Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors 1892 SRC 44-40 Century arms import?

1919 vintage, been reblued and sling swivels added. Has a crude mark on the left side of receiver looks like a pine tree? Stamped import mark on lower tang. Any body know where this gun came from?

Maybe South America. They had some copies called Tiger or some such thing.

Spain? I think they had a sheit load of them before the El Tigre.

Who knows, except of course Century.

They were pretty widely used in Spanish speaking countries, including Spain, as police and guard weapons in the early 20th century. But I would suspect that this one was used for bank duty someplace; looks in too good shape for a rural police gun. To tell if it served in a tropical Latin country, look along the areas where the barrel and forend touch for tell-tale lines of pitting that come from humidity.

The designation of .44-40 in Spanish is usually ".44 Largo" (.44 Long). At least in Mexico, Winchester was commonly spelled "Oinche" pronounced "Oh-een-chay". They just kinda swallowed the hard parts....