Garate Anitua Tigre
Garate, Anitua y Cia · Rifle · Discontinued · 1915
Also known as: El Tigre, Tigre Model 1892, .44 Tigre
Overview
The Garate Anitua Tigre (widely known as 'El Tigre') is a Spanish lever-action rifle produced by Garate, Anitua y Cia of Eibar, a close copy of the Winchester Model 1892 chambered in .44-40 Winchester. Fed from a 12-round tubular magazine and fitted with a tangent leaf rear sight graduated to 1000 metres and a walnut stock with a crescent metal buttplate, it was carried extensively by the Spanish Guardia Civil, forest and prison guards, and police and private security forces throughout Spain and Latin America between 1915 and 1937.
Specifications
| Weight (empty) | 2900 g (102.3 oz) |
| Overall Length | 995 mm (39.17") |
| Barrel Length | 559 mm (22.01") |
| Action Type | Lever Action |
| Firing Mechanism | Hammer Fired |
| Trigger Type | Single Stage |
| Magazine Capacity | 12 rounds |
| Magazine Type | Tube |
| Effective Range | 100 m (109 yd) |
| Maximum Range | 1000 m (1094 yd) |
| Barrel Rifling | Right Hand |
| Frame Material | Steel |
| Barrel Material | Steel |
| Stock Material | Wood |
| Finish | Blued |
Calibers
- .44-40 Winchester · primary — also known as .44-40 WCF, .44 WCF, .44 Largo
Features
- Firing modes: Repeating
- Feed systems: Tubular Magazine
- Safety mechanisms: Half Cock Hammer
- Features: Tubular Magazine, Loading Gate, Tangent Leaf Rear Sight, Crescent Metal Buttplate, Cleaning Rod Trapdoor, Walnut Stock
Service history
Operators
- Guardia Civil
Conflicts
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Production
Estimated total produced: 1,034,687 · Production years: 1915-1937
Records indicate 1,034,687 rifles built; extremely popular across Latin America
Origin
Country of origin: Spain
Designer: John Moses Browning
Discontinued: 1937
Notes
Chambered in the relatively low-pressure .44-40 cartridge, which allowed the Spanish makers to build a slimmer, lighter action than the original Winchester. The crescent buttplate incorporates a trapdoor storing a jointed cleaning rod.
Background
So ubiquitous across Latin America that its name became shorthand for the lever-action carbine itself, the 'El Tigre' armed everyone from the Spanish Guardia Civil to Mexican revolutionaries, with over a million produced before the Spanish Civil War halted manufacture.