The carbine is basically a shortened rifle.
The original Magazine Lee Enfield rifle MLE (aka Long Tom) had a 30.2-inch (770 mm) barrel.
The SHORT MLE had a 25.2 inches (640 mm) barrel but was...
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The carbine is basically a shortened rifle.
The original Magazine Lee Enfield rifle MLE (aka Long Tom) had a 30.2-inch (770 mm) barrel.
The SHORT MLE had a 25.2 inches (640 mm) barrel but was...
It's one of those pictures where you can see two or three things and your mind switches between them,
I keep thinking of an MG-42...then of my dog when she wanted to play.. then of a bolt action...
Methinks the proper old technical term is "carbine". Bush carbine if you will. A short(ened) rifle that is not a pistol.