Elkins Automatic Rifle

Ekins Automatic Rifle
Type Automatic Rifle
Place of origin  United Kingdom
Specifications
Cartridge .303 British
Feed system 10 round box magazine
Sights Iron

The Ekins Automatic Rifle was one of the numerous attempts to convert a Lee-Enfield SMLE to an automatic rifle.[1] Similar platforms of the time were the Canadian Huot, South African Rieder and Charlton of Australian/New Zealand origin which had full automatic capability.

References

  1. ^ Special Service Lee Enfields: Commando and Auto Models by Ian Skennerton. Published by Ian D Skennerton, PO Box 80, Labrador 4215, Australia, 2001. ISBN 0-949749-37-0. Paperback, 48 pp, 50 plus b & w drawings and photos, 210 x 274 mm
Weapons of the British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations 1722–1965
Handguns
Rifles and carbines
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