This rifle will letter with a 26 inch round barrel and arrived in the warehouse on March 29, 1879, and shipped on September 19, 1879, in order 17030. The rifle has a round barrel with a German silver blade front sight, the two-line address and King's improvement marking, an adjustable sporting rear sight, and no caliber marking since .44-40 was standard. The frame is the Second Model version with the screw secured dust cover guide rail and dust cover with "thumb print" panel. The upper tang is marked "MODEL. 1873.", and the lower tang has the script serial number behind the lever latch. Like the barrel, the cartridge elevator does not bear a caliber marking. The rifle features a smooth walnut forend with steel end cap and straight wrist buttstock with a crescent buttplate (stock compartment empty), small silver plaque followed by a larger silver oval plaque on the underside inscribed "PRESENTED/-TO-/W. G. Newbery/ in grateful recognition of services rendered to the/Constitutional Party/by his friend/Coleridge J. Kennard/-May 1882-". Coleridge John Kennard (1828-1890) was a Conservative Party politician and member of the Constitutional Union in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in the 1880s. He ran unsuccessfully for Parliament in 1880 and was then elected in a by-election in 1882. The newspapers reported a "Great Conservative Victory at Salisbury" when he won by 103 votes. He remained an MP until 1885 when Salisbury's seats were reduced. He was also a justice of the peace for the county of Southampton and a commissioner of lieutenancy for London. Kennard was the managing director of the banking firm Heywood, Kennard & Co. and also a co-founder of the Evening News. William G. Newbery was a relieving and vaccination officer for the Fourth Relief District in Salisbury as well as the master of the Alderbury Union Workhouse.

Very good with 30% original niter blue on the loading gate, traces of original finish and otherwise gray and brown patina, some dried oil/varnish, minor oxidation and pitting, and moderate overall wear. The silver oval plaque has aged patina and a crisp inscription. The wood is good and has a sliver absent from the right side of the forearm, loose fit along the edges of the forearm, and numerous scattered dents and scratches. Mechanically fine.