Manufactured in 1899. Dovetailed blade and adjustable buckhorn rear sights. Lyman tang mounted short range peep sight. The top barrel flat is marked with the two line address ahead of the rear sight and "45-90 W.C.F." at the breech. The serial number is marked on the lower tang. Blue finish with casehardened hammer, lever and buttplate, and mounted with a smooth walnut forearm and straight grip stock with a crescent buttplate. The rifle comes with a factory letter verifying the rifle configuration, caliber, octagon 30 inch # 3 barrel, plain trigger, that the serial number was applied on October 27, 1899, and that it was received in the warehouse on November 9, 1899, and shipped out to order number 44081 on the next day.

Very fine with 97% original blue finish and case colors remaining, with some edge wear and some scattered minor scratches on the barrel and receiver. There is a small area of a number of scratches which show minor oxidation on the upper left barrel flat ahead of the rear sight. Case colors are bright and vivid with some smooth gray patina on the buttplate. The wood is very good as refinished with a few light handling marks, a very small minor age crack on the left side of the stock, a minor dent on the upper left edge at the buttplate and the toe of the buttplate extending past the wood by 1/4 of an inch. The markings are crisp and clear. The action is excellent.