James Paris Lee is, of course, also the designer of the actions used on a variety of British military rifles in .303 British, a round very similar to the .30/40 U.S.

Poor old Lee, an American, wasn't able to interest the U.S. Army in his rifle, which was vastly superior to the one that was in use here at the time (the Trapdoor Springfield in .45/70!!), so he went to England. The Brits bought his action design, but hung their own ideas of barrels on it (Metford, and later, the Enfield 5-groove barrels). These rifles evolved into what we call the SMLE, and the No. 4 rifle used in WWII by all the Commonwealth nations. (The best rapid-fire COMBAT bolt-action rifles ever issued. They were so good that during WWI, the Krauts thought they were being fired upon by machine guns when all it was was a company of Brits with SMLE's!)

IF YOU INDEED HAVE A REMINGTON-LEE, try your best to preserve it intact as it is today!

Good hunting!!