The Winchester factory letter describes this Model 1876 as: "Rifle, 45/60, 26 inch, 1/2 octagon barrel, Plain trigger, Shotgun butt and Casehardened". The letter states that this rifle was shipped from the Winchester warehouse on December 21, 1880. The rifle has the Second Model receiver with screw-fastened dust cover guide rail and dust cover with serrated finger guide along the rear edge. The special order, half-round/half octagon barrel has a standard, sporting style front sight with nickel-silver blade and folding ladder rear sight graduated to "10" and marked "1876" on the top of the leaf. The rifle has a half-magazine with button tip. The upper receiver tang is factory drilled and tapped. The stock has a special order, smooth steel, shotgun buttplate. The top barrel flat is roll-stamped with the two-line legend: "WINCHESTER'S-REPEATING ARMS. NEW HAVEN. CT./KING'S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH 29. 1866. OCTOBER 16. 1860." ahead of the rear sight. "CAL. 45-60" is roll-stamped on the top of the barrel just ahead of 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, and the serial number is stamped in script numerals on the lower tang between the lever latch and the rear tang screw. The rifle barrel has a blue finish. The dust cover is bright blue, and the loading gate has a fire blue finish. The magazine tip, forearm cap, receiver, hammer, trigger and lever are color casehardened. The stock and forearm are straight grain American walnut with the "extra finish" polish applied to special order rifles with casehardened receivers.