Manufactured in 1896. This rifle features a Lyman beaded blade front sight, rear three-leaf sporting notch sight, and an adjustable tang mounted Marble's peep sight. The top barrel flat is marked with the two-line address in front of the rear sight, "-NICKEL STEEL BARREL-/ESPECIALLY FOR SMOKELESS POWDER" is marked behind the rear sight on the left barrel flat with "30 W.C.F." at the breech. The serial number is on the bottom of the receiver. Full length magazine with a casehardened hammer, lever, trigger, and buttplate. Mounted on a smooth walnut forearm with metal forend cap and straight grip stock with a crescent buttplate. Complete with a copy of a Cody Firearms Museum Records Office form that verifies the rifle configuration, caliber, octagon barrel, plain trigger, that the serial number was applied on 10-14-1898, and was shipped to order number 10687 on 10-18-1898.

Fine. The barrel retains 70% of the original blue finish with a smooth grey patina on the barrel edges and a deep patch of pitting visible on the left side of the barrel and magazine tube near the tube band. The receiver retains 60% of the blue finish with scattered scratches, light pitting, and aged to a smooth silver patina along the edges and underside. The markings are clear. The hammer, lever, trigger, and buttplate retain vivid case colors mostly in the protected areas aged to a smooth silver/grey patina with small areas light oxidation. The wood is very good with scattered scratches, dings, and pressure dents. Mechanically excellent.