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{{Infobox weapon
| name = IOF .315 sporting rifle
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| image_size = 350px
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| origin = India
| type = [[Bolt-action]] [[rifle]]

| is_ranged = yes

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| production_date = 1956<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111810/http://rfi.nic.in/Milestones.html|archivedate=2019-03-06|url=http://rfi.nic.in/Milestones.html |title=Important Milestones |publisher=Rfi.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2018-04-15}}</ref>
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| weight = {{convert|3.34|kg|lb|abbr=on}} (without magazine)<ref name="ofb">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729014641/http://www.ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/5.htm|archivedate=2019-07-29|url=http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/5.htm|title=Ordnance Factory Board: 0.315" Sporting Rifle|accessdate=4 February 2011|publisher=[[Indian Ordnance Factory]]}}</ref>
| length = {{convert|1117|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| part_length = {{convert|640|mm|in|abbr=on}}

| cartridge = 8mm BSA<ref>{{cite web |title=I Have This Old Gun: Lee-Speed Sporting Rifle |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/8/5/i-have-this-old-gun-lee-speed-sporting-rifle/ |website=American Rifleman |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502134910/https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/8/5/i-have-this-old-gun-lee-speed-sporting-rifle/|archivedate=2019-05-02|accessdate=2020-02-22}}</ref> ([[8×50 mmR Mannlicher]])
| action = [[Bolt-action#Lee–Enfield|Bolt-action]]
| rate =
| velocity = {{convert|610|m/s|ft/s}}
| range = {{convert|275|m|yd}}<ref name="ofb"/>
| max_range =
| feed = 5 round [[Box-type magazine|box type]] magazine
| sights = Open sight with two leaves, graduated to {{convert|100|yd|m|abbr=on}} and {{convert|300|yd|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="SRRFI stats">{{cite web |url=https://ofbindia.gov.in/unit/pages/RFI/315-sporting1 |title=315 Sporting &#124; RIFLE FACTORY ISHAPORE &#124; Government of India |website=ofbindia.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222151350/https://ofbindia.gov.in/unit/pages/RFI/315-sporting1 |archive-date=22 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />Riflescope can be fitted.<ref name="SROFT stats">{{cite web |url=https://ofb.gov.in/unit/pages/OFT/-315-sporting-rifle |title=..315" SPORTING RIFLE &#124; ORDNANCE FACTORY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI &#124; Government of India |website=ofb.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222151140/https://ofb.gov.in/unit/pages/OFT/-315-sporting-rifle |archive-date=22 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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The '''IOF .315 sporting rifle''' is a civilian version of the British military [[Lee–Enfield|Lee–Enfield rifle]], chambered in the [[8×50 mmR Mannlicher]] cartridge rather than the [[.303 British]] military cartridge due to [[Gun laws in India|Indian gun control laws]].

The rifle is manufactured at [[Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli]] which manufactured Lee–Enfield rifles for the British colonial Indian Army and post-independence Indian forces. It's also made in Rifle Factory Ishapore.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ofb.gov.in/unit/pages/RFI/our-history1 |title=Our History &#124; RIFLE FACTORY ISHAPORE &#124; Government of India |website=ofb.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222151343/https://ofb.gov.in/unit/pages/RFI/our-history1 |archive-date=22 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

It has a [[box-type magazine]] which holds 5 rounds and uses an 8&nbsp;mm cartridge based on the 8x50 mmR Mannlicher, but is loaded with hunting-type bullets rather than military ones.

The Rifle has a modernised version, which has a wire folding stock, picatinny rails, a carrying handle and a skeletonized pistol grip. The factory has added sling swivels on the grip and at the base of the fore-end. The stock folds to the left via a push button on the right side. For a sporting rifle the stock doesn’t look comfortable, it has just a single metal rod curved to give a shape of butt.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bringing the Lee Enfield into the 21st Century, Indian style|url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/02/10/bringing-the-lee-enfield-into-the-21st-century-indian-style/|work=The Firearm Blog|accessdate=10 February 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Ordnance Factories Board}}

[[Category:Bolt-action rifles of India]]
[[Category:8×50mmR Mannlicher rifles]]

{{Rifle-stub}}

IOF .315 sporting rifle - Revision history

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