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An inferior bolt-action rifle when compared to the Mauser type. | An inferior bolt-action rifle when compared to the Mauser type. Reason why this is true: | ||
The Mauser has a very fast bolt action not as fast as the Lee enfield but still really fast. The Mauser is more accurate. The Mauser fires a MUCH better RIMLESS bullet. The Mauser has controlled round feeding (this means that if you are upside down it will still load), | |||
The Mauser has a MUCH stronger bolt with 3 locking lugs. The Lee enfield might have a faster bolt but if the stupid rimmed cartridge is misplaced it could screw up the gun and you would need to stop and unjam it. The Mauser is much more rugged. The Mauser is very simple unlike the Lee enfield. The Mauser rifle series has 102 million military rifles built from 1871 to the 1950's, and that is not including all of the modern hunting and military sniper rifles built right now. Talk all you want about how great the Enfield is but the facts still stand , the Mauser is a MUCH better rifle in almost EVERY way. | |||
'''The Lee-Enfield rifle and variants can be seen in the following movies and video games:''' | '''The Lee-Enfield rifle and variants can be seen in the following movies and video games:''' | ||
== Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle == | == Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle == | ||
Revision as of 00:02, 23 April 2009
An inferior bolt-action rifle when compared to the Mauser type. Reason why this is true: The Mauser has a very fast bolt action not as fast as the Lee enfield but still really fast. The Mauser is more accurate. The Mauser fires a MUCH better RIMLESS bullet. The Mauser has controlled round feeding (this means that if you are upside down it will still load), The Mauser has a MUCH stronger bolt with 3 locking lugs. The Lee enfield might have a faster bolt but if the stupid rimmed cartridge is misplaced it could screw up the gun and you would need to stop and unjam it. The Mauser is much more rugged. The Mauser is very simple unlike the Lee enfield. The Mauser rifle series has 102 million military rifles built from 1871 to the 1950's, and that is not including all of the modern hunting and military sniper rifles built right now. Talk all you want about how great the Enfield is but the facts still stand , the Mauser is a MUCH better rifle in almost EVERY way. The Lee-Enfield rifle and variants can be seen in the following movies and video games:
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle
Film
- Daniel Radcliffe as Lieutenant Jack Kipling in My Boy Jack (2007) (No.1 MkIII)
- Richard Dormer as Corporal John O'Leary in My Boy Jack (2007)
- Shiite refugee in Three Kings
- Kamal Khan's guards in Octopussy (SMLE No 1 Mk 3)
- Afghan Mujahideen in The Beast of War
- Holstered in a motorbike sidecar in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- Paul Hogan as Mick Dundee in Crocodile Dundee (Hunting rifle converted)
- British troops in A Bridge Too Far (No.4 Mk1 and No.4 Mk1* rifles)
- British troops in The Longest Day (1963) (No.4 Mk1 Rifles)
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Lock-Nah in The Mummy Returns
- British and IRA forces in Michael Collins (SMLE No 1 Mk 3 and R.I.C. pattern)
- An IRA member in Bloody Sunday (2001) (SMLE No 1 Mk 3)
- British Army soldiers in The Water Horse
- British and Indian Army soldiers in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"
- Oceanian soldiers in 1984 (No.5 Jungle Carbines)
- Kevin Eldon as Sgt. Tony Fisher in Hot Fuzz (No.1 MkIII* rifle)
- British soldiers and public school students in If... (No.4 rifles)
- Paper Tiger (No.4 Mk1 and No.5 Jungle Carbines)
- Kelly's Heroes (No.4 rifles - used as a "stand-in" for the M1 Garand in a number of scenes where there were not enough Garands to equip the background actors)
- Carl Weathers as Sundog/George Washington Lincoln Brown in Death Hunt
- Too Late the Hero (1970) (No.1 MkIII rifles)
- Prof. Nathan Phipps (William Langlois) in Curse of the Komodo (highly customized No 4. Mk 1)
- Hell's Angels (1930) (No.1 MkIII rifles)
- Greek soldier in The Hunters (1958) (No.1 MkIII rifle)
- Sahara (1943) (No.1 MkIII rifles)
- British soldiers in All The King Men (1999)
Television
Video Games
- British Army soldiers in Medal of Honor: Frontline (non-playable)
- Medal of Honor: Heroes (as the "Enfield Rifle")
Enfield Enforcer/L42A1 sniper rifle
Movies
- Spy Game used by Tom Bishop.