Lee Speed Rifle

The Lee-Speed
rifle was a bolt action rifle based on James Paris Lee`s rear-locking bolt system and detachable magazine. Early models were fitted with barrels using the radiused rifling designed by William Ellis Metford. while later models used the same square "Enfield" rifling as contemporary British military rifles.

The weapon was a sporting variant of the well known Lee–Metford and Lee–Enfield rifles made for civilian shooters, though often purchased by Army officers who wanted a rifle made to a higher standard of fit and finish than the issued military rifle.

Variants

- No.1
Officers pattern, with bayonet mount.

- No.2
Officers pattern, without bayonet mount.

- No.3
Trade pattern.

Wars
- Boer War
- World War I

Lee-Speed Military Model Commercial Enfield

Weapontype:
Bolt-action rifle

Manufacturer:
RSAF Enfield, Birmingham Small Arms Company

Operation:
Bolt-action

Cartridge:
.303 British Mk I

Chambers:
0.312 in (7.9 mm)

Length:
49.5 in (1,260 mm)

Barrel:
30.2 in (770 mm)

Magazine Capacity:
5 or 10-round

Feed system:
magazine

Sights:
Sliding leaf rear sights, Fixed-post front sights, "Dial" long-range volley sights

Rate of fire:
24 rounds/minute

Effective range:
1 645 m (1,800 yd)

Muzzle Velocity:
2,040 ft/s (620 m/s)