This is a pre-owned rifle. The serial number is 152309A and was made in 1912. The handguard has a crack and notches carved in it. Buttstock also has carvings. (See Photos) The bore is dark but has strong rifling. This rifle has seen some use.
The Winchester Model 1886 is a lever-action repeating rifle designed by John Browning to handle some of the more powerful cartridges of the period. Despite being originally designed for use with black powder, the action was strong enough to make the jump to smokeless powder with only minor modifications, and was subsequently chambered in the smokeless .33 WCF cartridge beginning in 1903.
