Manufactured in 1897 (and shipped seven years later), this rifle has special order checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with a shotgun butt with a hard rubber Winchester grip cap and shotgun buttplate. It is estimated that only 1 of approximately every 725 Model 1894s had a pistol grip stock. The top barrel flat is marked with the two line address/patent date ahead of the rear sight and "30 W.C.F." at the breech. The upper tang is marked with the three line model, marked 1894 patent date and the serial number is on the bottom of the receiver. Sheard blade front and adjustable rear sporting rear sights and 1/2 magazine tube. The accompanying factory letter verifies the rifle configuration, 30 caliber, octagon barrel, plain trigger, checkered pistol grip stock, 1/2 magazine, shotgun butt and rubber buttplate, that it was received in the warehouse on July 29, 1904 and shipped out on August 4, 1904.