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carbine

Long firearm, lighter, more compact, with a shorter barrel than a full-length rifle.[1]

The Jeweled Gun: In April of 1876,[2] Henrique Fillipe gave Bart Maverick a Winchester carbine to use as protection as he escorted Daisy Haskell[3] along the Santa Fe Trail,[2] posing as her husband John. Bart used it to kill seven Comanche warriors attacking the stagecoach in which he and Daisy were passengers. Unknown to Bart at the time, the stock had been hollowed out with the intent to conceal Daisy's jeweled necklace and derringer. After Daisy shot Bart to fake her husband's death in La Mesa, New Mexico Territory, the sheriff inspected the carbine and confirmed Bart's report that it held Daisy's necklace and derringer in the stock. Fillipe had told Bart the carbine used the same cartridges as his revolver,[1] so it was likely a Model 1876 Winchester chambered for .45 caliber cartridges.[2]