A number of images were shared with us which originate from one of the more famous dealers in the long running manufacturing and arms trading town of the ‘Khyber’ region in Pakistan – Darra Adam Khel. These images showed a bunched-up pile of non-barrelled actions for a number of bolt-action patterns, a dream for many collectors and shooters in places such as Europe and the USA.
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V16: Sniper Rifles and Tactics Against IS in Syria, a SMLE in Afghanistan, and a Counterfeit Revolver in Iran
Our guest speaker and main presenter in this week’s edition of the SR podcast is Ed Nash, author of Desert Sniper. Ed took part in the fighting against the so-called Islamic State when he travelled to Syria to fight with the Syrian Democratic Forces, ending up as a precision rifleman in the campaigns of Hasakah, Shadaddi, and eventually Minbij where he ended his tour. He covers everything from the odd tactics in use with the YPG, types of precision rifles employed, and some of the bits of kit that helped him through the fighting.
THE LEE-ENFIELD ACTION RIFLE OF THE PAK-AFGHAN REGION
The venerable Lee-Enfield bolt-action rifles were the backbone of the British Empire and indeed a mainstay of locally produced firearms in the Pak-Afghan region for decades until the advent of more modern firearms, most notably the AK-type self-loading rifle. Even though more relatively modern firearms have knocked these old-timers off their perch, original variations and copies can still be seen throughout the area in use by insurgents, militias, marksmen and occasionally even in armouries of police forces.
Lee Enfield Patterned Rifle Added to Reference Collection
This SMLE No.1 Mk.1 was recently purchased as a de-milled rifle from Numrich Gun Parts Corporation and was added to the reference collection. The description states that the rifle was apart of a shipment from Pakistan where it was produced in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. We’ll be able to take some better photographs of the piece when we get to see it in person.