Original Antique British "Long" Magazine Lee-Enfield MLE MkI .303 Rifle Serial 8728 by RSAF Enfield with Repaired Cut Stock - Dated 1896 Cannons There were originally mold markings

There were originally mold markings on the butt stock

No major damage to the leather

There is also shortened number 252 on the rear

It is construction is brown leather chamois and wool lined flying helmet with buckle chinstrap (buckle side absent)

Original Antique British "Long" Magazine Lee-Enfield MLE MkI .303 Rifle Serial 8728 by RSAF Enfield with Repaired Cut Stock - Dated 1896 Cannons There were originally mold markingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Victorian Era was a time of great change in firearms technology, with Queen Victoria's crowning coinciding with the first official "Pattern" of percussion rifle for British forces, the Brunswick P 1837 "Two Groove" Rifle. There had previously been rifles and some percussion arms, but this was the first one put into wide spread production, and Flintlocks would continue to be used for decades after this point,