Manufactured from 1886 to 1889. This example is equipped with a Model 1879 rear sight marked "C" mounted on a barrel with "V/P/Eagle head/P" proofs. The blade front sight is mounted on a stud and the action has a three click tumbler. The lock plate is marked with the eagle-shield motif followed by "U.S./SPRINGFIELD" and the low arch breechblock is marked "US/MODEL/1873". The stock has a saddle ring bar with ring and a "U.S." marked buttplate with an empty compartment. Two small holes and a faint impression behind the saddle ring bar indicate a small plate or other piece is absent and "MB" crudely carved into the forend just below the rear sight on the left side.

Fair. The rifle retains some of the blue finish on the barrel band, breechblock, and hammer with an otherwise gray-brown patina, some light pitting and various minor dings, scratches, and marks. The lock plate is pitted. The re-oiled wood is very good with some scratches and dings as well as chips and a hairline crack along the edge of the butt. Mechanically fine with clear markings.