Royal Small Arms Factory

Royal Small Arms Factory
Company typeState-owned
IndustryFirearms
Founded1816 (1816)
Defunct1988 (1988)
FateDissolved
SuccessorRoyal Ordnance
HeadquartersEnfield Lock, London, England

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. It closed in 1988, but some of its work was transferred to other sites.

The factory designed and manufactured many famous British Army weapons including the Lee–Enfield rifles which were standard equipment during both World Wars.


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