question

[scimatarpictures]

@HistoryFreak92 The first world war version is called the SMLE. The rifle in this video is the second world war version, the No.4

[teeeeeey]

@HistoryFreak92 What you will have is most likely a Lee Enfield No1 Mk3 which was prduced unit 1938, the rifle fired in this video is a No4 Mk1 produced in in late 1939 till 1952, i hope this sheds some light :) 

[LYNCHIE1011]

@Alexbroooo the model your grandfather used was a lee enfield NO1 MK3.. the model in the video is a NO4 MK1

[paintballKid545]

@Alexbroooo there is about 4 different versions of the lee enfield this is the ww2 version

[LYNCHIE1011]

@paintballKid545 theres actully two versions of the world war 2 enfield.. the brits had the no4 mk1 and india and australia still had the newer version of the no1 mk3.. and the no1 mk3 was still being used in korea

[paintballKid545]

@LYNCHIE1011 i wasnt talking only about the ww2 versions i was talking in gereral. When did i say i was talking about only the ww2 version

[LYNCHIE1011]

@paintballKid545 i never said you were just talking about the world war two model..? you said theres four different models.. and this is the world war two model.. and i said there was actully two different world war two models..

[TaZ101SAGA]

@Alexbroooo The rifle your grandfather had would be either an SMLE No1 MkIII or MkIII*. If it has a magazine cutt off which slides over the follower of the magazine then its an original MkIII, the magazine cut off was deleted on the MkIII* rifle. The rifle in this video is a No4 MkI, which wasnt produced until 1939. The No4 was officially adopted by the British Army in 1941, but the No1 MkIII and MkIII* (World war one configuration) was still used throughout the second world war.

[Moshemotom]

@Alexbroooo The one your grandfather owns is known as the SMLE. This was the earlier WW1 version used by the British and the Commonwealth in the war. America used the Remington P14 i believe. The P14 was later issued to the British home guard during ww2 although they were never needed.

[donoghue666]

@Alexbroooo yes the ww1. version was much differnt to that of the ww2. for one the bayonet fixing was under the barrel no on the barrel. also the barrel does not patrude out of the rifle like it does with the no.4 that you see here.....try looking on the rifle for serial numbers and it should say somwhere that it is a no.1 mk3 possibly

[rojocorsa]

@Alexbroooo

You've got an SMLE, aka No.1Mk.III rifle...

[DRAC250]

that's a nice rifle. Is it No.4 Mk 1 or Mk 2? When and where was it made?

[BenOwnsYaFace]

Horrable stance. And you were jerking the trigger.

[NCTaikoDrumboy]

Is there a Lee-Enfield for left-handed shooters? I've been a southpaw all my life, and I was just curious...

[HavocProductions1943]

@NCTaikoDrumboy nope,, unless you can be like me and build up your left hand to reach over the bolt to reload the rounds.

[NCTaikoDrumboy]

@HavocProductions1943 Hmmm... just as I thought. I may have to teach myself to shoot with my right hand if I get one, or something like it.

[sharpshooter0508]

@NCTaikoDrumboy

Not necessarily. I've been a southpaw my entire life and never let it impede me from my shooting performance.

[NCTaikoDrumboy]

@sharpshooter0508 Probably takes some kind of special technique with the hands, huh?

[sharpshooter0508]

@NCTaikoDrumboy

If you can hit your target when you need to, you don't have to worry about how you reload.  ;)

In all seriousness, lefties use different methods to reload right-handed firearms. It's all preference.

[NCTaikoDrumboy]

@sharpshooter0508 "It's all preference."

Probably a matter of desire as well, like "Do you really want to use this type of weapon?"

But I get the point. :D

[TheDurnans]

I owned a .303 British like this one many years ago when they were inexpensive. I only gave about $135 for the gun. I couldn't hit the broad side of a friggin' barn with that thing. I am pretty accurate with other rifles. I thought that with the gun being so heavy and having less recoil that many others, that I'd be more accurate. That, and the shells were pretty spendy at the time. I didn't own this gun for very long, although it was a beautiful looking gun....

[joealonso89]

why dosnt it sounds as LOUD as other 303 british rifles?

[horselips]

This video brings back memories - my first center-fire rifle was a No.5MkI Enfield Jungle Carbine. I've owned maybe a dozen Enfields in my life, and loved them all.

[HavocProductions1943]

@horselips its not called the "jungle carbine" its just the NO.5 mk 1. it was just a nickname the aussie gave it when we created it.

[thebravo1994]

@HavocProductions1943 you british

[HavocProductions1943]

@thebravo1994 HELL KNOW! im aussie all the way

[Obeace]

jus lean in a bit mate it wont bite.

[sixgun1973]

Correct form never hurts.

[winchuni22]

Why are you leaning back?

[lovemorembigi]

You have the right technique to shoot a .303 rifle fast - keep the butt into your shoulder as you work the bolt. Try not wrapping your right thumb over the stock, but keep hooked on the bolt handle between shots ready to work the bolt.

[jubbles2343]

try leaning forward a hell of a lot more, plant your left foot forward. hope this lepts

[michael7252]

Until you see his result you should've be giving him advice. For all you know hes an expert marksman. There is no "right" way to shoot. The right way is the way that gets the job done best

[jubbles2343]

you mean shouldnt? there's nothing wrong with giving advice, it either helps or it doesnt so no harm done. Yes whatever way works best for someone is obviously the best thing to do however there are general positions which are far more succesful than others. Hence why they are trained to people so often.

[FearDivinity]

@michael7252

Uh yeah there is a right way to shoot...that was not it.