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Old July 22, 2014, 07:32 AM   #11
wogpotter
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The confusion comes from mix 'n match naming of 2 totally different rifles.
The "Enfield" in both "Lee-Enfield" & "American Enfield" (P14, M1917 rifles), comes from the place that initiated the design of both, "The Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock" in England.

British practice was to hyphenate the designer & the factory to create the name. Thus Lee-Enfield, Brno Enfield (BREN) & so on.

The Lee-Enfield is one design, made by James Paris Lee, & the "American Enfield" is a different Mauser copy. I don't know of a single interchangeable part the only commonality was the location of the factory, so if you want a dog-leg bolt handle in .303 get a P-14, not any Lee-Enfield.
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