Editing Lee–Enfield (section)

==Magazine Lee–Enfield==
[[File:Rifle, bolt-action (AM 1962.132-1).jpg|thumb|right|A magazine Lee Enfield Mk I* rifle ("Long Tom"), used in the Second Boer War by the New Zealand Mounted Rifles]]
The Lee–Enfield rifle was introduced in November 1895 as the ''.303 calibre, Rifle, Magazine, Lee–Enfield'',{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|p=90}} or more commonly ''magazine Lee–Enfield'', or ''MLE'' (sometimes spoken as "emily" instead of M, L, E). The next year, a shorter version was introduced as the ''Lee–Enfield cavalry carbine Mk I'', or '''LEC''', with a {{convert|21.2|in|mm|adj=on}} barrel as opposed to the {{convert|30.2|in|mm|adj=on}} one in the "long" version.{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|p=90}} Both underwent a minor upgrade series in 1899 (the omission of the cleaning / clearing rod), becoming the Mk I*.{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|p=91}} Many LECs (and LMCs in smaller numbers) were converted to special patterns, namely the ''New Zealand carbine'' and the ''Royal Irish Constabulary carbine'', or NZ and RIC [[carbine]]s, respectively.{{sfn|Skennerton|2007|p=453–454}} Some of the MLEs (and MLMs) were converted to load from [[stripper clip|chargers]], and designated ''Charger Loading Lee–Enfields'', or ''CLLEs''.{{sfn|Skennerton|1997|p=8}}