💥Lee Enfield Mad Minute, How to do the Technique💥

Quick and simple breakdown of the technique you would use when trying to rapid fire a Lee Enfield rifle. This technique was used by the British to put a lot of accurate fire rapidly down range during World War One and World War Two. The training for this was called "The Mad Minute" and it was a speed shooting exercise used even before the First World War.

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[seamusmurphy]

I had these as a raw recruit in the Irish Defence Forces in the 70's. What a rifle!
As a sniper rifle superb

[ronrobertson]

Best bolt action combat rifle ever produced. If I had to go to war with a bolt gun make mine the Lee Enfield. I own 10 of them.

[crazylegz]

The thing about the British is that they aren’t afraid to go along the less beaten path. Often it leads them to not so good results but when they get it right, my god do they nail it! Just think of all the wacky yet brilliant things they’ve come up with! Tanks, dam busters, mulberry harbors, special forces, etc…

[bccd]

My grandfather wrote in his personal memoir of Normandy (he was a Corporal with the Winnipeg Rifles), that his sergeant commanded him and a private in his company, to stand and offer a burst of fire to distract and enemy position while others in the company got around to the flank of the enemy position.
He used this technique and described “I fired the fastest 6 rounds of my life before ducking down when the fire began returning”

[TakenWithout]

I believe it was during the First World War where German soldiers believed the British were firing machine guns due to the speed and concentration of fire when in reality it was this, cool story if true

[anthonyburke]

When I was a kid, we had an Army Cadet unit at school, they had Lee Enfield converted to .22lr. We could field strip them and re-assemble them blindfolded. They taught us stuff about Army life that wasn’t repeated when I was drafted, maybe it saved my life.

[anon_ymous]

My favourite fire arm. A master piece of engineering

[quentinhoward]

It is indeed a mad minute, you flip the enemy off every time you cycle the action.

[soyuz]

What is the most simple yet genius of the bolt is it doesn't block the sight at no point. I have not seen that with other bolt-action guns of that era.

[alexreid-whgq]

My Grandfather way back when he was in the British Army, before & during WW1, would fire the rifle using his Pinky finger. The thunb & other 3 fingers worked the bolt. During the "Mad Minute" Shooting Test, he could rattle off around 40 rounds per minute

[Biketunerfy]

Served the Brits for ages in one form or another and it’s a hard hitting round .303 British. The bolt throw is so smooth like a match grade bolt and it’s the best bolt action rifle of WW2 and the 10 round magazine meant why the bad guy is fumbling around with putting more rounds in his 5 round rifle the Brit with the Lee Enfield has just cycled the bolt and locked and loaded another round so it’s lights out for the bad guy. It’s got a better bolt throw than a Mauser and it carried more rounds and it’s very accurate that’s why it’s a better rifle than the Mauser.

[anthonyburke]

Bought my first Lee Enfield, a mk 3 Jungle, for $10.00, it was wrapped in thick grease proof paper and gummed with cosmoline, it took me nearly 2 days of hard work to get the gunk off it. An uncle had heaps of shells, he was a commercial shooter and bought Army surplus, that’s how I got the rifle. I made the purchase price back the first day I went out with my uncle, it was good money in those days. Later, we doubled our income when another uncle teamed up and we got a chiller truck.

[imafriend]

Finally found one a man that is that’s as smart as a well designed rifle

[zacharyrollick]

I have practiced the technique on my Yugo Mauser as well.

[justinriley]

definitely an underrated gun! the English usually had good guns if you look throughout history. the sa80 doesn't count !

[iowa_lot_to_travel]

I agree with Ron Robertson. Best one. I need to add at least 1 to my collection 😅

[Joseph]

In WW1, it was the only bolt action rifle that you did not have to remove your eye from the sight to pull the bolt back and fire it. That's why it was fast.

[jusportel]

That technique was only taught for CQB where accuracy wasn’t important. For regular rapid fire it was considered essential that the proper grip and trigger pull were maintained, otherwise, accuracy suffered.

[copperhead]

I would love to own a Lee enfield. Such a beautiful rifle

[georgeofthejungle]

I will try that next time I go to the range. Have a no. 4 MK1, made by Savage Arms for the US-Brit Lend Lease program