Originally Posted by
CalhounRR
A half octagon barrel would be an 1899C, and since they were made from 1899 thru 1917 it's perfectly correct for 1904. I would guess the stock is a later replacement. They didn't come with a cheek rise on the buttstock except for a VERY, VERY FEW that had a full out cheek piece. And those were all very fancy guns from what I've seen.
Would have had a 26" barrel as a standard, a crescent buttplate (now gone) tho a shotgun style flat buttplate could be ordered. The forearm should go all the way to the end of the octagon portion of the barrel, and end in a schnabel.
I'd definitely try shooting it after using some foaming bore cleaner to clean out the barrel. Never know, a lot of these old girls still shoot great!
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