Winchester Model 1876 rifle manufactured in 1884. This rifle has the Third Model receiver with integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrated rear edges. The rifle is complete with a Cody Firearms Museum letter that describes this Model 1876, as: "Rifle, 45/60, Round barrel, Plain trigger" and "Casehardened". The letter states this rifle was shipped from Winchester on May 6, 1884. The rifle has a blue barrel, full-length magazine, dust cover and trigger with fire blue loading gate. The forearm cap, receiver, hammer, lever and crescent buttplate are color casehardened. The stock and forearm are "Extra Finish" American walnut. The stock is nicely figured and the forearm has a straight grain. The barrel has a sporting style front sight with nickel-silver blade and a folding leaf, rear sight graduated to "10" and marked "1876" at the top of the leaf. The upper receiver tang is factory drilled and tapped. The crescent buttplate has a sliding brass trapdoor. 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." ahead of the rear sight and "CAL " 45-60" behind it. "{MODEL. 1876. }" is roll-stamped on the upper tang in fancy letters. "45-60" is stamped in script numerals across the bottom of the cartridge elevator and the serial number is stamped on the lower tang behind the lever latch.

Very fine as professionally restored. The rifle's casehardened components were professionally refinished. The barrel, magazine and dust cover retain 85% of the original blue finish. The barrel markings are crisp. The dust cover retains 80% of the original blue finish. Most of the nitre blue finish is present on the loading gate. The forearm cap, receiver, hammer, lever and crescent buttplate have vivid case colors. The receiver sides and side plates have a few minor scratches. The stock and forearm are both in fine condition with a few very minor handling marks. This is an attractive, solid representative example of a Winchester 1876 "Centennial Model" rifle.