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Talk:Zulu (1964)
The rifle in the picture above appears to be a Carbine version as used by the Cavalry rather than the Infantry Rifle. Note the single metal band around the woodwork also of interest is the absence of a foresight blade. Winch
Judging by the shape of the rear of the receiver, and length of the cocking lever, it looks like a Mk IV rifle action. I'm not sure if that was actually made as a carbine, so I wonder if it's rifle that has been cut down at some point, perhaps to give an unusable drill purpose gun for cadets - the loss of the foresight would hardly matter in that case? IKD 07/Apr/2011
Magazine Lee Enfield MkI* rifle, calibre .303
The Magazine Lee Enfield (MLE) MkI* rifle used in latter parts of the film in place of the historically accurate Martini-Henry rifles due to either running out of .455 blanks, or lack of sufficient Martini Henry rifles.
This rifle is actually a Lee-Metford and not a Lee-Enfield. The Lee-Metford replaced the Martini-Henry and was the first bolt action rifle in British Army Service.