This classic Model 1886 carbine was manufactured in 1894 and is chambered in the popular frontier cartridge: .45-70 Government. The John Moses Browning designed Model 1886 was the first Winchester repeater capable of chambering the .45-70. While .45-70 was the most popular caliber for the Model 1886, research by John T. Madl in the available records found only 1,911 carbines in this caliber. This carbine has a pinned blade front sight, notch and folding ladder rear sight, the two-line address ahead of the rear sight, the caliber behind the rear sight, a saddle ring on the left, "-MODEL 1886-" on the upper tang, the patent marking behind the trigger, the script serial number at the rear of the lower tang, and a smooth carbine stock and forearm.