Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle
TITLE: Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle
MAKER: Winchester Repeating Arms Company / New Haven, CT
MADE IN: Council Bluffs, IA
CALIBER: .44-70 Cartridge
DATE: 1888
DIMENSIONS: Barrel: 28” Length: 47” Height: 5”
INSCRIPTION: Serial Number 17463 /Barrel: MANUFACTURED BY THE -/- WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A. / BROWNING BROS. OGDEN. UT / .45-70 Top: MODEL 1886 Bottom: PAT. COT. 14.
CREDIT LINE: Guns from the Browning-Cowan Family
OBJECT ID: 986-12-070
The Winchester Model 1886 was the first lever action designed by Browning. Theodore Roosevelt called it, “the best gun for any game to be found in the United States, for it is as deadly, accurate, and handy as any, stands very rough usage, and is unapproachable for the rapidity of its fire and the facility with which it is loaded.”
This gun was bought by the Browning Brothers and sold through their store, hence the stamp on the barrel “Browning Bros. Ogden, U.T.”