The rifle has a blue barrel, magazine, forearm cap and receiver with casehardened hammer, trigger and lever. The forearm and pistol grip stock are nicely figured fancy grain walnut with rarely encountered "Style I" checkering. The stock has a black hard rubber grip cap embossed "WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS Co." and a black hard rubber checkered shotgun buttplate with the round Winchester logo in the center. The full octagon barrel has a special order Marbles "Tunnel" front sight with brass bead and a "M.S.A. Co." rear sight with folding leaf. A Lyman folding combination sight is mounted on the receiver tang. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped "MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO./NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A. PATENTED AUGUST 21, 1894" in two lines ahead of the rear sight. The caliber designation "38-55" is stamped on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. The serial number "46053" is stamped across the bottom of the receiver.