04-132-916
NAME – Model 1916 Lewis Gun Ground Model
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1916
CALIBER – 7.7x56mmR (.303 British)
OVERALL LENGTH – 129.5 cm (51 in) with buttstock
OVERALL LENGTH – 111.8 cm (44 in) with spade-grip
BARREL LENGTH – 67.62 cm (26.625 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4-Groove, Left-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (1 turn in 10 in)
LOAD – Mk VII Composite Jacketed Spitzer
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.90 mm (0.311 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 11.34 g (175 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 748 m/s (2454 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3173 j (2340 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 11.57 kg (25 lb 8 oz) with buttstock
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 11.39 kg (25 lb 2 oz) with spade-grip
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 13.61 kg (30 lb) with buttstock and 47 rounds Mk VIII Ball
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 13.43 kg (29 lb 10 oz) with spade-grip and 47 rounds Mk VII Ball
WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 14.37 kg (31 lb 11 oz) with folding bipod, buttstock and 47 rounds Mk VIII Ball
WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 15.20 kg (33 lb 8 oz) with field mount, buttstock and 47 rounds Mk VIII Ball
TYPE OF MOUNT – Bipod or Light Folding Field Mount
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – Folding Bipod – 0.76 kg (1 lb 12 oz), Field Mount – 1.59 kg (3 lb 8 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable – Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – Screw-ladder type with aperture, Graduated from 183 to 1920 m in 91 m increments (200 to 2100 yards in 100 yard increments)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 805 m (880 yards)
OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 120-150 rpm
CYCLIC ROF – 375-600 rpm using variable gas port
FEED DEVICE – 47-round pan-type drum magazine
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.87 kg (1 lb 15 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 2.04 kg (4 lb 8 oz) with 47 rounds Mk VII
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Thirty-six 47-round drums, packed 6 per magazine box – 1,692 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 73.44 kg (161 lb 15 oz) loaded magazines only
MANUFACTURER – Savage Arms Co., Utica, New York USA
STATUS – Obsolete
SERVICE – British military
