Lee Metford 1889 MLM MkI* rifle
A closer look at my Lee Metford MLM MkI* rifle built in 1889. Introduced in 1888 as the Magazine Rifle MkI, it was upgraded in 189 A closer look at my Lee Metford MLM MkI* rifle built in 1889. Introduced in 1888 as the Magazine Rifle MkI, it was upgraded in 1891 to use the new smokeless powder instead of the original black powder. This is the first English bolt action, magazine-loading service rifle, and is the grandfather of the later .303 Lee Enfield rifles. A gem!
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Comments
Surely piling swivel not Upper Sling Swivel
Surely piling swivel not upper sling swivel?
@madisonelectronic Are you kidding!? That chair is amazing!
its just a chair, men
Thank you so much!
where did you buy it?
I’ve been looking for a 1889 version of the Lee Enfield Rifle, So far I’ve had no success at finding one
Just out of curiosity, how much did this set you back? Just wanna compare American prices to a place where it was actually issued.
Nice rifle, thanks for sharing!
pretty nice. I still like the m1904 winchester better.
i have a bsa 1902
Well done Jollygreen. Very informative! Thanks
Fabulous rifle – must be great to own. Where on earth did you pick it up?
Well, I havn’t heard of vegemite till the first time I saw one of his videos so I awsumed it was for cleaning since it was beside the rifle. I usually keep things straight foward if I talk about a gun. I talk about it. If I talk about food, I talk about food. I don’t combine stuff incase of confussion. I had that happen a lot.
are you stupid you eat vegemite
very nice rifle i fired one of em the weekend plus the martini henry
Is the vegemite for only cleaning cirtain parts of the rifle, or the whole thing? And is it used for pistols too?
great vid and a great rifle…
Well, for the LRI, I am not familiar with any regiments with those initials, but I propose a theory. I have seen early Lee-Enfields (the Mk.I and Mk.I*) called “LEI” for “Lee-Enfield, Infantry”. Perhaps it is possible, being a very early Lee-Metford, that the LRI means “Lee Rifle, Infantry”, as there would be no need to refer to it as a Lee-Metford as the Lee-Enfield had not yet been developed, so it would just be a “Lee Rifle”. Just a thought
What did that rifle cost you? I know I always ask questions about what certain rifles cost, but I am very curious to compare the prices from America to those in Australia.
The rifle is a gem but the chair is a piece of shit.
that was made exactly 100 years before i was born.
oh ok well I know someone who for about $350 got one which looked like the only use it ever had was being carried around on a sling.
I wouldn’t call it very good condition, but it’s good working condition. Not a show piece by any stretch.
one in very good condition? I would think they would be cheaper here because they were used in the military and so there were so many surplus rifles, the Inuit people who are call Rangers and are reserves in the military use old Lee-Enfields as their issues rifles. There must be many around.