James Paris Lee
British firearms designer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1831 to 1904 · aged 72
James Paris Lee was a British Canadian inventor and arms designer. He is best known for having invented the Lee Model 1879 rifle, which is the first bolt-action detachable box magazine-fed rifle.
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These features would be incorporated into more successful repeating rifle designs later on, such as in the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield rifle series.
