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Title:	RIFLE -  WINCHESTER RIFLE MODEL 1907 .351 SN# 49055
Maker/Manufacturer:	JOHNSON, T.C.
Date of Manufacture:	1948
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 7222
Measurements:	OL: 96.7CM 38 1/8" BL: 50.8CM 20" 7.81 lbs. empty

Object Description:

WINCHESTER RIFLE MODEL 1907 .351 SN# 49055
Manufacturing by Winchester, New Haven, Ct. in 1948 - Standard Winchester Modedl 1907 rifle. Simply an improved version of the M1905 and chambered for the new .351 Winchester Self-Loading cartridge. Police version. Plain pistol grip stock and beavertail forend. 6-groove rifling; right hand twist. Muzzle velocity 1850 fps with 180-grain bullet. Weapon weighs approximately 7.81 lbs. empty. Complete with 5-round detachable box magazine. Sling swivels missing.

Markings:
Tang: WINCHESTER/TRADE MARK/MADE IN U.S.A./MODEL 07 S.L.
Frame: 49055. P W in oval proof.
Barrel: WINCHESTER PROOF STEEL. MADE IN U.S.A. P W in oval.
Magazine: .351 CAL.

Notes: "Delivered into factory stock in November 1906, this had a plain pistol grip butt with a rubber buttplate, and a distinctive ribbed band at the tip of the forend. Fancy Sporting Rifles were offered with selected woodwork and special finishes, and an optional 10-round magazine appeared in October 1911. A police-style butt and forend were approved for the standard rifle in December 1937, but work ceased when war began in December 1941. A projection was added to the cocking rod in mid-summer 1948, when the magazine-release button was enlarged, and the last guns were sold from store in 1957." - Walter

References:
Walther, John. RIFLES OF THE WORLD. 2nd Ed. Krause Publications. Iola, Wi. 1998.