The El Tigre 1892,An interesting part of Spanish firearms history, the El Tigre was a licsensed copy

The El Tigre 1892,An interesting part of Spanish firearms history, the El Tigre was a licsensed copy of the Winchester 1892 lever action rifle created by John Browning.  Throughout the later 19th century Winchester exported many rifles to Spain, which were wildly popular with Spanish hunters and sport shooters.  By World War I Garate y Anitua purchased a license to manufacture their own Winchester 1892.  Chambered for .44-40, the new rifles were called El Tigre (tiger) rifles. Between 1915 and 1937, 1,034,687 were produced, slightly more than the number of Winchester 1892 rifles produced in the US.  Most were sold to civilians as hunting rifles, although a number were used by the Civil Guard, police, security guards, and prison guards.  Because of the rifles popularity, many were pressed into service during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930’s.  While not a military rifle, they were common and easy to use by irregular forces who fought with the republicans against the Spanish fascists. -- source link

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