This is very fine Winchester Model 1876 Lever Action Rifle that was manufactured in 1879. It is accompanied by a factory letter that describes it as a rifle with round barrel, plain trigger, "lid," and was "Changed to .45-60, Round barrel." It was received on January 21, 1880, and shipped on April 5, 1880, on order number 19,729. The rifle has the Second Model receiver with screw attached dust cover rail and dust cover with oval finger guide. The round barrel has a standard sporting style front sight with nickel-silver blade and a folding leaf rear sight marked "1876" just below the elevation bar top screw. The upper receiver tang is factory drilled and tapped. The crescent steel buttplate has a sliding brass trapdoor. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped: "WINCHESTER'S-REPEATING-ARMS. NEW HAVEN. CT./KING'S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH 29.1866. OCTOBER 16. 1860." in two lines ahead of the rear sight. "CAL. 45-60" is roll-stamped in script letters and numerals on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. "45-60" is stamped in script numerals across the bottom of the brass cartridge elevator. "MODEL. 1876." is roll-stamped in fancy letters on the upper receiver tang. The serial number is stamped in script numerals between the lever latch and the rear tang screw. The barrel, magazine, forearm cap, receiver and dust cover have a blue finish. The loading gate is fire blue. The hammer, trigger, lever and crescent buttplate are color casehardened. The stock and forearm are straight grain, oil-finished, American walnut.

Very fine, with 80% plus of the original blue finish overall. Most of the blue is present on the barrel, magazine and forearm cap. Wear is limited to some minor finish loss on the muzzle and barrel band and some scattered handling marks along the sides of the barrel. The finish is thin and shows some silvering on the forward and bottom edges of the receiver. The top of the receiver and side-plates show some light edge wear. There are traces of shallow pitting on the top of the receiver in front of the ejection port and along the upper edge of the right side-plate. 75% of the nitre blue finish is present on the loading gate. The hammer, trigger and sides of the lever have 60% of the original case colors. The bottom of the lever shows the expected handling wear and the case colors have faded to a silver patina. The buttplate has a silver patina with a few minor spots of age discoloration. The stock and forearm remain very fine and retain nearly all of the original oil finish. Wear is limited to a few very minor storage and handling marks; the most significant of which are several light scratches on the right side of the stock between the comb and the forward edge of the buttplate heel. The barrel and receiver markings are extremely sharp. This is an very fine example of a desirable Winchester Model 1876 Lever Action Rifle that would be a stand-out piece in any Winchester collection.