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…Darrin,

 I have found these three books very helpful in my attempt to understand the 1876 Model.

The Winchester model 1876 Centennial Rifle by Herbert Houze

 Winchester's Northwest Mounted Police Carbines And Other Model 1876 Data by Lewis Yearout

 Winchester Lever

…you Bob,

I suspected that after I looked at some other early 1873 letters. I was not sure however when or what the subsequent calibers were for 1876's.

Darrin

The 45-60 was being produced while your gun was made. The 73's didn't even caliber mark the guns even when the other caliber

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…you Bob,

I suspected that after I looked at some other early 1873 letters. I was not sure however when or what the subsequent calibers were for 1876's.

Darrin

…86Win said

I just saw in my 30th edition blue book that the 1876  had no dust cover nor rail until approximately SN 5000. 2nd generation had thumb print dust cover and screwed-on rail which is what mine has. My

…just saw in my 30th edition blue book that the 1876  had no dust cover nor rail until approximately SN 5000. 2nd generation had thumb print dust cover and screwed-on rail which is what mine has. My

…thread, I'll ask this question here. The letter that came with this rifle is dated 2004 and says the rifle was received in the warehouse Sept. 19, 1876. I have read here that the CFM started adding the SNA date to letters a couple of years later. Was that just a change in terminology, or would the

… long ago,  East Indian School road in Phoenix had many old gun stores.   My favorite was Billy The Kid gun shop.  Bought a beautiful 1876 Winchester carbine and several old boxes of collector ammo.

…you could fire this rifle if desired.

If you desire a rifle from the Frontier era, the Model 1886 is an okay choice, but the Models 1866, 1873, or 1876 are better choices.  A Model 1873 would be the most common and most affordable of these three choices.

…in takedown version.  With the exception of a sling ring.  This was an, "extra" available as an option.  We have seen other rifles such as M1876, M1886 and M1894's that have been ordered with sling rings.  It is entirely possible.  As mentioned, it's too late in manufacture to letter, so a

…-1883, 1- 1876, , 3-1886,6-1894,1- low wall, 2-1802 , harpers ferry musket, 6- 1894,2 1896, 1- 1887, 3-1892 quantity ammo, Winchester books, most better

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…add to the discussion I found this photo of a sight on an 1876 carbine.  Note the graduations here are different again.  It is marked 1876 which according to Madis means the model of sight, not the gun it was intended for.  I am a bit doubtful about that.  

I believe this is still a

…toggle links (Henry, 1866, 1873, 1876) be repaired?  For example, a broken toggle link welded, then fit and finished to work again?  They are very hard to find.  Winchester Bob doesn…

…t have any for 1873 or 1876.

….  I showed that method in a previous episode when removing our all-time favorite screw to remove - the rusty dust cover screw on an 1873 or 1876.  Thanks for bringing that up, I should have mentioned it.  Mark 

…sight book but didn't see any references to leaf graduations.  There is one on eBay now.  

It appears this sight was available on the 1866, 1873, 1876, 1886, 1892, 1894 and probably any model on request.

Did Winchester change the graduations over the years, or did they change for different models

…sight book but didn't see any references to leaf graduations.  There is one on eBay now.  

It appears this sight was available on the 1866, 1873, 1876, 1886, 1892, 1894 and probably any model on request.

Did Winchester change the graduations over the years, or did they change for different models

…?   Serial numbers below 63,000 would be special interest to me.  I am interested in surviving guns.   I am ankle deep in alligators with the Model 1876 survey so I don't want to start another one. 

…

Thanks to all !

I see no "Spanish sight" ladder in meters, but it seems 1876 NWMP had 48A sights, not 44A one.

So, I can't say if 44A French contract sights had previously equipped another Winchester model.

Best Regards

…. In less than two years, and after making only 136 Model 1873 “One of One Thousand” rifles, eight Model 1873 “One of One Hundred” rifles, 53 Model 1876 “One of One Thousand” rifles, and eight Model 1876 “One of One Hundred” rifles, Winchester dropped these monikers.

There were one or two of these

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…do not believe that the Model 1876 NWMP Carbines were equipped with the same rear sight as the WW I French Contract Model 1894 Carbines.  The link below has very good pictures of an…

…original Model 1876 NWMP gun.

Antique Arms, Inc. - Winchester 1876 NWMP Saddle Ring Carbine (antiquearmsinc.com)

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Seeking for fine pictures of North West Military Police 1876 model rear sight

It would be graduate in METERS.

My focus is to try to establish if these sights are identical to those of the 1894 carbine

…-hardening.  This seems to have been the case even if upgraded wood was not requested.  

From my own experience I have seen this on 1873's and 1876's.  Was it common as well on other models that got case-hardening as an "extra" feature?  I know the early 1886's had case-hardening on the

…said

1873man said

The problem is the gun does not letter as a 50 but 45-75.

Bob

Did Winchester chamber any 1876 SRC’s in 50-95? Letter says “Rifle” and octagon barrel. Strike three.

Mike

they made 24 50-95 carbines. 

…the 1876 ledgers when it states  "rifle" or "carbine" etc and no mention of caliber  they are referring to the 45-75 as the 45-75 was considered the

…1873man said

The problem is the gun does not letter as a 50 but 45-75.

Bob

Did Winchester chamber any 1876 SRC’s in 50-95? Letter says “Rifle” and octagon barrel. Strike three.

Mike

…they couldn't get past $1400 on the rare single-shot.  Yet this mess hammers at $3700?

https://www.proxibid.com/Winchester-Model-1876-SRC/lotInformation/72652002

…(Plating = #11, Color or cased Finish #23, etc.)  We know the "CF" on lower tangs occurs on both color case hardened and blued guns (1973, 1876, 1886) and on blued guns (1892, 1894, and would expect the same for color case hardened 1892's or 1894's).  So the "CF" we see on the lower tang…

…see in the photos it had some rusting and has been cleaned.  The lower tang and receiver finish whether CCH or blued should match. 

As for the 1876 with the 1937 stamped on the lower tang, dont know there would be a correlation between the two. 

…TXGunNut said

As a matter of fact there is a famous photo of a young TR in buckskins holding what appears to be an 1876 and a dagger stuffed in his cartridge belt in the 1909 book I mentioned above. The other photo sounds familiar but I may be confusing it with this