Winchester Model 1886 Extra Lightweight Takedown Rifle manufactured in 1897. The rifle has a 22 inch, rapid taper, nickel-steel, barrel with standard Lyman ramp front sight with white bead and buckhorn, sporting style, rear sight with screw adjustable center insert. The barrel, half-magazine, forearm cap bolt and receiver have the Winchester high polish blue finish. The hammer and loading lever are color casehardened. The loading gate is niter blue. The stock has a checkered, black, hard rubber shotgun style buttplate with the Winchester logo embossed in the center. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped with the legend: "-MANUFACTURED BY THE-/WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A." in two lines ahead of the rear sight. "45-70", the Winchester oval "W/P" proof mark and "N.S" are stamped on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. The upper receiver tang is drilled and tapped for a rear sight and roll-stamped: "-MODEL 1886". The 1884 and 1885 patent dates are stamped in two lines on the lower tang behind the trigger. The serial number "118343" is stamped in script behind the rear tang screw.

Very fine as modified (butt shortened). The rifle retains 90% of the original blue and casehardened finish. Nearly all of the blue finish is present on the barrel, half-magazine and forearm cap. Wear is limited to several circular scratches on the underside of the barrel just in front of the magazine. The takedown collar shows normal handling wear with a thinning blue finish. The bolt and receiver retain close to 90% of the high polish blue finish with light high point wear and a few minor scratches. The niter blue loading gate has high point wear but retains most of the fire blue finish. The hammer retains nearly all of the muted case colors. Contact points on the loading lever have a silver patina. The modified stock and forearm are in otherwise very fine condition and retain nearly all of the original finish with very minor handling. All of the markings are crisp. This is an excellent example of a scarce, .45/70 Winchester Model 1886 Extra Lightweight Takedown Rifle.