RARE Lee-Enfield No.7, .22 lr. Yes, SEVEN. Not A No.4!
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Bloke got lucky at a gunshow recently and managed to pick up one of his favourite Lee-Enfield rifles - a No.7 Mk.1, a .22 lr smallbore training rifle. These are the peak of development of the .22 rimfire trainers, and replicate the .303 No.4 as far as possible, and even have a 5 round magazine.
This had been on the Bloke's bucket list ever since he was a teenager, and he never thought he'd be able to get his grubby little mitts on one!
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