Gunroom

When Britain adopted the Lee-Metford rifle and .303 cartridge in 1888, the British gun trade immediately saw the potential to add a new type of sporting rifle to its ranges. However, there were some obstacles to this in the rifle’s early years.

Initially, the .303 cartridge was loaded with blackpowder, but Sir Frederick Abel and Sir James Dewar’s new smokeless propellant, cordite, was substituted after 1891. That burned with