North American built Enfield No.3, or Pattern'14, RSAF designed parent arm.Ĭlick on either of these two side elevations for higher resolution images. The cranked bolt-handle, and lack of protruding magazine, give away the Mauser heritage of the This was in the form of an Enfield Rifle No.3, better known as the Pattern '14, converted to a similar configuration to that of the First World War Short Magazine Lee-Enfield, and with an integral accommodation for a new bayonet. VI, later to become the No.4 Rifle, the Soly Armament Company put forward a design for a new weapon. In 1936, during the same period in which the Royal Small Arms Factory was working on the probable new British Service Rifle, the Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk. War Ministry surplus small arms to Ball." In 1930, BSA subcontracted their franchise for Rebuilt rifles would find a place on the market. Used by many nations in their Mauser rifles. & Company to convert Pattern 14 rifles to the desirable 7.92x57mm In London by a former RFC officer, John Ball sometime in the mid 1920's.Īt a later date, Ball established a partnership with Edgard Grimard,Ī dealer located in Liege, Belgium. " The Soley Armament Company was established near Regents Park
Rifle Journal of February 2001, pages 33 - 44, Dan Reynolds wrote in his article on
The Soley Armament Company SMLE-like conversion of an Enfield Pattern '14 Rifle
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