Manufactured in 1897. This rifle along with a number of special order features also has a very rare extra lightweight 22 inch "pencil" barrel with 2/3 magazine tube (these would be two separate options) and this is a very early extra light example with the front sight dovetailed into the barrel. Winchester quickly learned how dangerously thin the barrel material could get under the dovetail cut, very critical in larger calibers, so almost all of the extra light guns were found with a ramped front sight with the ramp either integral to the barrel or silver soldered to the barrel. The muzzle on this rifle has a diameter of only 7/16 inch. This rifle also features a special order Lyman front blade sight, Lyman three leaf rear sight and Lyman tang mounted short range peep sight and a shotgun butt and hard rubber buttplate. The top of the barrel is marked with the two-line address ahead of the rear sight and "30 W.C.F." at the breech. The serial number is marked on the bottom of the receiver. Blue finish with a casehardened hammer and lever, and mounted with a smooth walnut forearm and straight grip stock. The accompanying factory letter verifies the 22 inch round barrel, extra light rifle configuration, caliber, plain trigger, 2/3 magazine, shotgun butt with hard rubber buttplate, that it was received in the warehouse on October 25, 1897 and shipped out of the warehouse with 2 other guns to order number 16981 on October 27, 1897. This rifle is pictured, identified by serial number and described on page 56 of "The Winchester Model 94 The First 100 Years" by Robert C. Renneberg.