GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
FINE COLT LIGHTNING MEDIUM FRAME SLIDE ACTION RIFLE. COLT LIGHTNING 89510 44 Cal 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 26" oct bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mountain front sight with German silver blade and Colt semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top flat of bbl has standard markings forward of the rear sight and the caliber marking over the chamber area. Left side of frame has the Rampant Colt trademark. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with single fluted forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Forearm has carved line borders. The medium frame lightning rifle was Colt's first production of a slide action firearm and was very high production from 1884-1902. Colt introduced the slide action rifle as a companion to their Single Action Army revolver. The slide action rifles, while reasonably popular simply could not compete with the already well established lever action rifles of that era. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% crisp orig blue with only faint muzzle edge wear. Receiver retains 95-96% glossy orig blue showing light sharp edge wear, a few very light scratches and some minor freckling on both sides along with some candy striping. Trigger guard & extension show slight thinning. Top & bottom tangs retain most of their orig blue with some minor thinning. Hammer retains most of its orig, strong case colors. Buttplate retains faded case colors. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Shows little evidence of ever having been fired. 51652-1 JRL (4,000-6,000)