Following a trend that had begun with the British Army's Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), which proved better suited to the trench warfare of World War I than the longer rifles of the era ...

and a Lee-Enfield Rifle, first produced in 1892 and used by the British Army in both World War I and II, which goes for as much as £1,600. ‘It goes without saying that these are military ...

The journey begins in December 1902 when the British Army introduced a modified version of their standard Lee Enfield service rifle.