Enfield rifle


noun
  1. a single-shot, muzzleloading rifle, of .577 caliber, used by the British army in the Crimean War and in limited numbers by both sides in the American Civil War.

  2. a bolt-action, breech-loading, .303-caliber magazine rifle introduced in Britain in 1902.

  1. an American .30-caliber rifle used in World War I by U.S. troops, patterned after the British Enfield rifle.

Origin of Enfield rifle

1
Named after Enfield, England, where it was first made

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Enfield rifle

noun
  1. a breech-loading bolt-action magazine rifle, usually .303 calibre, used by the British army until World War II and by other countries

  2. a 19th-century muzzle-loading musket used by the British army

Origin of Enfield rifle

1
C19: from Enfield, where it was first made

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