This Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle was manufactured in 1884. The two-line address/King's improvement patent dates are marked on the top barrel flat ahead of the rear sight with "44 CAL" at the breech. The upper tang is marked "MODEL. 1873." The serial is marked on the lower tang, and the bottom of the brass cartridge elevator is marked "44 CAL." German silver blade front sight and adjustable buckhorn sporting rear sight. Blue finish with casehardened hammer, lever, forend cap and buttplate and mounted with a smooth walnut forearm with a metal forend cap and straight grip stock with a crescent buttplate with compartment (cleaning rod not included). The rifle is accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum Records Office sheet verifying rifle configuration, octagon barrel, 44 caliber, plain trigger, that it was received in on August 21, 1884, and shipped to order number 14727 on August 25, 1884.