Re: Enfield Pageant of Motoring May 2009

Posted by Dave Kenney On 2009/6/8 8:07:58

Terry, We have a dealer here in town who sells the India made Royal Enfield bikes. They look like they are very well made.
The Lee Enfield was named for the inventor James Paris Lee who designed several versions of bolt action rifles including the 6 MM Winchester Lee-Navy used by the US Navy in the 1890s. Lee was born in Scotland but came to Canada at age 4. I won't go into details about his prolific life as those are available on the net and elsewhere. The Metford in the Lee-Metford rifle ( a 19th century British Service Rifle made prior to the Lee-Enfield) is reference to the English born bullet and barrel engineer William Ellis Metford.