History GunsOfFiction / Rifles

Variants include the [=M1A1=], which featured a pistol grip and a folding wire stock, developed for paratroopers; the M2, which featured selective fire capability (making it at least close to one of the first real assault rifles, though whether it actually counts as one or just a particularly large and long-reached submachine gun has been disputed) and strengthened the mag release to allow the use of 30-round magazines that were too heavy for the original mag catch to handle; and the M3, which was designed to mount an infrared sight for night operations (which was ''incredibly'' bulky, and that's not even including its primitive [[UsefulNotes/BatteriesNotIncluded battery]] which was so large it had to be carried in a separate backpack and attached via cable).

In movies, the model in question will almost always be the Model 1892 carbine, due to it having been in production during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood and looking similar enough to stand in for its predecessors, as well as the ubiquity of the "Five-in-One" blank cartridge that could be chambered and fired in three different calibers of revolver (.38-40 Winchester, .44-40 Winchester and .45 Colt) and two calibers of lever-action rifles (.38-40 and .44-40; rifles chambered in .45 Colt wouldn't exist until decades later). For modern plastic versions of the Five-in-One blank, it's an ArtifactTitle, with .44 Special or Magnum revolvers and rifles and .410 shotguns make it closer to ten-in-one nowadays. A Model 1866 will often have the forestock removed and do double duty as a Civil War-era Henry rifle, as until recent reproductions came onto the scene the "Yellow Boy" Winchester was much more readily available.

* Corporal "Smiler" Dawson from ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}'''s "Convict Commandos" series uses this weapon, although knives are his weapon of choice.

* Jefuty has been associated with the Mosin-Nagant ever since her initial incarnation in ''Girl of the Bakehouse'' all the way to ''VideoGame/ReverseCollapse''. In her hands, it performs equally well (if not ''better'') than the modern rifles used by URNC snipers.

It turned out however, that the SMLE was not as bad as was thought; the main problem in the Boer Wars was the ''ammunition'', not the rifle. In fact, it was just about one of the best rifles ever made. Although not as accurate or robust as Mauser rifles[[note]]Repeated firing of .303 British rounds caused the receiver to stretch out over time, necessitating longer and longer bolt heads to be installed over the life of the weapon (good thing they designed the bolt head to be detachable). This is why, while the Mauser 98 action is used for all sorts of super-magnum big-game hunting rifles, the Enfield action is rarely used for sporting rifles[[/note]], it was reliable, and most notably, ''fast'': Sergeant Instructor Alfred Snoxall set a world record in 1914 by making 38 shots in a twelve-inch target at 300 yards in one minute. This had quite an effect on the enemy; German accounts frequently ''[[WorthyOpponent praised]]'' British rifle fire.[[note]]A common myth was that at Mons during World War 1, German soldiers reported with horror to their superiors that [[OhCrap every British soldier was armed with a machine gun]] - however, the sound between the Maxim machine guns the British infantry would have used is quite distinctive from the sound of the SMLE and so the German soldiers would have not got that confused.[[/note]] This was helped by the fact that the rifle could carry ten rounds of ammunition at a time, double that of the rival German Mauser.

[[caption-width-right:350: Big guns; and they aren't fucking around[[note]]From top to bottom: 1918 Mauser Tankgehwer, Soviet PTRD, British Boys Anti-Tank Rifle, and Type 97[[/note]] ]]

* ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2'' features a scoped No.1 Mk III* as one of the weapons added with the "Landwehr Canal Pack" DLC; it has low muzzle velocity (making it harder to hit things at extreme distance) and a below-average scope, but it has the second-highest capacity among the game's rifles and is the fastest to cycle. It returns in ''VideoGame/SniperElite3'' as the main weapon of the British defenders at Tobruk and the [[BadassCrew LRDG]], and Karl Fairburne can use it again. The No.4 Mk II(T), a customized sniper variant of the No.4, is the final unlockable rifle in ''VideoGame/SniperElite4'', and Karl can also gear up with the Enfield-derived De Lisle integrally-suppressed carbine if the situation calls for discretion, at the cost of significantly-reduced killing power at long range.

* The [=M1903A4=] is available in ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2'', ''VideoGame/SniperElite3'' and ''VideoGame/SniperElite4'', it being Karl Fairburne's default rifle in all but ''3'', where it is instead available via DLC and can be given a camo pattern.

* Karl Fairburne can equip a scoped M1917 in ''VideoGame/SniperElite3''.

The British Army as well as the associated Commonwealth states would continue to make use of this rifle all throughout UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, with Lee-Enfield sniper rifles lasting all the way into the 1990s. It's also been used by several other countries, including some use as late as 2004 by insurgents in Iraq, though one of the most notable users would be [[UsefulNotes/TurksWithTroops Turkey]]. A fair number of rifles were captured from British, Australian and New Zealand troops during World War I at Gallipoli, both of the "Long Lee" and SMLE varieties. Turkey had far more Mausers than Enfields, so at first the Enfields were just stored as emergency reserve weapons. But in the 1930s, Turkey decided to rebuild their existing rifles (a variety of Mauser types, Gewehr 1888 Commission Rifles and the captured Enfields) to match their new Model 1938 Mauser in configuration, and that's when things started to get strange. The modifications for all their other rifles were fairly straightforward, but the Enfield is quite different from any Mauser, and the conversion resulted in a unique hybrid (Mauser-style internal magazine and barrel, but Enfield buttstock and modified Enfield bolt; basically a Mauser in the front and an Enfield in the back) which they referred to as the "English rifle", but which collectors today know as the [[http://www.turkmauser.com/Enfield/ Enfauser]]. There are estimated to be less than 30 of them in the United States, with an uncertain number still in Turkey. Adding to the mystery is that nobody, not even the Turkish government, really knows how many Enfields were captured in the first place or how many of them were intact enough to convert. But they're not as expensive as you might expect given the rarity, ''if'' you can find one. The reason being that the Enfauser is also an ''obscure'' weapon. In India, they're still in limited use as police weapons to this day, and saw use with the Canadian Rangers until 2018[[note]]The main reason for its replacement was the difficulty of finding replacement parts. The retired Enfields were gifted to the Rangers as personal weapons upon the arrival of its replacement[[/note]]. The Lee-Enfield was also one of the major battle rifles of both sides of the Indonesian National Revolution, being the standard rifle of the Dutch in the early years of the war and captured [=SMLEs=] became the most common rifle on the Indonesian side, replacing the earlier Arisakas. Lee-Enfields are even treated as {{good guns|BadGuns}} in most Indonesian war movies set during the revolution, contrasting the Garands used by the Dutch and KNIL antagonists. In their war for independence from Pakistan, the Bangladeshis were almost entirely armed with Lee-Enfields, and many times successfully fought off the better-armed Pakistanis with them. The rifle would become a symbol of independence during and after the war.

* The first rifle you receive in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' under the name "Repeater Rifle", given to you by Bonnie early on. Also shows up in the earlier ''VideoGame/RedDeadRevolver'' as the "Owl Rifle". ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' actually shows off the weapon's unique tube magazine that in its stock, by way of being reloaded with a speedloader-like device that was normally issued with the weapon.

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* '''Cool Accessory''': The GB-pattern side-folding stock. Originally sold from the rifle's inception in 1973 until 1989 (when Bill Ruger himself personally halted all civilian sales of it following the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in Stockton, CA, and then sales to law enforcement ended in the mid-1990s). The folding stock and accompanying pistol grip attachment make the already well-balanced rifle even more compact and convenient to carry. While it was $40 when it was in production, the folding stock is now easily selling for upwards of [[CrackIsCheaper $800 to $1,000 each on the used market.]] Fortunately, Samson Manufacturing is bringing a reproduction of it back into production for 2020 for under $300, so you too can live out your ''A-Team'' fantasies.

* Kinzo Ushiromiya owns several Model 1894s in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', sawed down into "Mare's Leg" rifles, which are borrowed by the other members of the family to defend themselves. [[spoiler:The events of the third Episode result in a BadFuture where Eva apparently used one to murder the rest of the family.]]

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