This Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle was manufactured in 1894 and shipped directly to the Winchester Repeating Arms Museum. This rifle is accompanied by a factory letter, a copy of the Winchester factory ledger and a copy of one page from the Olin-Winchester Museum inventory dated 1978. The factory letter describes this rifle as: "Rifle, 45/82 caliber, Barrel Shape: Octagon, Plain trigger", and "Potters Gallery". The letter further notes "No shipping date given" and "Received in warehouse on October 19, 1894". The Olin-Winchester inventory identifies item number 3161 as "Model 1886 Winchester Rifle Cal. 45-82. Serial #84420". The consignor notes with this rifle state that it was sent directly to the Winchester Museum from the factory and is one of two Model 1886 rifles chambered for the 45-82 W.C.F. cartridge. The rifle has a 26-inch full octagon barrel, full length magazine and crescent buttplate. The stock and forearm are straight grain American walnut. The barrel has a standard sporting style front sight with nickel silver blade and large buckhorn, sporting style rear sight. The upper tang is factory drilled and tapped for a tang sight. The top barrel flat is roll stamped with the legend "-MANUFACTURED BY THE-/-WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.-" ahead of the rear sight. The caliber designation "45-82 W.C.F." is stamped on the top barrel flat between the rear sight and the receiver. "-MODEL 1886-" is roll stamped on the upper receiver tang. The 1884 and 1885 patent dates are stamped on the lower tang behind the trigger, and the serial number "84420" is stamped in script numerals towards the rear tang screw. The barrel, magazine, bolt and loading port cover are blued, and the forearm cap, receiver and crescent buttplate are color casehardened.

Excellent plus. The rifle is in virtually unused condition, shows only storage wear and retains at least 98% of the original blue and color casehardened finish. The forearm cap, receiver, hammer and lever have vivid case colors. The case colors on the buttplate have faded to a silver-gray but remain at least 90% complete. The forearm retains nearly all of the original oil finish and shows minimal handling wear. The left side of the excellent stock has a number of shallow scratches near the buttplate and several small handling marks on the wrist. This is an extremely rare, fully documented .45-82 W.C.F. Model 1886 Winchester lever action rifle from the Winchester Repeating Arms Museum in un-fired condition. It is probably impossible to find another example of a Winchester Model 1886 45-82 Rifle.