i love that after all these years, this dude is still just marching and playing with milsurp in the woods. legend

I love the idea that, at one point, .303 was considered to not have adequate stopping power.

I would really like to see a history of the issue of the Mustache, the various Marks & sizes. To me it seems the Mustache, Mk I, Large, Twirled was the most widely issued for a decent period of time. It also seems the enlisted and officer ranks were issued different styles of them, perhaps to keep cost down?

Outside the gunroom door of the Army Target Shooting Club clubhouse at Bisley is a rifle rack with a gutter at the bottom. The rack holds up to 8 rifles muzzle down. I was told that a suitably kinked brass funnel neck would fit in the chamber to allow hot water to be poured down the bore to soften the fouling. Very niche, I know but I can't imagine there are any other bits of Lee-Metford specific furniture in the world.

Every time you release a new video of this nature I wish there was a weekly TV show of it. You are fantastic sir and the quality of work you produce is outstanding!

The Lee-Metford rifle is still carried to this day by the Atholl Highlanders, the only private military unit in Britain, when on parade.

While I do enjoy your black powder content, this is what makes my heart tingle.

Outstanding British army and weapons history videos

It would be nice to see a comparison of charger loading vs half a dozen magazines. I wonder if any reliability issues might crop up with that many magazines. Looking forward to a rundown of .303 ammo thru the years.

Thank you for another interesting presentation on the British army 's long arms 😊

Love your dedication to the subject. 😎🍻👏

The examination of the valise is what really sets this channel apart from the rest. What a great video again well done Rob

I can't get over how much excitement and passion you put into each video man, thanks for the videos brother!

Interesting. Having heard accounts of how fiddly the later Lee-Enfield magazines are I had assumed that was the reason the whole "issuing multiple magazines" thing had not been done. Fun and informative video Rob! 👍

You are a legend sir. Dont ever stop doing these excellent videos.

The Atholl Highlanders the last private army in Europe is equipped with Lee-Metfords . There history is an interesting one which i believe is worth a video.

Well done that man for finding a photograph of a cutaway black powder cartridge. I have seen one before.

Even with the imposed limitations, the use of magazines in this rifle really changes it to something far ahead in time. Imagine the volume of fire produced by men carrying only magazines in suitable pouches instead of packets and single cartridges. Great presentation as always!

Always so informative, thank you!

Used in the 1904 Younghusband Expedition in Tibet to Lhasa. The Lee Metfords were found to sometimes freeze their bolts closed even without lubrication in the deepest depths of the Tibetan winter. But then engagements got as high as at 19,000 feet which undoubtedly was not within the specification or testing even though they were sent to Canada for winter testing.

About damn time! I'd thought you'd never finish those potatoes...

Really interesting. Thank you. I have always been puzzled about the refusal to make the concrptual lesp to msking the Lee a magazine fed gun.

Good stuff brother! Beautiful Rifle.

Wonderful as always. Thank you kindly once more!

Thank you sir! Another quality production loaded with information! 😊

Good morning from Syracuse NY brother across the Pond my friend

Top rate production and information as usual. Thank you.

Thanks for another great video. Level of research is outstanding. Oh and very entertaining too

Your videos are so interesting. No interest in shooting myself but the historical background is fascinating. Great stuff. Keep it up!

Great video with interesting and informative content, thank you

Beautiful video as always!

Love this video. Always found this a interesting topic.

Another stunning video!

Great video, and very well told. Thank you!

I do so indeed love your videos, Rob!

You are lving the dream. Always love the professionalism of your videos.

I saw your video after a long time.I really enjoyed watching the video🎉🎉

As always a damn fine video by a damn fine man! I love to bore my friends with videos like this. Because these are my jam!!!

An outstanding presentation!

Another fantastic video!

Another fantastic and informative video

Outstanding history video loved it👍👍

Another detailed lovely explanation.

Great stuff Rob!

I love this channel, you really bring the weapons and the era to life like no one else does. It really provides a flavour of what it must have been like to use these weapons in their heyday. Keep them coming 😊

gent & scholar..... appreciate your videos immensely🙂🙂🙂

Wonderful Video

I've missed KZfaq because I've just not been feeling like watching vids but I'm ready to get back in the saddle and waste some of my precious time watching the best stuff out there like britishmuzzleloaders !

your channel is brilliant. Even more informative than documentary in BBC

Good show sir, damn good show. Carry on.

This guy gets it, excellent research and re-enactment. I have used your material to teach others about historical facts.

Fantastic Rob, always wondered about this.

This guy is such a classic I love every single video

This was amazing, as always! Thank you for the deep history, Sir. The whole kit and caboodle! I'd always seen the kit in pictures, but never knew what all the pouches and straps were all about, but now I do, thanks to you! Love those old rifles too. Never knew they basically rejected box mags as standard issue. That would have been game changing. hWeird.

Lovely video once again! I'm hoping to put together a set of English import accoutrements (although in black) for my CS infantry impression for the Wilderness Campaign event next year. I'm certainly feeling the imperial influence!

The Beavers: Honey! He's back on the air.

An interesting comparison between the loading methods. I was surprised the difference between the two wasn’t more extreme. Great content as always!

These videos are very under rated

THANK YOU, another GREAT and informative video, with your period correct uniforms and gear helps me understand the history better, I have one question when the Charger Guide was introduced and how was utilized.!.

Splendid man, a true credit to the Empire . Medals all round.

I love all of his highly educational and entertaining vedios. Brings history alive, BRAVO ZULU to you Sir 💯%👍

The Lee Metford always gave the most victorian feeling of rifles. Thoroughly modern but designed the old doctrine in mind

23:15 The camera was so excited it could not handle it, then fainted. XD

May i say sir that the quality of the moustaches in this video is excellent, But the fine country conquering example that adorns your top lip is truly epic and deserves a channel of its own 😂

Very Well Made Video Sir 😇👍👌Cheers 🍻

Repeating a number of the comments already made, but I hear that helps algorithmically? Regardless, it is always a banner day when a new BML video shows up! Thank you for intelligent and interesting videos, sir.

Thanks again

Excellent

Such excellent content, your attentions to the small details is outstanding. (Off subject) you have a (I believe) and NOE mold that you use to cast projectiles for your modern series of Mk-1 and Mk-2 rifles, I wish I had the mold number because I would get a duplicate mold of the one you have that has 5 cavity's and supply's a greater number of projectiles in a casting session as a real time saver. producing a supply of ammunition in great time savings. anyway. great video, Peace - Dave

very enjoyable

The new camera is awesome.

The British Army has always had issue of using ammunition. Even in the 80s the US army seemed to have an unlimited supply compared to us poor boys , Stores are for Storing I guess

There is a September 27, 2021 video by Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons in which he presented the Charger-Loading Lee-Enfield (CLLE) Mk I India Pattern used by the British Indian Army. He briefly explained how the British Indian Army had the most combat experience compared to its European counterpart and thus was an early user of stripper clip charger-loading in the early 1900s. Prior to the fixed charger bridge used by later models of the Lee-Enfield, the CLLE Mk I India Pattern which were converted from existing Long Lees used a sliding charger guide machined onto the bolt head and a separate charger tab rivetted onto the receiver.

Yay! New Britishmuzzleloaders video!

A bit of period correct PTFE tape around the coarse thread of the cleaning rod might help to keep it in place.

Hi Rob, thanks for another great video, good research on the spare magazine idea. Your shooting showed how one extra magazine had "obviously" speed up the delivery first 20 rounds,.That might have been enough to win a fire fight early on before dropping down to single shots ? and not massively effect overall ammunition expenditure. As always our British MOD continues to this day to waste far more money on their own appalling incompetence and errors than the troops in the field ever do :( Cheers Chris

Another great video. I do wish I could find one of the Rigby style front-end caps from a Lee Metford for a rebuild project. You would think with all of the rifles made there would be some still around.

03:09 the 'fig. 11' looks suspiciously French. Great video as always, Sir!

Good vid, Rob... As always. I see you are channeling your inner Rhodesian by wearing shorts in the field. Perhaps a bit of RG influence from the late 80s/early 90s.... 😁

Top notch Rob. The spare magazine concept was just a little ahead of it's time at that time I think. Heavy and expensive magazines that only held an 3 rounds or 2 rounds when compared to Carcano en bloc clips does seem to be a poor choice considering stripper and en bloc loading contemporary rifles. And a lot less consequential to the poor square basher if he looses chargers compared to loosing his 1 spare mag. How days of spud peeling would that earn him 😂😂

always amazes me

Great job as always! Have you ever done a video on "collective" - as opposed to "volley" - fire?

Hmmm, 8 round magazine, 10 round package. Is this where the hot dogs count verses bun count potentially got started? 😂

As much as I would like to envision British soldiers changing mags like a boss during the battle of Mons, I cannot help but think that even if the use of spare magazines had been kept through the Boer War, the conclusion of those in power at the time would’ve been that the increased rate of fire did enable troops to suppress enemies during an attack or defense of a position, but the increase in rate of fire over chargers would’ve been perceived as minimal and the cost of producing a full line of spare magazines would’ve been deemed too expensive. And charger loading would still have been adopted in the Post Boer War era. James Paris Lee’s dream (and to some extent Ferdinand Mannlicher’s as well) of soldiers armed with dozens of spare magazines was just too far ahead of its time given the technology of the era. Lee’s straight pull Navy rifle suffered greatly due to the issues of a small bore (.236 or 6mm caliber) high velocity (somewhere around 2800-3000 fps) cartridge not mixing well with the technology of the era, and was eventually abandoned in favor of adopting similar rifles and cartridges as the US Army. And it wouldn’t be until the 1950s that another group of men, Eugene Stoner and Mikhail Kalashnikov would develop rifles that closely aligned with James Lee’s vision.

How about a step forward in time to the end of the line? Charger reloads vs. magazine swaps.

For the threads working themselves loose: hit the very front thread on the rod with a hammer to slightly dent/bend it. That should give it more friction hand help it stay in. If you overdo the denting, you can always correct it with a file.

Imagine If The Brits Were Armed With The Lee-Enfield's At Isandawanda & Roak's Drift, Durning The Zulu War...

Are you going to do a video comparing magazine reloading as intended by James Paris Lee with the later stripper clip charger-loading used by the CLLE and SMLE?

flaps, pouches, fore-ends, chains and skin This video has it all !!

Not to mention the Canadian rangers were still using the lee enfield until a couple years ago. While they are not a “front line” unit they still play an important role.

Rob, my wife has been a continuous viewer of the channel for many years. Today, she looked up from her iphone to ask if your walk-in clothing closet is bigger than hers! 😂 We need a peek!

Its Sir Rob!!

Would be awesome if you found a Remington lee 1885 to review. It was used very briefly by the New Zealand volunteer force in 1887 but only 500 were ever ordered and after 6 months they were withdrawn because of poor quality domestically produced ammo.

'...pouch...'. Love it.

Nice video! Any chance you're working on one comparing charger loading versus a magazine swap in the SMLEs?

What kind of lifespan do you have on your brass cases? Love to see a video about the reloading of cast bullets.

Mmmm that sweet sweet mustache in the morning.... Othais truely is a lucky man...

great video as always...is the switch from black powder 303 to cordite 303 the reason that later rifles in the lee line dont have cleaning rods?

Britishmuzzlelouders, Question what happen to the spare magazines, did they get the chain attachment added to them and then used on riffles ?

Uk military had potential with 2mags that wouldn't be equalled until your brother Canadian designed "the greatest battle implement ever devised" Aka US RIFLE. 30 CALIBER M 1. or the gun that helped my dad return home from korea. As for this rebel,if i was armed with a lee rifle i would filtch another magazine perhaps making a concealed pouch for it. I enjoyed you video and it answer questions I've always had about lee rifle users. I bet there were extra magazines here and there with the forces of the empire. In the words of president Jefferson "i hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing."