This is a restored example of a Winchester Model 1876 .50 Express Rifle that was manufactured in 1879. The rifle features a special order, 24-inch round barrel with half-magazine and deluxe fancy grain checkered walnut forearm and pistol grip stock. The barrel, magazine and loading gate are blued. The forearm cap and crescent buttplate are silver-plated and the frame, dust cover, hammer, and lever are color casehardened. The barrel has a folding combination front sight and a two-leaf express rear sight. A folding, graduated peep sight is mounted on the tang. The rifle has a Winchester adjustable single set trigger. The second style frame has a screw-fastened dust cover rail and dust cover with impressed oval thumb-piece. The buttplate has a sliding brass trapdoor. The pistol grip has an ebony inlay. The top of the barrel 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" in two lines ahead of the rear sight. The caliber ".50 CAL. 95 GRS." is roll-stamped on the top of the barrel in script letters between the rear sight and the frame. "50-95" is roll-stamped in script letters on the cartridge elevator. ".50 CAL." is stamped in script letters on the dust cover.