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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.
Updated
on 04-02-2009.
URGENT!
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Folks, we need to really get off our asses, on our feet and WORK for our Second Amendment Rights!
I’ve done something at least by joining and supporting as many Pro-2A groups as
I can afford. Click on one, preferably ALL of the links below and join as many
of these groups as YOU can afford. If you can’t afford to join one of these
groups, at least use the computer you’re reading this web page on to e-mail
your Federal, State and Local representatives and tell them to keep their hands
off your rights.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of
evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)
“You have to start somewhere to ever get
anywhere.” (Me).
National Rifle
Association of the United States.
Jews For the
Preservation of Firearms Ownership.
Citizen’s
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms .
Revolutionary
War Veterans of America/Appleseed Project.
Here are a few groups I intend to join as
soon as I have the funds.
New Mexico
Shooting Sports Association. (You
can probably find YOUR State’s
Shooting Sports/Rifle Association by searching on Google.)
I’m also encouraging folks to support the “Second Amendment March.”
Two of my beloved Lee
Enfields turn 100 years old in 2009. Click here to have a look at a “Pair
of harmless little old ladies”.
The High
Road. Has MOVED! Oleg Volk has had to
go to court to get his property back from the unscrupulous former sysadmin
Derek Zeanah. He has moved THR to a new server and the URL has changed to www.thehighroad.us If you are a THR member or fan of Oleg,
please update all links you may have to THR. Thanks.
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.
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
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
Great Britain.) "The Association's aims are to promote the shooting,
collection and study of the Lee Enfield..."
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
Need a good manual for your rifle?
Try "The Armourer's Handbook,
Vol. 1 The Rifle" This covers the #1 Rifle (SMLE)MkIII/III*, #2
Rifle(miniature range), #3 Rifle(P'14) .303 inch, #4 Rifle MkI/I*, Ross MkIII,
and the BAR. Includes fold-out illustrations and detailed info on stripping,
barrel bearings etc. 44 pages, $22.00 US. Includes Airmail shipping. Quantities
are LIMITED! Get Your's TODAY!
E-mail Nigel Greenaway to get yours now!
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.