Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 6 Prototype Rifle

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number REL/16847
Collection type Technology
Object type Firearm
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Lithgow
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Prototype Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 6 Rifle. Receiver marked MA LITHGOW S.M.L.E. III* 1944. There are no markings on the butt, fore-end or bolt apart from proof stamps on the knox form. The fore-end has a wide single groove on each side about 5 inches long and the butt has a hinged rubber kick plate. This rifle is similar to the British SMLE No 5 'jungle carbine' with a flash eliminator on the barrel.

History / Summary

This rifle is a pre production run prototype and has no serial number. A Queensland fireams collector obtained it from the Lithgow Small Arms Factory by exchange.

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