This is a Third Model Winchester-Hotchkiss bolt action musket that was manufactured in 1893. The Ordnance Department purchased an undetermined but limited quantity of Third Model Winchester-Hotchkiss Muskets circa 1883-1899. The barrel has a pinned, replacement beaded blade front sight and folding ladder rear sight. There are no visible government inspection or acceptance marks, but the buttplate tang is numbered "69." This may be a rack number and suggests the rifle was owned by a more local level agency such as a police department or National Guard/militia unit. This is further supported by the turned down bolt handle. This modification has been noted on rifles purchased by the State of California in 1915. Some of the rifles in that order were originally manufactured in the mid-1890s. This example lacks the bayonet rail seen on the California muskets indicating it may have been purchased by another state. Cleaning rod is absent.