Britain's first bolt-action rifle: The Lee Henry
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This week Jonathan examines two rifles instrumental in the early development of the concept which would eventually become the famous Lee Enfield. Despite both weapons not progressing past the experimental stage, their early adoption of a bolt-action firing mechanism coupled with a fixed magazine would remain a feature on British military rifles until the 1990s.
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