For these reasons, the SMLE (which was renamed the No. 1 rifle in 1926) and the No. 4 adopted in 1939 were the equivalent of what the M1 Garand would become as a battle rifle—a “Commonwealth ...

To my left thunders a 1942 British Enfield, a couple of Russian Mosin-Nagants and on the end, ... Today, I am shooting two Nikon cameras and a 1944 U.S. M1 Garand .30 caliber rifle.