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Rear sight Bayonet lug MANU

▲ ARISAKA MEIJI 30 Designed by Colonel ALL
Integral five-round Date 1897 Nariakira Arisaka, this Y LO
box magazine gun was chambered for a
Semi-pistol grip Origin Japan 6.5mm semi-rimmed round
Weight 9 ⁄2lb (4.3kg) and used a turning bolt of
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Fore sight
Barrel 31 ⁄2in (79.8cm) the Mauser pattern with
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forward-locking lugs.
Caliber 6.5mm × 50SR ADED REPEA

Barrel band
Leaf-type rear sight
Fore sight

▲ MAUSER M1896 Mauser began exporting to China TER RIFLES
Integral five- Date 1896 in 1875, and made rifles for Serbia,
Belgium, Turkey, Argentina, and
round magazine Origin Germany Spain before manufacturing the
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Weight 8 ⁄4lb (3.97kg) M1896 for Sweden. Licensed
Barrel 29in (74cm) Swedish production of the rifle
continued until 1944.
Caliber 6.5mm × 55

Cleaning rod
Bayonet lug

◀ LEE-ENFIELD MARK III A shorter version of the Lee-Enfield
Rear sight Mark I had been introduced in 1904
Date 1907
as the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield
Origin UK
(SMLE, often nicknamed “Smellie”).
Weight 8 ⁄4lb (3.96kg) The SMLE Mark III introduced
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Barrel 25in (64cm) improvements to the rear sight,
magazine, and chamber.
Caliber .303in
Fore sight

Barrel band ▲ BERTHIER MLE 1916
Date 1916
Fore sight Origin France
wings
Weight 9lb (4.15kg)
Finger grooves Barrel band Barrel 31 ⁄4in (79.8cm)
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Caliber 8mm × 50R
A modified version of the 1902
model Berthier rifle, this gun
had a five-round magazine in
place of the original’s three-
round magazine. The piling hook
Bayonet lug below the fore sight was used
▲ ENFIELD PATTERN 1913 This experimental design was to stack the rifles “teepee-style”
Date 1913 produced as a potential replacement when troops were encamped.
for the Lee-Enfield SMLE, firing a
Origin UK more powerful 7mm round. After
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Weight 8 ⁄2lb (3.9kg) trials in 1913, the experiment was
Barrel 26in (66cm) abandoned due to the onset of
World War I.
Caliber .276in