.22 Short. 24" barrel length. SN: 264495. Buffed grey patina overall with straight walnut stock and corncob forend mounting dovetailed front blade and rear notch sights. Slide-action repeating rifle fed by a front loading tube magazine. Top of the tang is marked MODEL 1890/-WINCHESTER-/TRADE MARK, along with a vacant screw port behind the hammer. Top of the barrel shows both the 22 SHORT caliber mark and two-line address reading MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO./NEW HAVEN, CONN. U.S.A. PAT. JUNE 26. 88. DEC. 6. 92. on an octagonal barrel. Serial numbers to the tang and forward receiver match. Rifle mounts a crescent shaped steel buttplate.