Tigre Rifle | |
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Type | Rifle |
Place of origin | Spain |
Service history | |
In service | 1923–1980s |
Used by | Guardia Civil, Guardas Jurados, Guardia Foral, Patrimonio Nacional, Guardia Forestal, Dirección General de Instituciones Penitenciarias (prison service) |
Wars | Spanish Civil War |
Production history | |
Designer | John Moses Browning and other |
Designed | 1892 |
Manufacturer | Gárate y Anitua Cia |
Produced | 1915–1937 |
No. built | 1,034,687 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2.9 kg |
Length | 99.5 cm |
Barrel length | 55.2 cm |
Caliber | .44-40 Winchester |
Action | Lever-action |
Feed system | 12 round tube magazine |
Sights | Tangent leaf sights up to 1000 metres, Fixed-blade front sight |
The Tigre rifle was a Spanish copy of the Winchester Model 1892 made by Garate, Anitua y Cia., an Eibar arms manufacturer between 1915 and 1938.