.577/450  caliber, 21″ barrel with carbine rear sight.  Finished  blue and dated “1891” on the left side.  Full length walnut forend and buttstock with steel buttplate.  In fine original condition with much of the blue mixing with plum gray. Fine bore with sharp rifling.  The wood showing handling marks from use.  The right side of the buttstock has a very crisp storekeepers stamp dated “1894”  along with a variety of additional stampings.