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Hi, my name is Sean and I'm the founder of
the Smelly SMLE Shooters. The name of this little group is derived from the
common acronym for the Short Magazine Lee Enfield or SMLE, commonly pronounced
as "smelly".
The Smelly SMLE Shooters are people who enjoy
collecting and actually SHOOTING Lee Enfield Rifles. I feel that far to many collectors are failing to get the full enjoyment of
the collecting experience by NOT shooting their rifles. These old ladies of the
battlefield were made to be fired, and with a little TLC and common sense they
will stand up to far more than the average recreational shooter will ever dish
out.
This page is going to be under construction
for a while, but to start you off, here are a few of
my favorite links.
Updated on 05-11-2008.
This page is dedicated to the two people who
made it all possible, my parents. Please take a
moment to view this page. It is a memorial to both of my parents.
Lee Enfield related web Fora:
Culver's Lee Enfield Collector's Forum.
Other cool web pages:
One of the best programs for preserving our
Second Amendment rights is Project Appleseed.
I strongly encourage every shooter to support them.
Here is a link to Clive Law's excellent
online bookshop; Service Publications.
Here is a poem my Brother wrote about his
Lithgow #1 MkIII* "Matilda"
Here is my own poem, dedicated to ALL the Heroes of D-Day; Whiskey, Gin & Schnapps
NEW! Tommy's
Pack Fillers specializing in the finest museum quality British
Great War period reproductions for the discerning WW1 living historian,
re-enactor or collector.
How to wrap a Pull Through
Check out The High Road. This is a
great group of fora devoted to shooting and gun rights. It is run by Oleg Volk,
the fellow who took the picture at the bottom of this page.
The Milsurp Underground. My
pal Corey's page.
The
Lee Enfield Rifle. This page belongs to Jay Currah. It has pictures of
maker's marks, info on how to attach the sling, and how to use and store the
pull-through and oiler.
303British.com. This is Steve Ridgwell's excellent page for .303
British reloaders
Lee Enfield Rifle Association. (Located
in
Pacific Northwest Enfield Preservation Society.
18th
Battalion Memorial Rifle Club in New South Wales Australia, offers Marksmen
a good range of opportunities for competition and practice. We invite you to
visit us on Hornsby Rifle Range on any Saturday/Sunday afternoon to inspect one
of the best ranges in NSW.
Here is a link to my pal Patrick Hernandez's WWI French Re-enactment site. 151ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
7.62 NATO vs. 308 Winchester. The myths dispelled
Join the Smelly SMLE Shooters Yahoo e-mail list
Enfield Addict's Support Group
110 Ways To Tell If You're Addicted to Enfields.
Is gun control anti-Semitic? Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
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MkIII, and the BAR. Includes fold-out illustrations and
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Here are a Veteran's words about the Lee
Enfield. They are excerpted from Quartered Safe out Here, by George
Macdonald Fraser. Mr. Fraser is also the author of the Flashman novels.
"Weaponry was equally simple. There were
a few Tommy guns (but none of the hated Stens, the plumber's nightmare) in the
company, but the standard arm was the most beautiful firearm ever invented, the
famous short Lee Enfield, either of the old pattern with the flat backsight and
long sword bayonet, or the Mark IV* with the pig-sticker, a
nine inch spike with no cutting edge.
The old pattern, which I carried, was the
great rifle of the First World War, which the Old Contemptibles used with such
speed and skill that the enemy often believed they were facing automatic
weapons, and one German general told of how his division had been "shot
flat" by its disciplined fire. It held ten rounds with its magazine
charged, and another up the spout, had an extreme range of close to a mile, and
in capable hands was deadly accurate up to four hundred yards. I'm no Davy
Crockett, but I could hit three falling plates (about ten inches square) out of
five at two hundred, and I was graded only a first-class shot, not a marksman.
The Lee Enfield, cased in wood from butt to muzzle, could stand up to any rough
treatment, and it never jammed. "She's your wife," as the musketry
instructors used to say. "Treat her right and she'll give you full
satisfaction." And she did, thirty years old as she was; treating her
right consisted of keeping her "clean, bright, and slightly oiled"
with the pull-through and oil bottle in her butt trap, and boiling her out
after heavy firing. She's a museum piece now, but I still see her on T.V.
newsreels, in the hands of hairy, outlandish men like the Mujahhedeen of
Afghanistan and capable-looking gentry in
*These are the Author's own words,
he almost certainly means the NUMBER IV MkI or MkI* rifle.
This
photo was taken by Oleg Volk. Click on the picture to go to Oleg's web page.