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Exceptional Special Order Casehardened Winchester Deluxe Model 1876 Lever Action Rifle with Factory Letter - Serial no.
55125, 40-60 WCF cal., 28 inch octagon bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. The Winchester “Centennial” Model 1876 is one of the rarest
classic Winchesters. Only 63,871 were made c. 1876-1898. The model was fairly quickly supplanted by the Model 1886, but the Model 1876 has that
classic early Winchester appeal with its side plates, dust cover, toggle link action, and combination of blued and casehardened metal and oil finished American
walnut wood. The included factory letter confirms this rifle in .40-60 caliber with an octagon barrel, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock, and casehardened finish. It also
lists the rifle as being received in the warehouse on September 4, 1886, and then shipped on September 11, 1886, in order 10113. The rifle features a Beach combination blade and globe front sight, notch and folding ladder rear sight, the standard two-line address and patent marking ahead of the rear sight, “CAL. 40-60” on top at the breech, a long range tang peep sight, plain trigger, deluxe checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with contrasting grip inlay, and crescent rifle buttplate with assembly number “2640”. The stock compartment is empty. The forend cap, frame, hammer, lever, and buttplate are casehardened. The barrel, magazine tube,
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and dust cover are blued. The loading gate is niter blued.