Second Model Winchester 1876 rifle with screw-fastened dust cover guide and dust cover with impressed oval thumbprint. The rifle is accompanied by a letter from the Cody Firearms Museum Records Office which describes it as: "Rifle" with "Octagon" barrel, "Set" trigger, "Checkered Stock" and "Casehardened" receiver. The letter states that this rifle was shipped from the Winchester warehouse on May 6, 1878. The barrel, magazine, loading gate, bolt and dust cover are blue. The forend cap, receiver, hammer, lever and crescent buttplate are color casehardened. The rifle has a 28 inch full octagon barrel with full length magazine. The barrel has a standard sporting style front sight with nickel-silver blade and a folding leaf rear sight marked "1876" at the top of the sight and graduated to 1,000 yards. The rifle has a special order factory single set-trigger. The upper receiver tang is factory drilled and tapped for a peep sight. The crescent buttplate has a sliding brass trapdoor. The stock and forearm are highly figured deluxe fancy grain walnut with checkered panels and a high polish piano finish. The top of the barrel 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. The upper receiver tang is roll-stamped "MODEL 1876" in fancy letters. The serial number "1273" is in script numerals behind the lever latch. The leftside of the tang is marked "XX 98". Dust covers were special order items on early production Model 1876 rifles and are rarely found on Model 1876 rifles with serial numbers below 3,000.