Manufactured in 1885 as a third model with integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrations at the rear. This rifle has a highly sought after special order 30 inch extra length barrel in .45-60 caliber. The rarity of the 30 inch barrel in .45-60 caliber is highlighted in the included George Madis Letter: "Special length barrels were available for the 1876 model, but comparatively few were ordered. In a count of total production it was found that only one of each 1200 rifles had barrels longer than standard. For this model twenty-eight inch barrels were standard; the thirty-inch barrel length is very rare. In the '76, while .45-75 WCF was standard; the cartridge chambered for this rifle, the .45-60, was ordered in very limited numbers." The set trigger is an additional rarity: "Only one of each fourteen rifles in this model had set triggers, as seen on this gun." In his letter Madis also states, "I have carefully examined this rare Winchester inside and out, and have determined it all original as made by Winchester...This is a rare and fine Winchester with its unusually fine condition, rarity and age of over a century, it will be a star in any collection of rare arms." The accompanying factory letter lists this rifle with a 30 inch octagon barrel in .45-60 caliber and set trigger when received in the warehouse on August 14, 1885 and shipped the same day with 55 other Model 1876s. The rifle is fitted with a dovetail blade front sight, a folding ladder rear sight marked "1876", and folding tang peep sight. The top barrel flat has the two-line address/patent dates marking ahead of the rear sight and "CAL. 45-60" at the breech. "45-60" is marked on the cartridge elevator. The receiver is fitted with a factory set trigger, and the buttstock is fitted with a trapdoor crescent buttplate (cleaning rod not included). Nicely figured plain walnut forearm and straight grip stock. Madis believed that the wood had "some deluxe grain, and the fit and finish as well as the grain of the wood indicate Winchester 'extra finish' walnut." Provenance: The Tom Selleck Collection