The Enfield Rifle No. 4
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- The Lee-Enfield family of rifles are well known around the world for having served in some from the 1890s up until today. The No. 4s are regarded by many to be the best of the generally issued guns, and in this installment of TFBTV we take a look at, and do some shooting with a lovely example.
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Germans:
Blitzkrieg in battle
British:
*blitzkrieg* *in* *a* *rifle*
Nays
/56⁶⁶ you have
*riflekrieg*
Quick shot?😏😏😏
Well, tea time at four! Can't miss that.....
I remember reading a story years ago about troopers in the 1st SS Panzer Division fighting Canadian troops in Normandy. The Canadians were able to fire their Lee Enfield 303 rifles so fast that the Germans thought they were armed with automatic rifles. It an excellent weapon.
I thought that only happened in ww1 not ww2.
+MAKE AUSTRALIA GREAT AGAIN that happened at the Battle of mons during WW1 mate
+Bullet-Tooth Tony Thought so.
Bullet-Tooth Tony - there wasn't a 1st SS Panzer division in WW1, mate. I read the same story last week.
But this happened all over the world. Commonwealth troops could always fire these things fast.
HAL 9000 lol elite soldiers with superior weapons 😂 that got there’s asses kicked right back to Germany by allies keep dreaming
We've got more of those than trees in Canada.
Oh you betcha!
they are destroying all the old ranger rifles tho :(
These are as cheap as mosins.
+Catt got mine for $185 this year.
You aren't kidding :)
If we could own rifles this end of the planet, I'd buy an Enfield in a heartbeat. The family may not be a powerhouse like the Garands or an engineering masterpiece like the Mausers, but theses venerable ladies provided security and firepower to a legendary empire, nation and commonwealth.
Now that's history at it's finest~
BSM Iron (Panzer) Lawl What end of the planet are you referring to because I live in the UK and own a Canadian long branch Lee Enfield on my firearms licence
yeah, all you need is a firearms license and you can go get one! (can take time/effort to obtain license)
I had one before. I just didn't like the sights, especially compared to the Mauser
@@GabrielGarcia-300 Now that's funny, because every battle rifle since has peep sights but some prefer those awful Kar98K sights; V shaped rear and barley-corn front. They are awful and difficult to line up.
@@Hjerte_Verke I disagree, my favorite type of sights are those on the Kar98k, Gives you a better field of view.
Its not the bolt action you want to take to competition, and it's not the bolt rifle you want to take hunting, and it's not the bolt rifle you want to exhibit for quality of manufacture. But damned if it isn't the bolt rifle you want to go to war with.
I'd take it to a milsurp competition those sights arw a huge advantage, particularly in any run and gun type events
Actually, I've always been rather fond of my No.1 Mk III as a hunting rifle. It's a dandy hog rifle, fast, accurate and hard hitting. I'm not set up to reload it, but I'm still burning through the ammo I bought it with years ago.
Enfields are good for combat, accurate enough for competition, good for hunting and were made with tremendous quality. Maybe not Luger quality, but still with a great degree of precision. I don't know what more you want.
It has been estimated that .303 rifles - either conversions from military config or new made - have taken more large game than any other calibre.
Quality wise, the Long Branch rifles and the pre- and post- WW2 English made No4's are a thing of beauty, with exsquisite engineering and detail (especially the Long Branch rifles). The mid-war Brit show some manufacturing relaxations, but they were being bombed, unlike the US and Canada. Savage No4's are considered the worst manufactured of all the No4's (and Savage is Chicopee Falls, USA...not being bombed or harassed)
Any Lee Enfield as a battle rifle is hard to beat. The M1 Garand is not God's Right Hand as the popular media has proclaimed for more than half a century. A Mauser 98 system comes very close, but the Lee Enfield has the advantage in speed and firepower.
In a true SHTF scenario, I wouldn't take an AR, an AK or any of the quadrail scoped lasered tasered swiss army knife moron magnets - I'd take my genuine DCRA (Dominion of Canada Rifle Association) 7.62 NATO No4 conversion (conversion done at Canadian Arsenals - formerly Long Branch)
I'm going to go ahead and disagree with your point about an Enfield being faster and harder hitting than a Garand. There are a lot of negative things about the Garand, but it is most certainly faster to shoot and reload, as well as harder hitting. The 30-06 M2 Ball cartridge has a muzzle energy of around 3800 Joules (2800 ft lb) where as the .303 MK VII cartridge only has a muzzle energy of around 3300 J (2400 ft lb).
Best gun ever come out of britian
River Ward that and the webleys
Or the maxim gun
what about the Arctic Warfare rifles?
Up there. The arctic warfare is up there. The EMP2 is also cool
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I prefer the L42A1.
I kinda liked my Mosin, it was my first milsurp bolt action. My dad got an Enfield No.4 and by comparison I want to get rid of my Mosin.
Does EVERY goddamn ladder sight description have to follow with "Thats optimisitic!"
Haha, yeah it gets old after awhile.
if you're gonna hate on him hate on his /k/ posts and how he supports the 1986 Hughes Amendment.
Grizz Frank FWIW, I've heard that line a billion times and I think it's annoying. But I guess I watch more videos, so I'm more likely to run into that line. Ian from Forgotten Weapons says it quite a bit
I guess there isn't any words for it. Really, when was the last time you saw somebody sucessfully landing at 1300 yards with only naked eyes ? Or if you cannot have time to shoot guns, you can always jump in milsim games (I would suggest Arma 2 OA) and attempt to land shots at 300, which is much easier said than done.
Perfectly reasonable if you're engaging formations and horses.
I've owned 4 enfields of varying models and loved every one of them.
00:00 when the german kid steals your lunch
Naw... More like 4:29
dem fast cycle was sick..
good video.. 👍
***** of course xD
Amazing gun, a "half-way" between semi-auto and classic bolt action.
Likley push bolt action is half way
K31 is the half-way, in more ways than one.
I have a no4 mk1 lee enfield myself and is favored over my m91/30 and even over my Mauser k98k. Gotta love enfield. If u ain't got one get one!!
Or 2 or 3 or 4 or MORE! ;)
Love the Enfields. The No4 (a Savage) was my first milsurp, followed by a Lithgow Mk3 (42 dated). I currently have an all matching 41 dated No4 Maltby (2 groove barrel) . Excellent rifles.
KRN762 Lee Enfield rifles seems to multiply,!! Lol they are great rifles!
Wonderful weapon to use, accurate, quick (at times that was useful) and more to the point you dropped it and the thing just didn't fall apart unlike modern rifles. Plus if it does get broken (take some doing mind) all the "bits" are interchangable
Fair play Alex you know how to work your Enfield! Great tip on how to shoot it fast I will have to try that one. Our club has rifles with peep sights like your number 4 it is SO much easier to be accurate than with my friends Mk1.
Love the Enfield, maybe its because I am English but i just think its the coolest old school bolt action.
Does anyone else just love the sound of cycling a bolt-action rifle? Does anyone else watch Alex's videos because he's such a soothing, smooth narrator? Kind of like the old Bob Ross whose calm, Valium-like demeanor and verbal delivery put you into a trance while watching him paint pictures of "happy little trees"...Alex's style is the gun version, albeit with more dynamic action and great shooting/information. Plus, he kinda looks like me (Dexter Morgan), so that automatically gives him truckload of cool points. Keep it up, Alex my man...we love your videos!
I wouldn't say they all made their way to the surplus market. A lot of the Irish ones ended up at the bottom of the sea.
just curious. why is that ?
which sea? tell me the exact coordinates
The north Atlantic.
Well you're talking about the 1980's so it probably wasn't worth the cost of shipping the more heavily used rifles to the states, at the time Lee Enfields could be had for like $40 from bins in gun store I believe. Also the IRA.
not mine my Irish is sitting in my closet
I love these classic war horses. That is a fine rifle.
Ah yes, the Enfield, my favorite!
Imo the Enfield no 1 mk3 is better than the Mauser, because with the Enfield, you can chamber the bolt while aiming down sights and not punch yourself in the face, unlike the Mauser, where you can tilt your head left and not punch yourself in the face, but then you aren't aiming, and you can aim and chamber the bolt, but your sights will be blocked with the 90 degree rotation of the bolt. And the simple answer to why you can shoot an Enfield so fast is because the bolt is comfortably behind the trigger, allowing for a fast action of shooting with the middle finger, and rapidly racking the bolt with a good grip with the pointer and thumb. And lastly, we all know, it can hold 10 rounds, and yes, 10 does wear the spring, but just load 8, shoot off 3 or 5, and then load a charger.
But must say, the Mauser and karabiner 98 and the Enfield are my three most favorite bolt rifles, and I do acknowledge the future influence of the Mauser's one peice bolt, but I just simply like the Enfield more.the bolts more comfortable, I love the look, and simply racking the bolt rapidly is a pleasure of the rifle you must try!
go read youir history books like the boer war and mabe you wont talk so mutch shitt
@@jadelport66 the only major complaint about the Enfield Rifles in the Second Boer War was tat it was too dang long to be carried everywhere, so they made the shorter version, the Short Magazine Lee Enfield
The Enfield is still in service by the Danish troops in northern Greenland. They are called the Sirius Patrol.
Victer, the M1917 is a different pattern/design of rifle than the Lee-Enfield shown here. The British considered replacing the SMLE during WWI, but aborted the attempt due to wartime production pressures. The replacement arm being contemplated was what became known as the Enfield M1917 in Britain, and the Model 1917 in the U.S., where it was chambered in 30-06 and armed many American soldiers during that war. The M1917 is laid-out along the lines of a traditional Mauser, and does not copy the SMLE two-lug short-throw action. The M1917 is a longer, heavier rifle, with a large and very strong receiver, which is why they became popular to sporterize (convert) to hunting and competition use. The action is strong-enough to tolerate a magnum cartridge, which the SMLE-type Lees cannot. You are correct about the Sirius Sledge Patrol, they do use vintage military bolt-actions, but the M1917 in 30-06 and not the SMLE or No. 4Mk. I in .303 rimmed.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 The British did use a version of the 1917 Winchester , The P-14 , which was Identical to the 1917 only it was chambered in .303 British , I know , I have one .
Hi Victer, are you by any chance a Dane? My mother and brother were both born there! I thought I'd ask because of your last name, which is spelled in the Danish manner. It is an amazing tribute to the robust nature of the M1917 that it is still in use a century later in such an elite unit as the Danish Sirius Sledge Patrol.
@@robertsr.249 - Hi Robert.... lucky dog! Yes, I in fact knew that the British made some .303 Pattern 1917 rifles. They ended up not adopting it because of then ongoing WWI. Whether in .303 or 30-06, they're great rifles.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 I am very much a Dane.
It's quite amazing how the extreme nature of the environment means it's necessary to use a 100 year old rifle.
I bought a 1914 smle in 2014, one of my best surplus purchases I've ever made.
My father served in the Queens own Cameron Highlanders he seen action in Korea and in Aden he loved his lee Enfield and always makes a point that he always had 10 rounds and one up spout each soilder was a master on the lee Enfield in training they fired of thousands of rounds to master the bolt action
I love mine. It's a No. 4 Mk1. Got it at my fave shop 10 or so yrs ago for $250 in VG condition. Love peep sights, so i was all over it. Shoots great with 1950's era surplus ammo i got for it, already in clips. It likes Prvi too. What more can you say? Fast, easy to use, reliable. They knew how to make rifles back then.
Always been fascinated by the No 4 since seeing it in ads back in the late ‘60s for $39 or $44 for select. Those pre-Uzi sights, tapered magazines, and full covered wood furniture just can’t be beat.
How crazy is it my roommate just bought a Number 4 on the cheap not but a few days ago and now you make a video about it!? He just watched this in glorious 1080p60 and is very happy to see what this baby can do thank you so much!
simply beautiful
One of the best Enfield quick breakdown videos I've seen. Hoping to pick up a nice No. 4 soon.
My Dad bought 2 dozen No.4's when I was a youngster. They were all in excellent condition and we converted them into "sporters." I loved my old .303 for plinking and I harvested 1 whitetail with it. My Dad sold 22 of them. My older brother kept one and I kept one.
Trained on and equipped with these in British army 1950’s. Taught to release safety catch with thumb but ALWAYS apply safety catch with forefinger. If you use the thumb, as demonstrated, there is a very real risk that you will accidentally fire the rifle as the forefinger will be close to and in easy reach of the trigger.
That "mad minute" trick is a great way to show how futile gun bans are
tighter restrictions would not stop mass shootings in the US because our borders are too open. there are no mass shootings in the UK because the nation is ocean locked (this applies to Japan as well).
@@ComeOnPelican91 no, illegal guns still come in by 100s / 1000s by smugging! just like drugs
@Mark Evans not really, if join a club, are you are not prohibited person, then its a qulified right !
even AR-15 converted to straight pull are legal and shoot very fast
@@geezerp1982 do you think it's possible for a first world island nation to have a school shooting or sniper massacre
@@ComeOnPelican91 already happened in 1997! other non school masscres were in 1988 and in 2010 !
Someone needs to make a modern version of the enfield
The British army used the Enfield in various forms right up until the 1990's ...
***** The later ones were chambered in .308 Like the L42A1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L42A1
Sam Wittman You can pick up L42 sniper models in 7.62 Nato.
why, there are way better rifles that are faster and hold more rd.'s in their mag.'s.
I'd like a new one in 7.62 x 39 because their best era was when the world was awash with 303 surplus ammo and you could blaze away all day for peanuts.
My late old man was in the Royal Engineers (Attached to the 8th Army)from 1939-45 and used the Enfield in North Africa and Burma. He told me was more like a mad 2 minutes unless you had the knack
I used one when we went hunting wild pigs it would spin a 360 lb pig around at 400yards killing it instantly in my opinoin its the best boltaction ever made
There's a story from the Battle of Mons in WWI (I can't remember the source so feel free to take this with a pinch of salt) about the SMLE that really shows off a) the standard of British Marksmanship in that era, and b) just how fast the SMLE was.
The story goes that a company of BEF troops were making an attack over around 1,000 yards of no-man's land, and they made it with hardly a shot fired in response. When the captured Germans were questioned, they said that anyone who bothered sticking their Pickelhaube up to fire a shot back caught one right in the head, and that they thought they were under attack from a new slow-firing machine gun.
Really shows you what these old rifles could do!
Mauser, optimistic, and revolutionary will be mentioned at least once in this video.
Love the No.4 Lee Enfield. It was a great enhancement to the Lee Enfield.
Would really appreciate Alex from TFB tv to do a video on The Sten Mk II Sub Machine Gun.
man, that bolt cycling sound is so satisfying.
A clear, concise review of the gun's features and a great display of rapid fire. Thumbs up.
The 1300 yard marking (or higher if you habe the precision sight instead of that ladder) is for volley fire.
1st rifle I ever bought...in a mall of all places in CALIFORNIA!!! 1986. Very accurate at the 500 yard line...
I went to a military museum and i saw an Lee Enfield rifle with the description of a M1 Garand describing about it being used during the Vietnam War. And there were no M1 Garand in the museum.
my great grandad fought in berma in world war 2 he must have used a lee enfield
Wonderful video. Cheers from Canada.
my first rifle and still have it. got it when i was 16. paid 89 bucks
This is my favorite classic military bolt action rifle! Nice video! Really well made! I can feel the pleasure to shooting the rifle through it! Good job man!
Just shot one of these for the first time today, my new favorite gun
I have several rifles in my meager C&R collection - this is one of my favorites!
The first gun I shot that got me into shooting sports! Love it!
I was at a pawnshop how many years ago I had one of these rifles and a 4 number serial number, German Mauser. The Enfield was in good shape The German Mauser not so much but had potential after cleaning the surface rust. I walked over there with both of them for $150 and a deluxe cleaning kit.
Small correction here. This is a Lee-Enfield, NOT an Enfield. An Enfield is a different rifle.
Following the Boer War the British army wanted to change its rifle design and switch to a smaller bore (7 mm). So the Enfield rifle was developed. It had forward lugs as in the Mauser pattern but retained cock on closing and had a rear peep sight as the No. 4 Lee-Enfield had later. It also used an internal magazine.
The design was finalized in 1913 and the Army intended to re-equip with this Enfield. However War War 1 interrupted the process so the Enfield was redesigned to take the .303 (7.7 mm) ammunition. This .303 version was called the Pattern-1914 Enfield (P-14). These were manufactured in parallel with the Lee-Enfields. A lot of this P-14 manufacturing was done by Remington in the USA. In 1917 when the US entered WW1, the US army needed lots of rifles quickly so the Remington Enfield was modified to use the .30-06 cartridge and this version was known as the Pattern-17 Enfield (P-17). WW1 proved the battlefield superiority of the Lee-Enfields so this design was retained. P-14s were issued to troops only in Britain, and was used by the home guard in WW2. Likewise the US P-17s were only used within the US. Overseas troops used the Springfields.
The Lee Enfield No 4: the rifle that replaced the SMLE in British service because they dropped them all and ran away at Dunkirk. Literally.
Hahahaha
not many ran away at dunkirk, had you said swim tho...
Britain was chased to Dunkirk by the most prepared military force in the world at the time, USA was chased out of Vietnam by peasants in straw hats.
To be fair, the Brits were able to get to and evacuate Dunkirk due in no small part the rearguard action of the remaining French military.
Vietnam chased out the French Colonial force prior, overthrew Pol Pots regime and defended against Chinese invasion shortly after U.S. involvement, so it's not like the Vietnamese force was just made up of "peasants in straw hats".
Dunkirk the battle that should proove to the world that all the french WW" cowardice jokes are wrong, the French defenders went above and beyond what could be expected of them
I have one of these myself and love it. You should have talked about the different places they were made and the history of the rifle.
These are great if you reload and shoot Mosins also. Same bullet. Obviously different dies though.
Ahahaha mad minute so much fun to do :) in ww1 the first BEF troops mastered it so much that the Germans thought they where coming across a trench of automatic weapons when in reality it was bolt-actions :) my great grandfather carried a earlier model into the trenches in WW1 best damn weapon ever made in my opinion
Exactly what I'm looking for; thank you for providing this footage!
My no4 mark2 made 1955 is like new, under 100 rounds through it. A very powerful, straight shooting rifle. Top notch.
Proud owner of a No. 4 Mk. 1/2 Fazakerley and soon to be owner of a No. 1 Mk. 3* SMLE GRI of Ishapore 1948! Only problem is that I can't ever let them go ;) great shooting by the way
I fell in love with this mark 4 it can wreck havoc if you are fast enough
I had a deactivated LE 4 for drill as an RAF apprentice and always thought it was an antiquated relic from WW2 compared to the sexy modern automatic rifles and carbines. I had no idea that the LE 4 is so good. I now regret not firing an LE 4 at the rifle range instead of just firing the fantastic Bren.
one of the best rifles ever if not the best ever. and on the note of accuracy one mile shots have been made with them. there is actually a book wrote before the 80's on how to make shots with this rifle the 1903 Springfield Mosin Nagant and several other bolt-action rifles of the World War 1 World War 2 era and get my long accuracy out of them.
I love the sound a bolt action reloading
Workin that bolt like a champ
It's not a rifle, it is a fucking machine gun!
A fast shooter is close to an M1 Garand
i just bought a n.04 last month, havent shot it yet but im excited
Don't ask how I know, considering my age, but damn your left bicep must be strong
This gun can fire fast but the reloading takes a huge time !! Salute the legend
I love your technique were your hand never leaves the bolt. you fire so much faster that way
One of my favorite rifles of all time. I have a couple but in recent days I haven't been able to find any in good condition for under $400.
It's also the easiest old military bolt action to put a scope on, using a mount that fits in the recess for the rear sight.
quick bolt , very light and put shots on Target , a favorite in my opinion
His mom: "Would you stop playing WW2 and come for lunch?"
Nice video and nice descritpion. I like your way to speak on a enjoyable volume, bring all neccessary information and, of course, shooting :D
I'm really loving some of the camera views like the POV shot of sorts.
Using old rifles is aestheticaly satisfying
The Germans on the otherside must be thinking "damn those Tommys sure do have a lot of machine gunners over there" lolll little do they know abou the mad minute!
I got one of these rifles when I was 14, I still have it and love it to death, it took all the flinch out of me
HELL YEAH!!!! I just wish we had this guy firing the old time Gatling guns featured on UA-cam....
We had these at my high school army cadet unit in the 1960s -70s.
Fine piece of British craftsmanship
I can’t tell you how so nice it is to see someone not break their stock weld every time they cycle the bolt well done
My absolute favorite rifle!
I love my Lithgow made 303 MkIII. 99 years old and still kicking ass.
Cheap grunt.
Many nr 4s and 5s was popular as backup rifles by the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Game Department guys, ajd pro hunters for second rifle or for reserve rifle on big culling operations .
Great commentary... You shown the absolute success and superiority of the bolt acrion by the fast firing action performed in this video compare the conter part of Axis models.
Great!!!
Can't help but notice TFBTV featuring weapons that are appearing in the BF1 release coming in a month or so. Smart on your part, tie into that audience.
this gun isn't in bf1 though...
The game is so much like world war 2 instead of actually being world war 1 people think that world war 2 guns are in the game, lol.
Yeah I'm aware of the creative liberties Dice took
and it's close enough to the SMLE which is in BF1
Gotta use your palm to cycle the bolt, in a smooth arcing motion - up and over to open, forward and down to close. Cocking on close.
No.4 is by far my favorite bolt action rifle
Love to see you do this with the Jungle Enfield.
"...optimism in actually hitting something at 1300 yards". 300 -1300 yard range is for section fire or area fire (as is MG fire at these ranges). If you want to know how effect and accurate it was asked the Germans who survived the Battle of Mons 1914.
A skilled rifleman can hit an enemy soldier well beyond 300 yards, as U.S. Marines have proved over and over again in combat all over the world. Most-famously in 1918 at the Battles of Bellaeu Wood and Chateau Thierry, when Leathernecks using iron-sighted Springfield M1903 rifles picked off advancing German soldiers at ranges up to 800 yards. On-looking French soldiers were astounded, and admitted that they did not believe such marksmanship in battle was possible. 0-300 yards is the typical range at which infantry small-arms combat occurs, emphasis "typical" - but there are plenty of exceptions especially when the terrain favors longer-range fires. And at ranges past those typical for engaging one individual enemy soldier, volley-fire can be used as an area-denial technique - which is why those old bolt-action military rifles have sights graduated out well past 1,000 yards. Up until WWII, traditional riflemanship as taught to most major armies in the world still included using coordinated sectional-fire (by platoon, squad, fire-team, etc.) as a means of harassing enemy formations at extreme range. An NCO or officer would glass the enemy and call out range and corrections as the team fired. This role was later assumed - taken over - by heavy MGs, mortars, and artillery (as well as airpower) during WWII.
Great content as always ! keep up the good work Alex !
An amazing run for an old rimmed cartridge... Thanks Alex.
i wonder if the Lee Enfield mk3 will come back in a futuristic form no wooden body all plastic with picatinny rails any accessories you can put a flashlight,laser even in sniper mode replace the iron sights with Eotech,Acog,Aimpoint or more
I literally bought an SMLE instead of the No. 4 because I thought the bayonet was the most badass thing ever. Still don't regret it at all :)
Low key i have a huge crush on the Enfield and didn't even know it
Even a weedy 14yr old army cadet use it to an high standard,love that gun
I need to get my gun license now.
Imagine seeing this in Battlefield 1 or the Old Call of Duty games as a Perk.
Oh, I almost missed my daily dose of this particular video's intro!