Barrel length 71 cm, stock length 32 cm, weight 4.3 kg, no proof - collector's gun, condition 4.
After the Model 1866 and 1873, the System 1876 was Winchester's third lever-action repeating rifle. It was basically a Model 1873 for stronger calibers and never achieved the success of other Winchester models. Imperceptible filled damage as well as crack on the left side of the forearm, spotty and partially fine-grained original condition with remnants of the color hardening of the system case.
The history of Winchester goes back to developments in and before the time of the American Civil War. The Henry Rifle produced by the New Haven Arms Company and developed by Benjamin Tyler Henry was particularly influential in this regard. Finally, in 1866, Boston-born Oliver Winchester turned it into the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven, Connecticut. The first lever action rifles were expensive due to their complex construction. At the same time, their enormous potential was impressive. The concept of a magazine tube below the barrel and a lever action (toggle joint) for feeding and ejecting cartridges had just begun to gain momentum in its development. Other technicians such as Nelson King (known for the Model 1866 in gunmetal manufacturing also called Yellow Boy) or John Moses Browning (block breech) were involved in the evolution of the concept. The original model underwent a multitude of changes, optimizations and variants. Whether in the magazine tube, the loading mechanism, breech, ejection or in the change of ammunition to modern powerful centerfire cartridges. It quickly developed its own tradition, the different types themselves were titled with model and year based on the year of introduction. The brand name persists to this day, both in the field of ammunition or weapons is manufactured. For collectors, in addition to the valuable historical originals, there are a number of limited special editions.

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