This is an interesting example of a Winchester Model 1876 Lever Action carbine. The Cody Firearms Museum letter lists this carbine as received in the warehouse on March 27, 1885, and shipped on March 28, 1885, as part of order 19589. It has a "N.W.M.P./19" stamp on the right side of the butt indicating it was one of around 750 Model 1876 "Mountie" carbines purchased to arm the Canadian North-West Mounted Police in the 1880s. The bottom of the buttstock to the rear of the lower tang is also marked "LOF.184." indicating this carbine saw used by the Legion of the Frontiersmen. The LOF was a paramilitary group formed by former North-West Mounted Policeman and Boer War veteran Roger Pocock in 1905 to prepare the British Empire for a feared invasion. The group established local chapters throughout the empire and helped fill the ranks of many units during the First World War. One of the organization pages proudly proclaims that "Frontiersmen were among the very first Britons to go into battle against Germany in 1914." The Frontiersmen unit the 25th Service Battalion Royal Fusiliers based from London served in North Africa and was mainly made up of middle aged or older men of various backgrounds including a circus clown, millionaire, big game hunters and even some American cowboys. The organization remains active as a non-profit disaster relief organization. The carbine has the distinctive long forearm with a steel forearm tip and a single barrel band. It has a Third Model receiver with integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrated edges along with a stud mounted saddle ring. The barrel has a blade front sight on a stud and a folding ladder/notch rear sight graduated out to 1,000 yards. The stock has a steel carbine style buttplate. The straight grain walnut stock and forearm are oil finished. It has the standard markings including the caliber designation at the breech and on the elevator.

Good. The carbine has traces of the original blue finish in the protected areas and otherwise a primarily gray patina with patches of pitting and scattered marks. The wood is also good with numerous small dings and some light scratches. The action is fine, and the markings are legible throughout.