The Cody letter describes this Model 1886 as: "Type: Rifle, Caliber: 40/65, Barrel Type: Octagon, Trigger: Plain" and "1/2 Magazine". It further states that this rifle was shipped from Winchester on August 26, 1889. The rifle has a blued barrel, bolt, loading gate and trigger and color casehardened magazine tip, forearm cap, receiver, hammer, lever and crescent buttplate. The stock and forearm are straight grain American walnut with a varnish finish. The full octagon barrel has a sporting style front sight with nickel-silver blade and sporting style buckhorn rear sight with screw-adjustable center-piece. The upper receiver tang is factory drilled and tapped. The top barrel flat is roll-stamped with the two-line legend: "-MANUFACTURED BY THE-/-WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.-" ahead of the rear sight. The caliber: "40-65 W.C.F." is roll-stamped on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. "-MODEL 1886.-" is roll-stamped on the upper receiver tang. The 1884 and 1885 patent dates are roll-stamped in two lines on the lower tang behind the trigger. The serial number is roll-stamped in script numerals on the lower tang in front of the tang screw. The combination of special order full octagon barrel and 1/2 magazine is rare on Model 1886 rifles.