| Paul |
| (.400 member) |
| 15/04/10 06:55 PM |
Re: No Lee Speed!
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The british were clever enough to understand that a mannlicher was not such a wimp like a lee speed. ...
In the end I will never again have a reason to buy a lee speed now if not a 8x50 R coming away some day.
Nice pictures, Lancaster.
While I have owned Mausers and an MS, I have never wished to have a Lee Enfield, either. But perhaps we should give it it's due. It may not be a front-locker able to withhold high pressures day after day but the Enfield was one of the most successful combat rifles. Its large capacity, fast recycling, handy safety and cock-on-closing bolt were probably more useful in battle than the flatter trajectories possible from the Continental designs. The .303 bullet was considered more likely to stop an adrenalin-stoked human than the Mannlicher's 6.5mm slug, too.
A morbid defence, yes, but that's what all of these rifle were designed for.
- Paul