Help identifying this Lee Enfield?

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I inherited a Lee Enfield from my father in law and know nothing about them. I was hoping someone here could shed some light. I believe it's a "Sporter" model since the wooden foreend does not go to the barrel.
Also, it has a 10 round magazine. Is this legal? I thought only 5 centerfire cartridge mags were legal, unless it's considered an antique or something?

Thanks guys. Here she is:

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Cool, thanks for responding. The rifle is in pretty good condition. The bolt works smooth as butter but will need to take it to the range to find out for sure :)
I plan on keeping it, but ballpark what are these worth?
 
You will love it. They are total sweethearts to shoot. Although the brass "recoil pad" will start to hurt your shoulder after a while
 
As mentioned before. Its a .303 british. No1 mark 3 Lee enfield made by the British small arms co in 1917. Its broad arrow marked which means its a decomissioned rifle sold as surplus. I'm not familier with the other cartouches and proof marks but others here will be along shortly to fill you in more
 
.303 2.222"
18.5 TONS PER SQUARE INCH
is the standard proof make applied when the rifle was sported and sold commercially. The /l\ marks are British property marks.
It is a III*, not a III, indicating that it was made with early features omitted.
Metal parts look very nice; there are those who would restore it to original, as issued condition.
 
I just took my newly acquired LE out, its the same year as yours, ran like a champ, and yeah that pad hurts after a few. Oh and save your brass, ammo is not cheap for these bad boys and if you dont reload, youll be able to sell/give the brass to someone who does. Mine is going to be my #1 deer rifle this fall.
 
Knuckles Muldoon said:
I just took my newly acquired LE out, its the same year as yours, ran like a champ, and yeah that pad hurts after a few. Oh and save your brass, ammo is not cheap for these bad boys and if you dont reload, youll be able to sell/give the brass to someone who does. Mine is going to be my #1 deer rifle this fall.
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There have been countless deer and moose taken with those rifles. Almost every hunt camp has at least one around.
 
"...how it is at the range..." Unfortunately, No. 1 Mk III Lee-Enfields are notorious for having been assembled out of parts bins by some 'pros' with zero QC. Have the headspace checked before you shoot it.
"...British small arms co..." BSA is Birmingham Small Arms. Also where the 'proofing'(the BNP stamp) was done before the rifle and any milsurp rifle was sold out of England.
"...broad arrow marked..." The broad arrow is the Brit military acceptance stamp.
The Lee-Enfield and the M1 Rifle are the only rifles that are exempt by name from the silly mag capacity law.
 
X2 fenceline, sunray misunderstands; garand is specifically exempted as a semi-auto. There is no magazine limit for manually operated rifles such as lee enfield.
 
X2 fenceline, sunray misunderstands; garand is specifically exempted as a semi-auto. There is no magazine limit for manually operated rifles such as lee enfield.
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It is actually the Canadian legislators who mis-understand. The Lee-Enfield IS a named exemption in the Cartridge Magazine Control Regulations (SOR 98-462 Part 4 S.3 Par.(2)(a)(ii)).

However, as you said there is no regulated limit for manual action long-arms, and Section 3 above deals with semi-automatic and fully automatic fire-arms, so the exemption has no business being there.
 
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