Whitney Scharf

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Whitney Scharf			Connecticut	1886	1880

Patent	Date	Remarks

Contract	for

Product
.32-20, .38-40, and 44-40 Caliber, Model 1886, made in rifle, carbine and musket, lever action repeater which appears to be an oversized Colt-Burgess rifle but with modifications to avoid patent infringements, 22", 24", 26" round, octagonal or half round half octagonal barrel, marked: WHITNEY-ARMS-CO.-WHITNEYVILLE-CONN. no dust cover, sliding loading gate, tang marking: WHITNEY ARMS CO. PAT'D DEC.21,1886, production is estimated at less than 2000 guns left side right side marks on barrel marks on tang In February 1888 Whitney Arms Co. was sold to Winchester. This was the last gun manufactured by Whitney.

Product

.32-20, .38-40, and 44-40 Caliber, Model 1886, made in rifle, carbine and musket, lever action repeater which appears to be an oversized Colt-Burgess rifle but with modifications to avoid patent infringements, 22", 24", 26" round, octagonal or half round half octagonal barrel, marked: WHITNEY-ARMS-CO.-WHITNEYVILLE-CONN. no dust cover, sliding loading gate, tang marking: WHITNEY ARMS CO. PAT'D DEC.21,1886, production is estimated at less than 2000 guns

left side
right side
marks on barrel
marks on tang

In February 1888 Whitney Arms Co. was sold to Winchester. This was the last gun manufactured by Whitney.