Special order Winchester 1876 "Centennial Model" sporting rifle manufactured in 1888. This rifle has the 'Third Model' receiver with integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrated edges. The rifle has a 28-inch, full octagon barrel and full length magazine. The barrel has a blued Rocky Mountain front sight blade and folding leaf rear sight marked "1876" at the top of the leaf. A Lyman folding combination rear sight with locking button on the left side is mounted on the upper receiver tang. The crescent buttplate has a sliding brass trap. This rifle has a special order Winchester single set-trigger and highly figured, deluxe, fancy grade, walnut stock and forearm with piano finish. The barrel and magazine have the Winchester charcoal blue finish. The dust cover and loading gate are a fiery niter blue. The forearm cap, receiver, hammer, trigger, lever and crescent buttplate are color casehardened. The top barrel flat is roll-stamped: "WINCHESTER'S REPEATING ARMS. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A./-KING'S IMPROVEMENT PATENTED MARCH 29, 1866, OCTOBER 16, 1860" in two lines ahead of the rear sight. The caliber: "40-60 W.C.F." is roll-stamped on the top barrel flat between the rear sight and the receiver. "40-60" is stamped in script numerals on the bottom of the cartridge elevator. The serial number is stamped in script numerals on the lower tang between the lever latch and rear tang screw.