This Winchester Model 1886 Deluxe Express Rifle is accompanied with a Cody Firearms Museum factory letter that verifies the rifle was shipped from the Winchester warehouse on August 13, 1890. The letter describes the rifle as caliber 50/110, with half-octagon barrel, plain trigger, checkered stock, pistol grip, sporting rear sight and half-magazine. The rifle has a color casehardened frame, forearm cap, hammer, lever and shotgun buttplate. The 26-inch half-round/half-octagon barrel and half magazine, bolt and loading gate are blued. The forearm and pistol grip stock are highly figured, fancy grade walnut with "Style H" checkering. The stock has a shotgun buttplate and ebony inlay on the pistol grip. The barrel has a Lyman "Hunting Front Sight" with colored insert and a sporting rear sight with serrated edges and sliding insert. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped with the two-line legend "- MANUFACTURED BY THE-/-WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.-" ahead of the rear sight. The caliber designation "50 EX" is roll-stamped on the top barrel flat between the rear sight and the frame. The upper tang is roll-stamped "-MODEL 1886-". The lower tang is stamped with the 1884 and 1885 patent dates in two lines behind the trigger. The serial number, "47854" is stamped in script letters behind the rear tang screw.