IOF’s new sniper rifle. The Enfield returns.

Posted January 14, 2011 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 15 Comments
Tags: 2011, enfield, india, military, rifle, rifles, sniper

The above photo is of a new rifle from Indian Ordnance Factories. Enfield aficionados will recognize it as the Ishapore Enfield Rifle 2A1 with a modern sniper stock, scope and bipod.

The Ishapore Rifle 2A1 is based on the Lee-Enfield SMLE Mk. III and is chambered in 7.62x51mm.

More information at Indians For Guns.com

[ Many thanks to Moa for emailing me the link. ]

Steve Johnson

I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!