The factory letter indicates that this rifle was received in the warehouse on September 25, 1903, and shipped in its current configuration on September 25. It was then returned for a repair on August 10, 1914. The inscription may have been added at that point. The rifle has blade and flat top adjustable sporting sights on a special order 24 inch barrel, half magazine tube, casehardened hammer and lever and otherwise a blue finish, and a multi-point checkered fancy grade forearm and semi-pistol grip stock with hard rubber shotgun buttplate and grip cap. The left side of the receiver is inscribed "T.S. Arbuthnot/Pittsburg, Pa."; the inscription has gold fill. Thomas Shaw Arbuthnot was born into a prominent family in Pittsburg in the late 19th century. He served as dean of the medical school of the University of Pittsburgh from 1909-1918, the president of the Arts Society of Pittsburgh beginning in 1932, and was an avid big game hunter. The .33 WCF was considered a good round for deer, elk, and black bear at short to medium range particularly in wooded areas prior to the debut of the more powerful .348 WCF.