Many of the lever action Winchesters used in military action never had a true "military contract" because they were sent to "non-governmental entities" and often off of any official books.
Villa's "Division del Norte" had so many (in Villa's opinion, TOO many) Win 1894 carbines so that the "treinta-trienta" was almost their standard issue long gun and cartridge. As their war moved into set-piece battles with barbed wire and machine guns, the shortcomings of the lever action carbine, a very usable arm for cavalry, became apparent and they wanted Mausers more and more.
Spain armed its Civil Guard (a military police force like the Italian Carbinieri) with Spanish copies of the Win '92 in .44-40 (.44 Largo in Spanish) and used them for many years. They occasionally show up here and USED to be dirt cheap. No longer.
Additional info on the "Spanish '92's" (Tigre):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigre_(rifle)
These guns were often used in western movies and TV series of the 1950's.
