This rifle has the Second Model receiver with screw-fastened dust cover rail and dust cover with serrated rear edges. This rifle is complete with a Cody Firearms Museum letter that describes this rifle as: "Rifle, Casehardened, Barrel shape: Octagon, Plain trigger, Graduated Peep & Winchester Combination sights safety, Checkered stock with pistol grip, 1/2" more drop," and "14 1/4" long stock". The Cody letter states that this rifle was shipped from Winchester on September 8, 1881. The rifle has the Winchester blue finish on the barrel and full length magazine. The dust cover, dust cover rail, loading gate cover and bolt have are fiery niter blue. The forearm cap, receiver, hammer, trigger, lever and crescent buttplate are color casehardened. The forearm and special order pistol grip stock are highly figured, "XXXX", fancy grade walnut with high polish piano finish and Winchester Style H checkering. The bottom of the pistol grip has an ebony inlay. The full octagon barrel has a rare and distinctive blued steel front sight blade with folding, globe type cover and a folding leaf rear sight marked "1876" at the top of the leaf and graduated to "10". A folding graduated peep sight with 50 minute graduations is mounted on the receiver tang. The buttplate has a sliding brass trapdoor, and the butt trap contains a four-piece jointed steel cleaning rod. 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." in two lines ahead of the rear sight. The serial number is stamped in small numerals across the lower tang between the lever latch and the tag screw. All deluxe Winchester Model 1876 rifles are rare, but rifles with unique, documented, special order features like this stock with custom dimensions are exceptionally rare.