New Zealand made a full-auto version of the Lee Enfield — and it

At the start of WW2, New Zealand had a limited amount of modern weaponry for its regular troops and, in the event that Britain would not be able to supply it, it needed a means of arming its Home Guard.

Why do the British insist that the bolt-action Lee-Enfield was 'just as good,' as a semi-automatic U.S. M-1 Garand rifle? Is this because guns are banned in the U.K., and so there

Have there been any attempts to create a semi-automatic bolt-action rifle other than the Gewehr 41? Were any of these successful or better than the G41? Is such a thing possible?

Charlton Automatic Rifle Semi-Automatic Rifle / Light Machine Gun (LMG)

Lee–Enfield - Wikipedia

Lee–Enfield - Wikipedia

Have there been any attempts to create a semi-automatic bolt-action rifle other than the Gewehr 41? Were any of these successful or better than the G41? Is such a thing possible?

Lee–Enfield - Wikipedia

Lee–Enfield - Wikipedia

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New Zealand Model Lee-Enfield Carbine

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Lee Enfield Carbine Mk. 1 New Zealand Pattern