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« on: August 08, 2009, 07:06:01 pm » |
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More Lee Enfield stuff . . . the rifle was also carried by Canadian soldiers in Korea and early in the NATO deployment to Germany in the 1950s. Later versions WERE able to take a clip, using the guide visible in the photo just ahead of the folded rear sight. Ammunition came in canvas bandoliers with pockets holding two five-round clips, each properly loaded rim-on-rim, and you tore open a pocket, took out a clip, slotted it into the guide, pushed down on the top round with your thumb to seat five rounds in the mag, discarded the clip and loaded another one. The magazine could also be detached, using the little lever inside the trigger guard ahead of the trigger, but that was rarely done. The final versions of the rifle came with a spike bayonet, rather than the blade shown in the photo. The 'fix bayonet' drill movement with the blade-type was difficult because there was little material to grasp and bayonets were often dropped, sending the miscreant to the awkward squad for remedial training. aldi.
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