Hi Doc,

Sorry, I have been out of the country for the last few weeks and just noticed your question.

The answer is no it does not “tick all the boxes”, the “highest end” factory catalogued Model 56 rifles were “dual sight”, meaning they had a #40A rear sight and Lyman 42W rear peep sight (like the Model 57) as well as the optional stock checkering.

The rifle in your photos has some red flags, including the incorrect #6 rear folding sight and no rear receiver sight.  You did not provide a left side view of the receiver so I cannot see if it originally had one.  Also, the “fluted” comb on your stock does not look like the normal Winchester 56 stock comb and may have been modified.

The checkering looks correct for the “Fancy” sporting version but it should have a checkered steel butt plate, I have never seen one with a hard rubber butt plate.  Since the hole spacing was different between the hard rubber and the checkered steel you can remove the butt plate and see if there is an extra hole in the butt, that will tell you if the hard rubber butt plate is original or not.  

Since the factory option list for the Model 56 is quite long and includes factory sling swivels, sling eyes, Winchester scopes and mounts, upgraded sights, fancy wood, factory engraving, etc. there really is no way to actually “tick all the boxes” for a Model 56.

Other than that it looks like a very good example with many of the upgraded features and is a desirable specimen.

For comparison, here is one that “ticks a few more boxes” with rear Lyman 42W peep sight, optional Lyman 17A front sight, “Fancy” checkering (with steel butt plate), Winchester sling swivels and a factory installed Winchester A5 scope.

Best Regards,