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Winchester Model 1894 Takedown Rifle (serial no. 311946) with Box of Sights

Winchester Repeating Arms Company · 1906

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Artist

Winchester Repeating Arms Company

Date

1906

Medium

Steel, gold, platinum, silver, wood (walnut), leather, textile

Dimensions

Rifle (a): L. 40 in. (101.6 cm); L. of barrel 21 in. (53.3 cm); Cal. .30 in. (7.62 mm); Wt. 6 lb. 13.9 oz. (3114 g); box of sights (b): 5 13/16 x 3 x 1 1/8 in. (14.76 x 7.62 x 2.86 cm); Wt. 2.9 oz. (82 g); rear sight (c): 1 15/16 x 11/16 in. (4.92 x 1.75 cm); Wt. 0.35 oz. (10 g); front sight (d): 3/8 x 7/16 in. (0.95 x 1.11 cm); Wt. less than 0.01 oz. (less than 1 g); front sight (e): 3/8 x 7/16 in. (0.95 x 1.11 cm); Wt. less than 0.01 oz. (less than 1 g); front sight bracket (f): 13/16 x 7/8 in. (2.06 x 2.22 cm); Wt. 0.05 oz. (2 g); front sight (g): 3/8 x 5/8 in. (0.95 x 1.59 cm); Wt. 0.15 oz. (4 g); front sight (h): 11/16 x 5/8 in. (1.75 x 1.59 cm); Wt. 0.10 oz. (3 g); spare breach strap screw (i): L. 2 in. (5.08 cm); head Diam. 5/16 in. (0.79 cm); Wt. 0.35 oz. (10 g); spare set screw (j): L. 3/16 in. (0.48 cm); Diam. 3/16 in. (0.48 cm); Wt. less than 0.01 oz. (less than 1 g)

Classification

Firearms-Guns

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture / origin

American, New Haven, Connecticut

Credit line

Gift of The Robert M. Lee Foundation, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2018

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Artist authority

Winchester Repeating Arms Company

American maker of repeating firearms

Wikidata: Q1469447

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