Model 1876 Sporting Rifle manufactured in 1881. This rifle has the Second Model receiver with screw-fastened dust cover guide rail and dust cover with serrated finger guide along the rear edge. The rifle is accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter that describes it as: "Rifle, 45/60 caliber, Barrel Length: 26 inches, Barrel Shape: Octagon, Set trigger, Checkered stock, 1/2 magazine", and "Shotgun butt". The rifle has a blued full octagon barrel, dust cover, loading gate and steel shotgun buttplate. The magazine tip, forearm cap, receiver, hammer and lever are color case-hardened. The stock and forearm are highly figured, fancy grain, walnut with fine checkering and a high polish piano finish. The barrel has a standard sporting style front sight with nickel-silver blade and folding leaf rear sight marked "1876" at the top of the leaf. A factory folding leaf peep sight with fifty minute graduations is mounted on the receiver tang. The rifle has a factory single set-trigger. The top barrel flat 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" ahead of the rear sight. "CAL. 45-60" is roll-stamped in script letters on the top barrel flat between the rear sight and the receiver. The caliber "45-60" is stamped in script numerals across the bottom of the cartridge elevator. The serial number, "16769", is stamped in script numerals on the lower tang behind the lever latch.