Winchester Model 1886 Sporting Rifle with Cody Firearms Museum letter that states it was shipped from Winchester on October 6, 1894. The letter describes the rifle as .45/90 caliber with octagon barrel and plain trigger. The rifle has the very desirable color casehardened frame and casehardened forearm cap, crescent buttplate, hammer and lever. The 26 inch full-octagon barrel, full length magazine, bolt and loading gate have a blue finish. The straight grain walnut stock and forearm have a varnish finish. The barrel has a dovetail mounted Lyman "Jack Sight" with ivory bead and a sporting rear sight with serrated rear edges, thumb piece and sliding sight notch insert. A Lyman combination rear sight is mounted on the tang. The top barrel flat 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 "45-90 W.C.F." is roll-stamped on the top barrel flat between the rear sight and the receiver. The Winchester 1884 and 1885 patent dates are roll-stamped in two lines on the lower tang behind the trigger and the serial number, "90869" is stamped in script numerals behind the rear tang screw.