Minute of Mae: British Lee-Enfield Mk I
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Not as refined as the Smelly, but at least it wasn't nicknamed the Smelly.
Honestly I always felt that nickname fit the gun it just looks like it smells for some reason 😂
The MLE: Emily
@@Danheron2 HAHA well, I got my #1 MKIII around 1995 and to this day it still smells of the cosmoline it came packed in! :D
@@terrybeavan4264 lol I really want one
I call it the smile, cause shooting it makes you 😃. SMLE
Damn, I do like the old "long toms". Still has elements of its predecessor, Martini Henry, while moving into a modern bolt-action repeater, yet with features that are somewhere between the two, such as volley sights and magazine cut-off.
Side note, the first Lee Enfields were modified Lee Metfords updated with Enfield barrels (for smokeless powder), so that would make the Martini the grand-predecessor of the Mk. 1
I also believe some later Lee Enfields (specifically really early models like this) did retain some of these features like the volley sights, since it wasn't until WW1 that people realized those additions didn't work for trench warfare.
Hello everyone! Great vid, interesting to see how much more was needed to turn the Lee-Enfield into its Great War and WWII formats.
Somewhere a certain Canadian with big mustache just looked up
Yes, he's no longer just about muzzle loaders! :)
Who?
Anything to do with the Ross rifle
Top comment!!
Good video Mae, had the Mk1 years ago and sold it, mine had volley sights.
I had one but its little advance 1911
My first was a Lee/Medford. Lovely rifle, wonderful to shoot. In the last 35 years I have had many different SMLE's. Loved them all. Hahaha 😎
JESUS, Mae is so FRICKEN adorable..........And yeah..has anyone else noticed the really well made animation and the graphics of the clock..goes with the music just superbly!....really good production values here every time.
Great Introduction of a Historic Weapon. Thanks Mae 🤘🏼🍻
What an elegant looking Lee! The forerunner of ONE OF the most brilliant bolt actioned rifles ever made (the SMLE, not forgetting the smooth tac driving Kar98, and the superb bolt/straight pull Schmitd Rubin K31).
Thanks for finally doing this beauty!
Thank you as always Mae. Keep ‘em coming!
I love it when we get the full sensory experience. I WAS curious about how it tasted.
The predecessor to THE most iconic bolt-action rifle the world has ever seen!
Thanks for featuring this rifle, Mae. Cheers from India.
Nah the Mauser is more iconic and influential. There's a reason every bolt action system in the world today uses the Mauser pattern.
Great vid, as always, thanks Mae!
The greatest family of rifles ever built.
Yay a min of Mae 💛
Love these! Go Mae!
Thanks. Another great rifle.
I love the Long Lee, but I always found it a bit annoying that these never caught the same flak for not having clip loading that the Krag does.
Well just remember, apparently that's one of the rifles we're not supposed to acknowledge has issues.
Is it weird that I suddenly want a cooking with Mae series?
No more weird than me wanting a Mae doing taxes, or dusting the back of the TV.
When I was a child my grandmother had a lee metcalf from her father in world war one
Ah yes another minute of glorious bang bang with Mae Mae. Thanks.
Very very welcome. I own a rifle that dates back to 1866, and it is French
Love these rifles, only seen one live, couldn't afford it at the time
I need one for my Boxer Rebellion swag.
You also need to join the Lee Navy club
@@TenaciousTrilobite one day
I think Bloke wouldn't like you "palming" the charging handle. He's quite adamant about period manuals saying that you should hold the charging handle between thumb and index finger and the advantages of such handling. If you have to use so much force that the using the palm seems necessary, that indicates that something isn't right... or so I was told ;-)
Anyway... Another great video Mae, thank you.
Bloke also insists there are no practical issues with Lee Enfield pattern rifles and there's no primary extraction on Mausers. So take what he says with a grain of salt.
@@SlavicCelery if there's absolutely no record of such issues from its extensive use by armies of different countries and then the moment the rifles get surplused to civilians, suddenly the rifles start having issues they never had before, there's very little doubt for any smart person, that the cause of these issues is what is in IT referred to as "the component between the keyboard and the chair".
@@Daddo22 Suddenly surplus'd weapons tend to be in better condition due to rework at an arsenal level. See also: French rifles "dropped once" bullshit. Unless it's like an African cache that gets dropped on the USA.
A bunch of reworked rifles, of the survivors...isn't an all encompassing view of the weapons.
Also, I've seen tons of issues with various Lee rifles. And not just the beaten up ones.
The SMLE, but with _class_ .
The long Tom is probably one of my favourite.303’s to shoot , definitely prefer it over my smle and p14’s anyway
My Great Grandfather used a Lee-Enfield in the Trenches of World War 1.
I would refuse to shoot anything without a magazine cut off. I can't trust myself to be able to not shoot all my ammo in the first minute.
It really took a great deal of perseverance to make the Lee Enfield into a great rifle. I feel like most countries would just say, screw it, just make a Mauser or Mannlicher.
Mausers didnt descend perfected from heaven with an angelic choir harmonising either. They went through exactly the same period of refinement into the war losing junk they are.
Always liked these in Verdun, felt like a good long-range gun though the lack of strippers left a lot to be desired.
What are you talking about, a game? You think that's reality?
@@snowflakemelter1172 Yeah? And?
Verdun is a cool game
Probably why they converted some to charger loading to equip the TF.
I have a Lee-Metford mkll* made in 1896. It looks a lot like this one. Not in the best of shape but I love it
a great basic recipe.. just needs a punch of this and a dash of that..
Muy bueno tu vídeo saludos desde Argentina
I want one!
I've fallen ln love ❤️ 😍 💖 with Ms Mae... the Enfield 303 has won War's
The 2nd Best Gun in the world BACK IN THE DAY.......I Own One over a Hundred 💯 year's old.....
Lee-Metford FTW baby!
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This is awesome, but Mae with M1 Garand when?
you really need to do a no4 km1 :D
I like the look of the Mk 1 more than SMLE.
lee Enfield number 4 mk1
My birthday is tomorrow :D
Didnt the MK 1 had round bullets intead of the pointy ones in the video?
Just looks prettier than the snub nose of the SMLE to me.
was she firing at some kind of target like a line of tin cans? some years ago I fired a pellet gun that belonged to a friend of my Dad's by the time I had finished my turn there was ten Bean cans on the ground with holes in them
Made a prop rifle inspired by this. Dressed as a British Trooper and went to school. Got my 15 minutes of fame and scrutiny
You know Mea I wish you would show your grouping for each fire are !!!!!! Because I would love to see what kind of a shot you are !!!!
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The full length episodes do show the targets.
@@mikespangler98 c.r.arsinal
nice for game in bf1
Lee Metford :O
I used to shot skeet with a 303 infield. Very accurate hard hitting round. Got board shooting skeet with a shotgun. Switched to a 22 LR, easier to handle.
Lee-Metford?
I would like to see some long distance shooting.
Mae as usual you're great.💕😉
Big
mmm bolt action
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Lee Metford??
"..needs more time to stew."
😋smle
Does anyone have her IG?
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I have been carefully watching the presentations of this graceful young woman who is shown to be very skilled in the handling of weapons. And I find it strange the fact that she closes both eyes when she shoots, this is not the attitude of someone who shoots well. Does she land such shots? This is never shown to us!
Isn't that a Lee Metford?
No
@@TenaciousTrilobite It certainly looks like one.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Lee-Metford_Mk_II_-_AM.032034.jpg
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Don’t drop it down to your waist to reload keep it shouldered
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I love watching Mae shoot all these old guns.
Ditto
A Minute of Mae to brighten your Day
I like me some Enfield action, get some! 💥
Always got a minute for Mae, and some interesting history.
It’s a great day!
I always love it when Mae gives that smile at the end.
I had one given to me.
On the range it printed sideways projectiles @ 25 yards.
Too many times it had not been cleaned after firing corrosive ammo....
The magazine was worth selling; the rest was scrapped.
My first instinct was you could've re-barreled and re-habbed it. Realistically, though, that wouldn't be cost-effective. These aren't scarce enough that I'd have done any different in your position, even though it still hurts a little bit to see a piece of history's run end.
Also doesn't help that they weren't terribly accurate to begin with. Long and Short Enfields have great actions, but barrel concentricity didn't seem to be a huge priority at the factory.
Lovely rifle and always outstanding as ever Mae. I prefer a longer barrel on a rifle, the 16" "standard" these days is good for closer engagements. Though growing up hunting I like a nice 20"-24" preferably chambered in 7mm rem mag. I used to have a 7mm rem ultra mag for antelope long shots, but that was a heck of a barrel burner. July 1st Washington State gets a 10 round mag limit just in time for Independence Day, I daresay that is an excuse for a Barrett?
sorry to hear that (about the legislation), you have my condolences.
@@sinisterthoughts2896 Both my wife and myself were Enlisted and as such we've taken the "Oath of Elistment" which begins with swearing to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same... Upon receiving your DD-214, one doesn't rescind the Oath.
Veteran's have and will continue to be a lot of the impetus for working to uphold our rights as lawful Americans. Join the GOA or similar organization, I was a member of the NRA in the mid 90's when they were the only game in town, I wouldn't suggest them now there are many others far better.
Anyhow, 6 - 3 we're working on taking our Country back. Be well everyone.
@@walkingcontradiction223
Given the Supreme Court ruling in NYRPA, the ninth circus will need to review Duncan using Strict Scrutiny. Our magazine bans will be gone. It may take a bit longer than we might like but I have confidence.
Now if we could find an attorney general with the fortitude to prosecute those legislators that write and pass unconstitutional laws.
Thanks guys, have no Enfield's but do have 1967 RFI 2A1 that I love.
pew pew pew
Nice, Madame Mae, Thank You for the video.
Great presentation of a Historic Weapon. Thanks for featuring this rifle! Cheers from Brazil.
Try cycling the bolt from the shoulder. This system evolved into the fastest cycling bolt action of the time and made possible the “mad minute” when squads would furiously dump every round they had on a single target-like a Fritz MG emplacement. Poor Fritz.
Buen rifle utilizado durante las guerras coloniales inglesas en el sudan por ejemplo o en la guerra de los Boers.deposito de 10 cartuchos.se le podía calar una bayoneta para el combate cuerpo a cuerpo. Fue un gran avance sustituyendo al Martini - Henry que era de un solo disparo y no era de repetición claro y también era mucho más pesado.
I can't speak spanish and I've never learnt in my life, but there's just enough familiar terminology that I think I can make out what you're saying.
good rifle utilised against the boer guerrillas. ten rounds of ammunition. bayonet for hand to hand combat. a far more advanced rifle than the martini henry, but it cost more.
I have one of these but unfortunately it’s deactivated with the bolt welded shit
Brilliantly concise video. Nice one Mae!
These were used by both British and American troops in the film 55 Days at Peking. In actuality, the US Marines were armed with M1895 Lee Navy rifles during the Boxer Rebellion, but the production crew understably didn't have such rifles to use. The two rifles looked vaguely similar, anyways.
A similar problem would arise when John Milius directed his 1975 film The Wind and the Lion, so the production crew compromised by using the Krag-Jorgensen Model 1896.
Source: IMFDB
I thought in the film the US Marines were shown using Trapdoor 45/70 Springfields
Wind an the lion was set in 1904, the Marines and Navy depicted would have been using the Krag by then. They started doing so from late 1899
@@DefunctYompelvert yeah, but most Marines were still equipped with the Lee Navy even in 1904. The purchase of the Krag didn't apply to the entirety of the Marines. It wasn't until 1910 that both the Lees and Krags would be replaced by the M1903 Springfield.
Source: IMFDB
@@dp-sr1fd watch the movie (which is available here in TH-cam) or alternatively clips of it. If you look closely at the US Marines, they march with and use the Lee-Enfield Mk I rifles throughout the movie.
@@paleoph6168 Yes you are right, I must have thinking of another film. But I was sure the scene where the marines open the shutters all at once in a building and aim their rifles at the Chinese they were holding the old 45/70 calibre rifles.
It's been a minute since I had some Minute of Mae...
Which is to say it had been too long.
Frankly , one of the only three good looking English rifles
My favourite version of the rifle.
As used at the battle of Mboto Gorge.
Thank you for the videos
Thanks
aren't they called "Lee-Metford"?
Only the ones with Metford rifling
Mae's smile is as awesome as this wonderful old rifle.
3rd, 23 June 2022
Mae is now making stew out of guns. What desperate times
so it's basically a SMLE without a charger clip slot, right?
And a longer barrel. Different sights. Different safety. Different bolt. Different bayonet lug setup.
@@TenaciousTrilobite wait, different bolt too?
@@Wolvenworks Yeah, the Long Lee bolt has a dust cover that they ditched when they moved to chargers. It’s that sheet metal piece over the bolt in the video. And the safety is mounted on the cocking piece for the Long Lee
First
Is this the one that was notorious for supposedly having bolt fly back at shooter? Big fan of you guys! Follow all your videos
Canadian Ross rifles can do that if misassembled.
No, not the Enfield series. I believe you are thinking perhaps of the Canadian Ross, as Webtoedman commented.
@@webtoedman Thanks
This Rifle was used in "Jallianwala Bagh massacre"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre
This specific rifle? Must be haunted and crave blood.. Instead of putting up a wiki link, show the actual citation(s). Then someone can actually read the original story instead of a page lacking true information, or the good old; 404: the page you are looking for does not exist.