The Cody letter describes this carbine as: "Carbine, 30 caliber," and "Barrel Length: 15 inches". The letter states this carbine was shipped from Winchester on October 9, 1906. The carbine has a 15-inch round barrel with full-length magazine. The barrel has the second style barrel band and block mounted brass blade front sight. The rear sight is the rare Winchester Express sight with three folding leaves marked "50", "1" and "2" and platinum sight lines. The upper tang is factory drilled and tapped for a tang sight. A staple mounted saddle ring is located on the left side of the receiver. The stock has a carbine style buttplate. The carbine has a blue finish with niter blue loading gate and color casehardened hammer, trigger, and lever. The stock and forearm are straight grain walnut with a low-luster oil finish. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped with the two-line legend: "MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO./NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A. PATENTED AUGUST 21. 1894." in front of the lower barrel band. The caliber designation "30 W.C.F." is roll-stamped on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. "NICKEL STEEL BARREL/ESPECIALLY FOR SMOKELESS POWDER" is roll-stamped on the left side of the barrel in two lines below the rear sight. Oval Winchester "W/P" proofmarks are stamped on the top of the barrel in front of the rear sight and on the top of the receiver. The upper receiver tang is roll-stamped "MODEl 1894/-WINCHESTER-/TRADE MARK" in three lines. The serial number "318257" is roll-stamped across the bottom of the receiver. The Winchester Model 1894 Carbines with 18", 16", 15" or 14" barrels are rare. Most of these special short barrel carbines were manufactured for export and surviving examples are rarely encountered. This carbine is accompanied by a 1983 BATF letter that states this Winchester Model 1894 carbine with 15-inch barrel has been removed from the purview of the National Firearms Act.