Winchester Deluxe Engraved Model 1876 50/95 Express Rifle with Winchester Museum letter. The rifle is signed on the lower tang by the master Winchester factory engraver John Ulrich. The left side of the receiver is engraved with a running moose in a circular panel. The panel is surrounded by fine scrollwork and simple borders. The left side plate is engraved: "H.T. LOWERY" in Old English letters on an open scroll. The scroll is surrounded by delicate scrollwork with an engraved border along the edge of the side plate. The right side of the receiver is engraved with a bison in a bordered, circular panel surrounded by scrollwork. The right side plate is engraved with a circular panel that contains a detailed scene of a hunter felling an elk. The side plate and panel are decorated with fine scroll work and engraved borders. The top of the receiver, upper tang, bottom of the receiver, cartridge elevator forearm cap and buttplate are all engraved with bordered panels and restrained but delicate scrollwork. Scrollwork is present on the dust cover rail. The dust cover is engraved with scrollwork and borders. The rifle is marked with the engraver's small signature stamp: "J.ULRICH" on the lower tang behind the trigger. The style and level of engraving on this rifle are very similar to the John Ulrich Model engraved 1876 rifle, serial number 38647, owned by Theodore Roosevelt and illustrated on page 156 of "THE BOOK OF WINCHESTER ENGRAVING" by R.L. Wilson. This rifle is pictured and described on page 136 of "ANTIQUE ARMS ANNUAL" by R. L. Wilson. The rifle has a blued octagon barrel with full-length magazine and casehardened forearm cap, receiver, loading lever and hammer. The rifle has the Second Model, screw fastened dust cover guide and late Second Model dust cover with serrated edges. The forearm and pistol grip stock are "4X" presentation grade fancy grain walnut with "Style G" checkering. The stock has an ebony inlay on the pistol grip cap and a blued steel shotgun style buttplate. The barrel has a Beach combination folding front sight with ivory bead and a sporting style rear sight. A graduated peep sight is mounted on the receiver tang. 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. "50-CAL" is stamped on the top barrel flat just in front of the receiver. The top of the dust cover is engraved: "WINCHESTER EXPRESS/ 50 CAL. 95 GRS." in two lines. "50-95" is engraved on the bottom of the cartridge elevator. The serial number, "14430", is located on the lower tang between the loading lever latch and the tang screw. The Winchester Museum letter states that this rifle was shipped from the warehouse on July 21, 1881. The letter lists the rifle features as: "50/95 Express, octagon barrel, plain trigger, checkered stock, pistol grip, 4X, pin ball sight, shotgun butt, casehardened, engraved "H. T. Lowery Eng #".