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

Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 1906

Artist

Winchester Repeating Arms Company (American, New Haven, Connecticut, founded 1866)

Date

1906

Culture or place

American, New Haven, Connecticut

Medium

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

Size

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)

Type

Firearms-Guns

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed