You are assuming it is good.

Jasin wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2017 at 10:02pm:



I ask a Yank once if a .44 magnum would be required to go to McDonald's for a hamburger  & he said
no - a .44 is a bit too large -
a .38 snub nose is all you'd need.

Mortdooley wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2017 at 9:36pm:


Apart from externally being similar, the Kalashnikov series of Assault Rifles owes nothing to the earlier Sturmgewehr 44.

BigOl64 wrote on Sep 24^th, 2017 at 1:38pm:


Interestingly, the rate of fire for both the .303in SMLE and the 7.62x51mm L1a1 was the same - 20 rounds a minute.   You just need to reload the SMLE once, as they proved during the "Mad Minute" at Mons in 1914...

A removable box magazine does wonders for rates of fire.  Both weapons had one. 

I would still prefer an SMLE on the Western Front to an L1a1...   

For Bwian- Wiki- The M16 rifle is "accurate beyond description".[172] Its light recoil, high-velocity and flat trajectory allow shooters to take head shots out to 300 meters.[173][174] Newer M16s use the newer M855 cartridge increasing their effective range to 600 meters.[124] They are also more accurate than their predecessors and are capable of shooting 1–3 inch groups at 100 yards.[175][176] "In Fallujah, Marines with ACOG-equipped M16A4s created a stir by taking so many head shots that until the wounds were closely examined, some observers thought the insurgents had been executed."[177] The newest M855A1 EPR cartridge is even more accurate and during testing "...has shown that, on average, 95 percent of the rounds will hit within an 8 × 8-inch target at 600 meters."[178]
The AK-47's accuracy has always been considered to be "good enough" to hit an adult male torso out to about 300 meters.[175][179][180] "At 300 meters, expert shooters (firing AK-47s) at prone or at bench rest positions had difficulty putting ten consecutive rounds on target."[181] Despite the Soviet engineers' best efforts and "no matter the changes, the AK-47's accuracy could not be significantly improved; when it came to precise shooting, it was a stubbornly mediocre arm

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 24^th, 2017 at 5:08pm:
I never said the 303 had a poor range. I said the AK range let it down against other assault rifles. Stop making stuff up. It's a fact that the AK47 is behind high tech assault rifles.

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 24^th, 2017 at 5:20pm:
No they aren't. They are cheap and reliable. That's all. A top weapon but not as good as many modern assault rifles. You are talking through your ass. Even the Rusians have moved on from the AK47. It's an outdated model.

Lee–Enfield No. 4 Mk I


Lee–Enfield No. 4 Mk 2 with the ladder aperture sight flipped up and 5-round charger.




Canadian Rangers, photographed in Nunavut, June 2011




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Enfield




An Afghan mujahid carries a Lee–Enfield in August 1985
Canadian Rangers, photographed in Nunavut, June 2011

The Lee–Enfield family of rifles is the second oldest bolt-action rifle design still in official service, after the Mosin–Nagant.[7] Lee–Enfield rifles are used by reserve forces and police forces in many Commonwealth countries, including Malawi. In Canada the .303" and .22" models are being phased out [2016]. Indian police officers carrying SMLE Mk III* and Ishapore 2A1 rifles were a familiar sight throughout railway stations in India after Mumbai train bombings of 2006 and the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. They are also still seen in the hands of Pakistani and Bangladeshi second-line and police units. However, the Lee–Enfield was mainly replaced in main-line service in the Pakistani Police in the mid-1980s by the AK 47, in response to increasing proliferation of the Kalashnikov in the black market and civilian use. In Jordan, the Lee–Enfield was in use with the Police and Gendarmerie until 1971, and with the Armed Forces until 1965. In Iraq and Egypt, the Lee–Enfield was replaced by the Kalashnikov as the standard issue rifle in the Armed Forces by the late 1950s, and in Police Forces by the late 1970s. In the UK, the single-shot .22 calibre Rifle No. 8 is in regular use with UK Cadet Forces as a light target rifle.[93] Enfields continue to be used as drill weapons by the National Ceremonial Guard of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).[94]

Many Afghan participants in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan were armed with Lee–Enfields.[95] The CIA's Operation Cyclone provided hundreds of thousands of Enfields to the Mujahideen, funneling them through Pakistan's ISI. CIA officer Gust Avrakotos later arranged for the Egyptian Ministry of Defence to set up production lines of Enfield .303 ammunition specifically for the conflict. Later on when Avrakotos asked Michael Vickers to revamp their strategy, he stopped the Enfield system and, with the large amounts of money available thanks to Charlie Wilson, replaced them with a mix of modern weapons like AK-47s and mortars.[96]
An SMLE owned by Maoist rebels in Nepal, 2005.

Khyber Pass Copies patterned after the Lee–Enfield are still manufactured in the Khyber Pass region, as bolt-action rifles remain effective weapons in desert and mountain environments where long-range accuracy is more important than rate of fire.[7] Lee–Enfield rifles are still popular in the region, despite the presence and ready availability of more modern weapons such as the SKS-45, the AKM, the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle, and the AK-74.[7][97] As of 2012, Lee–Enfield rifles (along with Mosin–Nagants) are still being used by the Taliban insurgents against NATO/Allied forces in Afghanistan.

Photos from the recent civil war in Nepal showed that the government troops were being issued SMLE Mk III/III* rifles to fight the Maoist rebels, and that the Maoists were also armed with SMLE rifles, amongst other weapons.[98] Police in Kathmandu may also be seen equipped with SMLE rifles. Lee–Enfield rifles have also been seen in the hands of both the Naxalites and the Indian police in the ongoing Maoist insurgency in rural India.

Police forces in both the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu continue to operate and maintain stocks of SMLE Mk IVs.[99] The Tongan security forces also retain a substantial number of Mk IVs donated from New Zealand's reserve stocks.[99