Editing Lee–Enfield (section)

== Manufacturers ==
[[File:A Delhi Police marching contingent passes through the Rajpath during the rehearsal for the celebration of 60th Republic Day -2009, in New Delhi on January 06, 2009.jpg|thumb|A Delhi Police marching contingent passes through the Rajpath during the rehearsal for the celebration of 60th Republic Day -2009 carrying the Indian version of the Lee Enfield SMLE]]

In total, over 16 million Lee–Enfields had been produced in several factories on different continents when production in Britain ended in 1956 at the [[Royal Ordnance Factory]] [[ROF Fazakerley]] in Liverpool, after that factory had been plagued with industrial unrest. The machinery from ROF Fazakerley was sold to Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in [[Rawalpindi]] where production and repair of the No.4 Mk I started from 1952 till 1957 and then production changed over to No.4 Mk II from 1957.{{sfn|Pegler|2012|p=70}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milsurps.com/content.php?r=201-1961-No.4-Mk2-(Mfg-by-Pakistani-Ordnance-Factory-(POF)-in-1961)|title=Milsurps Knowledge Library - 1961 No.4 Mk2 (Mfg by Pakistani Ordnance Factory (POF) in 1961)|website=www.milsurps.com}}</ref> 

Also contributing to the total was the Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI) at [[Ishapore]] in India, which continued to produce the SMLE in both .303 and 7.62×51mm NATO until the 1980s, and is still manufacturing a sporting rifle based on the SMLE Mk III action, chambered for a .315 calibre cartridge,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/5.htm |title=.315" Sporting Rifle |publisher=Indian Ordnance Factories |access-date=28 January 2009}}</ref> the [[Birmingham Small Arms Company]] factory at Shirley near [[Birmingham]], and SAF Lithgow in Australia, who finally discontinued production of the SMLE Mk III* with a final 'machinery proving' batch of 1000 rifles in early 1956, using 1953-dated receivers. During the First World War alone, 3.8&nbsp;million SMLE rifles were produced in the UK by RSAF Enfield, BSA, and LSA.{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|p=171}}

[[File:LSA SMLE Band Markings smaller.jpg|thumb|right|The wristguard markings on a 1918-dated short magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III* rifle's [[receiver (firearms)|receiver]] manufactured by the London Small Arms Co. Ltd. The "G.R." under [[Tudor Crown|the crown]] stands for [[George V|"George Rex"]] and refers to the reigning monarch at the time the rifle was manufactured.]]

[[File:Complete Guide to Heraldry Fig642.png|thumb|right|[[Tudor Crown]] seen on [[King George V]] era manufactured SMLE Mk III rifle [[receiver (firearms)|receivers]]]]

===List of manufacturers===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
|+Manufacturer markings of MLE, CLLE, and SMLE Mk I—Mk III*
|-
!Marking
!Manufacturer
!Country
|-
|Enfield
|[[Royal Small Arms Factory]] Enfield
|United Kingdom
|-
|Sparkbrook
|Royal Small Arms Factory [[Sparkbrook]]
|United Kingdom
|-
|BSA Co
|[[Birmingham Small Arms Company]]
|United Kingdom
|-
|LSA Co
|[[London Small Arms Co. Ltd]]
|United Kingdom
|-
|Lithgow
|[[Lithgow Small Arms Factory]]
|Australia
|-
|GRI
|[[Rifle Factory Ishapore]]
|[[British India]]
|-
|RFI
|Rifle Factory Ishapore
|India (Post-Independence)
|}

"SSA" and "NRF" markings are sometimes encountered on First World War-dated SMLE Mk III* rifles. These stand for "Standard Small Arms" and "National Rifle Factory", respectively. Rifles so marked were assembled using parts from various other manufacturers, as part of a scheme during the First World War to boost rifle production in the UK. Only SMLE Mk III* rifles are known to have been assembled under this program.
GRI stands for "[[King George V|Georgius Rex, Imperator]]" (Latin for 'King George, Emperor (of India)', denoting a rifle made during the [[British Raj]]. RFI stands for "Rifle Factory, Ishapore", denoting a rifle made after the [[Partition of India]] in 1947.

{| class="wikitable" 
|-
|+Manufacturer marks for No. 4 Mk I, No. 4 Mk I* and No. 4 Mk 2
|-
!Marking
!Manufacturer
!Country
|-
|ROF (F)
|[[ROF Fazakerley|Royal Ordnance Factory Fazakerley]]
|United Kingdom
|-
|ROF (M)
|[[ROF Maltby|Royal Ordnance Factory Maltby]]
|United Kingdom
|-
|B
|[[Birmingham Small Arms Company|The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited]]
|United Kingdom
|-
|M47 and later M47C
|Birmingham Small Arms Factory (Shirley)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[[Long Branch, Toronto|Long Branch]]<!--Long Branch, Toronto, Ontario-->
|Small Arms Limited and later, Canadian Arsenals Limited
|Canada
|-
|Squared S and US property
|[[Savage Arms]]
|United States
|-
|POF
|[[Pakistan Ordnance Factories]]
|Pakistan
|}

Second World War UK production rifles had manufacturer codes for security reasons. For example, BSA Shirley is denoted by M47C, ROF(M) is often simply stamped "M", and BSA is simply stamped "B".
Savage-made Lee–Enfield No. 4 Mk I and No. 4 Mk I* rifles are all stamped "US property". They were supplied to the UK under the [[Lend-Lease]] programme during the Second World War. No Savage Lee–Enfields were ever issued to the US military; the markings existed solely to maintain the pretense that American equipment was being lent to the UK rather than permanently sold to them.{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|loc=Chapter 15}}

====Australian International Arms No. 4 Mk IV====
[[File:AIA M10-B2 7.62 Match Rifle.jpg|thumb|alt=A rifle laid out on a cloth|AIA M10-B2 match rifle]]

The Brisbane-based Australian International Arms also manufactured a modern reproduction of the No. 4 Mk II rifle, which they marketed as the ''AIA No. 4 Mk IV''. The rifles were manufactured by parts outsourcing and were assembled and finished in Australia, chambered in [[7.62×51mm NATO]] and fed from modified [[M14 rifle|M14]] magazines. The No. 4 Mk IV was designed with the modern shooter in mind, and has the ability to mount a telescopic sight without drilling and tapping the receiver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lawranceordnance.com/lawrance-ordnance/rifles-aia.html |title=Improved Enfield Rifles |publisher=Australian International Arms Rifles/Lawrance Ordnance |access-date=28 January 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080803155437/http://www.lawranceordnance.com/lawrance-ordnance/rifles-aia.html |archive-date = 3 August 2008}}</ref> 

AIA also offered the ''AIA M10-A1'' rifle, a jungle carbine-styled version chambered in [[7.62×39mm]] Russian, which uses [[AK-47]] magazines.{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|p=553}} Magazine supply and importation (M14 and AK 10 single stack mag) whilst legal in Australia, has been spasmodically curtailed by Australian Federal Customs (for more information, see [[Gun politics in Australia]]). It is possible to obtain a 10-round (the maximum allowed by law) M14 magazines for the M10-B2 match rifles in particular, provided an import permit from the appropriate licensing services division can be obtained in some states, yet Australian Federal Customs may still refuse importation on no valid grounds.<ref>[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/fa1996102/sch2.html Firearms Act, SCHEDULE 2, Part (8)(b)], accessed 11 January 2010</ref>

===Khyber Pass copies===
A number of British Service Rifles, predominantly the [[Martini–Henry]] and [[Martini–Enfield]], but also the various Lee–Enfield rifles, have been produced by small manufacturers in the [[Khyber Pass]] region of the Pakistani-Afghan border.{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|p=368}}

"[[Khyber Pass Copy|Khyber Pass copies]]", as they are known, tend to be copied exactly from a "master" rifle, which may itself be a Khyber Pass copy, markings and all, which is why it's not uncommon to see Khyber Pass rifles with the ''N'' in "Enfield" reversed, amongst other things.{{sfn|Skennerton|1993|p=334}}

The quality on such rifles varies from "as good as a factory-produced example" to "dangerously unsafe", tending towards the latter end of the scale. Khyber Pass copy rifles cannot generally stand up to the pressures generated by modern commercial ammunition,{{sfn|Skennerton|1993|p=334}} and are generally considered unsafe to fire under any circumstances.{{sfn|Wilson|2007a}}

Khyber Pass copies can be recognised by a number of factors, notably:
* Spelling errors in the markings; as noted the most common of which is a reversed "N" in "Enfield")
* V.R. (Victoria Regina) cyphers dated after 1901; [[Queen Victoria]] died in 1901, so any rifles made after 1901 should be stamped "E.R" (''Edwardius Rex''—[[King Edward VII]] or [[King Edward VIII]]) or "G.R" (''Georgius Rex''—[[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] or [[King George VI]]).
* Generally inferior workmanship, including weak or soft metal, poorly finished wood, and badly struck markings.{{sfn|Skennerton|1993|p=334}}

===Armalon===
British company Armalon Ltd developed a number of rifles based on the Lee Enfield No. 4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armalon.com/public/static/page/1|title=Armalon - Company Information|date=17 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817124723/http://armalon.com/public/static/page/1 |archive-date=17 August 2018 }}</ref> The PC rifle is a carbine in pistol and revolver calibres,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://modernfirearms.net/en/civilian-rifles/great-britain-civilian-rifles/armalon-pc-eng/|title=Armalon PC|date=27 October 2010|website=Modern Firearms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/2300/2342.htm|title=ARMALON PC|website=securityarms.com}}</ref> the AL42 is a 5.56&nbsp;mm rifle and the AL30C, a carbine in [[.30 carbine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://revivaler.com/armalon-al42-rifle-223-remington/|title=Armalon AL42 Rifle in .223 Remington|first=Jon C.|last=Branch|date=29 November 2016|website=Revivaler}}</ref>