.315 Indian Ordnance Factories Lee-Enfield sporting rifles

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IIRC Indian Ordnance have never even responded to any enquiries for commercial sales of their products - of course there has been a lot of civilian interest in their .303" ball that they still produce. I myself have twice raised commercial enquiries directly in person with their staff at DSEI (the international arms exhibition in London) and both times never had any further communication from them.

The sporting rifles do occur a lot in pictures from India - they seem to be a common rifle in the various national park departments, for example. However the civilians who can afford a sporting rifle - and have the necessary influence to get a licence - are probably likely to be rich enough to opt for an expensive foreign model.