Manufactured in 1882. The rifle has the Second Model receiver with screw-fastened dust cover rail and late Second Model dust cover with serrated finger guide. The rifle is accompanied by a Winchester Arms Museum letter which describes it as: "rifle, 40/60 caliber, octagon barrel, 26 inch, plain trigger, shotgun butt, casehardened, checkered stock" and "pistol grip". (no mention of half magazine) The letters states this rifle was shipped from the Winchester warehouse on May 12, 1882, and returned and repaired on June 12, 1886, August 5, 1889, and December 28, 1894. The nature of the factory work performed on the rifle in 1886, 1889 and 1894 is not listed. The rifle has a blued 26-inch full octagon barrel with half-magazine. The barrel has a special order Beach folding combination front sight and a special order folding leaf rear sight with a platinum sight line in place of the standard V-notch on the sight base and elevation bar. The folding leaf is graduated to "10" but lacks the usual "1876" marking. A Lyman peep sight is mounted on the receiver tang. The forearm cap, receiver, hammer, trigger and lever are color casehardened. The loading gate, dust cover and buttplate are blued. The rifle has a deluxe, fancy grain forearm and pistol grip stock with "Style H" factory checkering and a high polish piano finish. The stock has a shotgun style buttplate and ebony inlay on the pistol grip. The top barrel flat is roll-stamped with the two-line legend: "WINCHESTER"S-REPEATING ARMS. NEW HAVEN. CT./KINGS-IMPROVEMENT-MARCH 29. 1866. OCTOBER 16. 1860." in two lines ahead of the rear sight. "CAL. 45-60" is roll-stamped on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. The caliber designation "45-60" is stamped in script numerals across the cartridge elevator. The serial number, "23246", is stamped in tiny numerals across the lower tang behind the lever latch.