Winchester Model 1876 Express Rifle with special order 22 inch octagon barrel, half magazine, pistol grip stock, shotgun buttplate and checkered fancy grain walnut stock and forearm. The rifle is accompanied by a factory letter that describes the rifle features and sates that it was shipped from the Winchester warehouse on November 9, 1880. The rifle has the Second Model receiver with screw fastened dust cover guide and dust cover with serrated edges. The barrel has a sporting style front sight with nickel-silver blade and a sporting style rear sight with serrated edges. The barrel, dust cover and loading gate are blue. The forearm cap, receiver, hammer, lever and shotgun buttplate are casehardened. The highly figured fancy grain walnut stock and forearm have fine checkered panels and a oiled piano finish. The pistol grip has an ebony insert. The top of the barrel is roll stamped "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. ".50 CAL" is stamped on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. The dust cover is marked "WINCHESTER EXPRESS/.50 CAL. 95 GRS." in two lines. "50-95" is stamped on the bottom of the brass cartridge elevator. "MODEL 1876." is roll stamped on the upper receiver tang in fancy letters and the serial number "13074" is stamped in small numerals across the lower tang behind the lever latch. Winchester Model 1876 short rifles are scarce in all calibers and rare in 50-95 Express.

Fine. The barrel retains 70% of the blue finish with some edge wear and thinning on contact points. The dust cover has about 95% of the blue finish intact. The case colors on the forearm cap, receiver, hammer and lever are faded. There are some minor spots of discoloration on the top and right side of the receiver and the upper tang. About 40% of the case colors on the left side plate have lifted and the side plate has some light pitting. The buttplate has a silver-gray patina with some scattered discoloration. The stock and forearm are both very fine with sharp checkering and only very minor handling wear. The barrel and receiver markings are crisp. This is a very fine, original and fully documented example of a rare Winchester Model 1876 Express Rifle with special order 22-inch octagon barrel.