- Object Name
- Maker
- Title
Model 1892 Carbine "Mare's Laig"
- Date
1908
- Materials
Steel body, sawed-off barrel, loop lever, wood stock and forestock
- Dimensions
19 in x 1 3/8 in x 19 in (48.3 cm x 3.5 cm x 48.3 cm)
- Credit Line
Donated in part by Mr. Douglas L. Boyer
- Object ID
88.279.1
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- Institution
Autry Museum of the American West
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- Category
Art and Artifacts
- Remarks
Carbine, Winchester Model 1892, .44 caliber, lever action, serial number 468096, designed by Kenny "Von Dutch" Howard, made by Winchester Repeating Arms Company, in New Haven, Connecticut, 1908. Many actors on television Westerns were known for using customized firearms. On Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961), star Steve McQueen carried a modified, cut-down Winchester lever-action repeating rifle known as Mare’s Laig (or Mare’s Leg). McQueen gave it that name because he said the gun was like a hog’s leg, only it kicked harder at both ends.
- Subject
- Used