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  • Tambi loosed the first shot at her from his Lee-Enfield.

    CHAPTER XI 2010

  • He was getting old and limped of one leg where a Lee-Enfield bullet had perforated the calf.

    THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON 2010

  • Probably the best military bolt action rifle of all time, when you throw out all the romanticism attached to the Mauser, is the British Lee-Enfield.

    Why I Hate Detachable Magazines 2009

  • Tambi, who chanced to be near the skylight, saw, and, seeing, reached for a Lee-Enfield.

    CHAPTER XI 2010

  • Again, the imperial dimension was vital: faced with a shortage of rifles in 1940, the government set up Lee-Enfield factories in Canada and Australia as well as America.

    Britain's War Machine by David Edgerton – review 2011

  • Probably the best military bolt action rifle of all time, when you throw out all the romanticism attached to the Mauser, is the British Lee-Enfield.

    Why I Hate Detachable Magazines 2009

  • I had to get used to shooting a Lee-Enfield 303 from my left shoulder, but finally started buying lefty rifles a few years ago.

    Simple Test to Find Your Dominant Eye 2009

  • I had to get used to shooting a Lee-Enfield 303 from my left shoulder, but finally started buying lefty rifles a few years ago.

    Simple Test to Find Your Dominant Eye 2009

  • I also own a 1880-90s bayonet that would fit a British Lee-Enfield rifle.

    Does anybody really need to own a Chia Pet? 2011

  • He was indescribably filthy, and here and there marred by scars, the worst being the one left by the Lee-Enfield bullet, which had withered the calf to half the size of its mate.

    THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON 2010

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