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The Royal Small Arms Factory ( RSAF ), also known by the metonym Enfield, was a UK government-owned rifle factory in Enfield, adjoining the Lee Navigation in the Lea Valley. Some parts were in Waltham Abbey. The factory produced British military rifles, muskets and swords from 1816.
- 1988
- 1816
200 years ago, the Royal Small Arms Factory was established on a 90 acre site in the far North East corner of the London Borough of Enfield. The factory was once renowned worldwide for the manufacture of the Lee Enfield Rifle, as a centre for technical innovation and for it’s training programme through the apprenticeship scheme set up in the ...
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The Royal Ordnance Factories were set up with six generic types of factories: Engineering ROFs; Explosive ROFs; Filling factories, including small arms ammunition (SAA) filling factories; Medium Machine Shops, specifically ROF Patricroft; Rifles ROFs, specifically ROF Fazakerley and ROF Maltby; Small arms ammunition (SAA) factories
Jan 30, 2020 · What was to become the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) opened at Enfield Lock in 1816. In 1854 American machine tools, such as this lock recessing machine, were purchased, enabling the economic production of interchangeable parts. Picture courtesy of the Geoffrey Gillam collection, now held by the Enfield Archaeological Society. Illustration 2.
The Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), a name synonymous with British military history, was pivotal in equipping the country's armed forces with advanced weapons for more than a century. The Factory was a significant part of the UK's defense industry, shaping its history and marking its place on the global stage.
1897. Machine Gun Shop. Machine for boring the sockets of bayonnets. Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, has produced British military rifles and muskets since 1816. The factory was set up because of disappointment with the quality and cost of the existing British weapons used in the Napoleonic War.
May 14, 2020 · Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield Lock) Small arms manufacture. Ministry of Munitions. Notes. 1 History of the Ministry of Munitions, London, HMSO, 1922. 12 volumes. 2 Evidence and Report of Select Committee on Small Arms, 1854; J. Tuff, Historical notices of Enfield (1858). 3 D.D.G.E./E.M.4/325. 4 Hist.Rec./H/170/5. 5 Sec/RS/135B1.