The origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket. While a musket was largely inaccurate due to a lack of rifling and generous tolerance to allow for muzzle-loading, it was cheaper to produce, loaded quickly, and the use in volley fire by massed troops meant accuracy was largely irrelevant.

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  • The origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket. While a musket was largely inaccurate due to a lack of rifling and generous tolerance to allow for muzzle-loading, it was cheaper to produce, loaded quickly, and the use in volley fire by massed troops meant accuracy was largely irrelevant. A similar tactical preference would be a factor in considerations regarding rifle design in the late 19th century and early 20th century, when rate of fire would be a key design consideration for British bolt action rifles. Beginning in the late 1830s, the superior characteristics of the rifle caused the British military to phase out the venerable .75 calibre Brown Bess musket in favour of muzzle loading rifles in smaller calibres. Early rifles were non-standard and frequently adaptations from components of the Brown Bess, including, locks, stocks and new rifled barrels. It was not until the late nineteenth century that the rifle fully supplanted the musket as the primary weapon of the infantryman.
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  • Lee-Enfield
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  • The origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket. While a musket was largely inaccurate due to a lack of rifling and generous tolerance to allow for muzzle-loading, it was cheaper to produce, loaded quickly, and the use in volley fire by massed troops meant accuracy was largely irrelevant.
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  • British military rifles
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