Posted June 12, 2015 6:15 am by Comments

By Nathaniel F

2015-06-11 17_41_24-The Mk I Lee-Metford_ Shooting at 400yds - YouTube

In the twilight of the blackpowder era, the British tested many designs in one of the biggest firearms competitions of the era, in an effort to replace their increasingly obsolete Martini-Henry rifle. The winning design was the brainchild of Scottish-American designer James Paris Lee, one of the great geniuses of late 19th Century firearms design. Lee […]

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