bolt action centre-fire rifle
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19390002-053
- Event 1902-1914 Between the Wars
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield
- Date Made 1901
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom, England
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1901/01/01
- Latest 1901/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Mk.1*
- Inscription Right side of action: (Crown) E.R. over Enfield over 1901 over L/E. over I*; Right side of butt: (C Broadarrow)
- Pattern Name Lee-Enfield
- Materials Steel, Brass, Wood
- Branch Infantry Branch
- Service Component British ArmyCanadian Army
- Measurements Height 20.5 cm, Length 125.8 cm, Width 8.2 cm
- Caption Rifle, MK I* Lee-Enfield
- Additional Information An essential part of a navy's arsenal, rifles like this armed sentries and landing parties. This 1907 rifle, ordered by Great Britain but also bearing Canadian markings, was most likely acquired by Canada during the 1910 handover of the Royal Navy dockyards at Halifax and Esquimalt to Canadian control. It is an example of the British equipment used by Canada's navy in its early years.