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 | 1917 No.1 MKII Wire Cutter
1917 No.1 MKII Wire Cutter for ShtLE Rifle
(Mounted on 1918 No.1 MkIII* Cdn ShtLE)
How the Enfield rifle cutter works: .... you "pick up the wire" on the top of the bayonet and the wire slides down the back of the blade into the "jaws". You continue pushing with the rifle so that the axis of rotation is below the pivot point. The jaws pivot to the rear and then the jaws close cutting the wire. Once the wire is cut, the "cutter" re-arms and is ready for the next wire. This is all done in stride. They really do work as my father in law's barb wire fence can attest. All I can say is the reason so few survived is IF you got that close to the wire, you were DEAD !!!!!
The Ross rifle cutter was the opposite in that you hooked the wire and pulled back. The Ross had a leather 'gaiter" around the forend to hang onto so your hand would not slip on the wood. I think I have one of only a few Ross wire cutters known to survive...but, with Lee Enfields and Ross rifles you are NEVER sure.
......... Feedback by MILSURPS.COM member "wheaty"
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