Why does my Lee-Enfield still bolt-cycle on tactical reloads? Just remove the bolt-pull animation, and you’ve got a perfect alt-reload right there。
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It would be great if one of the infantry Lee-Enfield variants could be modified to use magazine reloads, matching the VG.2’s system.
If you can find proof of it, either in pictures, testing (or preferably both), I’m all for it.
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“Indian soldiers perform magazine reloads with vintage Lee-Enfield rifles.”
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Pretty sure all Lee Enfields could do that - but troops didn’t get issued more than one mag.
Have a friend who used to have a deactivated Lee Enfield, mag changes are pretty easy.
That being said - Sniper Lee Enfield having spare mags fits pretty well, considering that snipers in general were considered “elite” units that often got better gear.
As such, Lee Enfield is definitely the best bolt action sniper rifle in the game.
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Yeah, it’s just a standard Lee-Enfield feature, they’ve all got removeable magazines, does anyone really need to prove this?
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I am not an expert - but some weapons have loading issues when reloading a full magazine to a already loaded gun with the bolt forward… MP5 is most famously known for that, which is why you always unload the gun before changing mags ( or you load less than 30 rounds into the gun)
Maybe this is standard for reloads?
I never knew that. I’ve never fired one in real life, nor have I even heard it mentioned. I don’t even think when I researched it they mentioned it. But I trust you, because you are a professional historian. Would I be wrong in assuming it was only the no.4 that had detachable mags?
Australia only used the SMLE mk iii’s so they might not have had detachable mags.
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You would be wrong in this case, it’s been a standard feature of the rifles since the Lee-Metford in 1888, and present on all rifles of the line to the very end. Some even credit James Paris Lee (co-inventor of the Lee-Metford/Enfield rifles) specificly with inventing the detatchable box magazine, at least for military infantry rifles.
Mighty kind of you, but I don’t hold a official degree or anything, I’m just a high-school teacher in history (and religion), but more importantly a bit of a gun nut, all my knowledge in the field is fueled by pure autistic interest. Didn’t think my status was public knowledge but I’m flattered my reputation is spreading.
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Funny part here, whilst they were technicly removeable, it was never done for reloading back at this time, as the magazine was chained to the rifle. It’s removeable for cleaning, and parts replacement, but was never intended to be removed in the field (hence the chain).
This is only true for the very early rifles, no longer present on the No. 1 or No. 4 rifles.
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That’s very interesting. It gets me sometimes how old technology is. Like I saw the other day a post from a museum, where they had a Chinese crossbow trigger group from 80 BCE, yet I thought they were only a middle age invention.
That’s still plenty of steps above most forum dwellers and the general public. And most definitely me. I for one don’t have the commitment or patience to research and compose posts such as yours.
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But specificly on the suggestion here itself, and I invite @Myrm1don here to correct me (or maybe even test this theory out yourself), loading a full magazine with a Enfield whilst attempting to keep a loaded round in the chamber is at best… a very delicate thing to do, but more importantly not possible in battlefield conditions. I think the bolt has to be withdrawn to remove the magazine as well (but in theory might not need to be fully withdrawn and thus not ejecting the cartridge, I don’t know), so there is no speed advantage to be had here (due to the bolt still needing to be manually operated), and no ammo count advantage either (loading drills make no mentions of loading a 11th bullet as far as I am aware, and keeping one in the chamber was considered a safety risk and not done outside of combat either).
Its amazing how different the background of many forum dwellers here is, we truly are a special bunch of nerds.
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I have heard a rumor that some infantry units did carry one spare magazine, for the whole purpose of a drill called “mad minute”, where soldiers would use the Enfields naturally fast fire rate to give suppressive fire.
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Yes, possibly and no all at the same time.
This was for later of course, after the Lee-Metford, when magazines were no longer chained to the rifles. I’m quite sure though that the mad minute drill still expected the use of stripper clips (or “chargers” in British service), though by WW1 and WW2 carrying a spare or two was not unheard of, but mostly it was for in case the original one got damaged.
You wouldn’t speed-load with magazines, as they could not just be thrown away (they’re expensive kit, can’t have them wasted), you’d have to take your empty mag and stow it somehwere. In real life (and especially during WW2) you wouldn’t be chucking around magazines in the field (FG 42 reload animation where that’s literally done is really dumb), literal mag-dumping is really something only done in movies, because no one wants the extra guard or latrine duty when the Sergeant Major hears you’ve been chucking your spares around the French countryside.
Omg, I’m literally going to uni to study to become a history teacher!