Talk:Lee-Enfield/@comment-75.81.54.102-20140630154631

I think I might know why the Lee-Enfield has such a high firing rate. In the time in which it was the British Army's standard service weapon, riflemen at the Small Arms School Corps (Known as the Hythe School of Musketry back then) were drilled in what is known as the "Mad Minute", where they had to score as many target hits as quickly as they could within one minute. Supposedly the average rifleman of the time was capable of 30 shots a minute using the Lee-Enfield.

More infomation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_minute