Manufacture date of 1953, per the Winchester Arms Collectors Association. Manufactured as a deluxe grade with standard markings including offset Winchester factory oval proof on the barrel and the same proof repeated on the top of the receiver at the breech. The proof on the barrel is offset to the left to accommodate the desirable, factory installed, solid barrel rib, which is fitted with a single German silver bead sight. Jeweled bolt and carrier, matching numbers on the receiver collar and receiver, "FULL" marked choke on the left of the barrel at the breech, and 3 inch chamber. Mounted with a finely figured, double-diamond pattern, checkered slide handle and pistol grip stock with Winchester grip cap and checkered buttplate, and 14 3/8 inch length of pull.