The Rifle, Number 8 (commonly referred to as the "Number 8 Rifle" or the "Number 8 Cadet Rifle") is a bolt-action.22 calibre version of the Lee–Enfield rifle designed for British Army target shooting. They are simple single-shot, hand-fed cadet rifles and were

The .303in Centre-Fire service rifle bolt-body has been shortened, and the unique No.8 bolt-head, which is shorter than that of the No.7 rifle, allows for the return of the barrel's breech end rearwards into the receiver (see receiver images earlier on this page).

The heavy barrelled Model No.8 below has been retro-fitted with the BSA No.FS22 or Parker-Hale No2 tunnel fore-sight introduced circa 1930. These sights are virtually indistinguishable without close inspection of the manufacturer's markings.

Whilst BSA designed and manufactured the No.8 rifle at the Shirley factory on the outskirts of Birmingham, a significant number, probably the greater, of rifles were produced at Fazakerley, the Royal Ordnance Factory in Lancashire.

The sights issued with the No.8 rifle are replicas of those on the full-bore service rifle and are designed primarily for use under service firing conditions. For competition shooting under Match conditions, more accurate sights, capable of fine adjustment will be required. These match sights will not be issued, but will

Enfield Rifle No.8. A lesser known member of the Lee-Enfield family chambered in .22 LR the Rifle No.8 was introduced in 1949-50, designed for use in training by the UK’s military and cadet forces to introduce new recruits and young cadets the fundamentals of marksmanship and weapons handling.

The No.8 Rifle is a bolt-action .22 caliber rifle evolved from the Lee-Enfield .303 No.5 with target shooting in mind. They are simple hand-fed rifles and were originally designed to be used by military marksmen firing in civilian competitions, before being turned over to the cadet forces...

bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle for over 60 years from (officially) 1895 until 1956, although it remained in British service well into the early 1960s and is still found in service in the armed forces of some Commonwealth nations. In its many versions, it was the standard army service rifle for the first half of the 20th century, and was

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A Lee-Enfield No.8 Rifle with late FTR (Factory Thorough Repair) marking Captain Peter Laidler, retired Senior Armourer of the Warminster Small Arms School Corps, said of the rifles so marked. These markings were not unusual in service life but I've never seen one outside the UK military.