A WINCHESTER .45-60 MODEL 1876 LEVER-ACTION RIFLE, No. 19612, heavy frame, standard barrel and tang markings, the dust cover with serrated rear edges and non-integral cover guide, straight grain stock with crescent butt, the round barrel with full-length magazine, adjustable leaf-sight and nickel silver blade-foresight
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A WINCHESTER .45-60 MODEL 1876 LEVER-ACTION RIFLE, No. 19612, heavy frame, standard barrel and tang markings, the dust cover with serrated rear edges and non-integral cover guide, straight grain stock with crescent butt, the round barrel with full-length magazine, adjustable leaf-sight and nickel silver blade-foresight
28in. barrel, proof exemption
Lot Essay
Relatively few Model 1876 rifles were built and their production numbered some 60,000 as opposed to approximately 720,000 for the Model 1873. This rifle was completed circa 1881