Colt Lightning Medium Frame .38-40 Caliber Slide Action Rifle
Manufactured in 1890, this antique Colt Lightning Medium Frame slide-action rifle is chambered in .38-40 and features a 26" blued round barrel with a full-length magazine tube holding up to 15 rounds. Sighting equipment includes a semi-buckhorn adjustable rear sight, blade front sight, and tang-mounted peep sight. The barrel bears the correct two-line Colt address and patent date markings. Receiver features an engraved Rampant Colt on the left side. The rifle features Colt's slide-action design with a side loading gate and is fitted with a walnut straight grip stock, crescent steel buttplate, and matching checkered walnut forearm. An attractive example of Colt's short lived rifle. LOP: 13". CALIBER/GA: 38-40. S/N: 41218. FFL: Antique.
Condition
Barrel has turned to a brownish gray patina. Receiver retains 60% blue finish with areas of wear turning silver and small spots of oxidation. Varnish spots on the tang. Stock and forearm show light scratches and dings, light wear in the checkering. Frosted bore with visible rifling, good mechanics.
Manufactured in 1890, this antique Colt Lightning Medium Frame slide-action rifle is chambered in .38-40 and features a 26" blued round barrel with a full-length magazine tube holding up to 15 rounds. Sighting equipment includes a semi-buckhorn adjustable rear sight, blade front sight, and tang-mounted peep sight. The barrel bears the correct two-line Colt address and patent date markings. Receiver features an engraved Rampant Colt on the left side. The rifle features Colt's slide-action design with a side loading gate and is fitted with a walnut straight grip stock, crescent steel buttplate, and matching checkered walnut forearm. An attractive example of Colt's short lived rifle. LOP: 13". CALIBER/GA: 38-40. S/N: 41218. FFL: Antique.
Condition
Barrel has turned to a brownish gray patina. Receiver retains 60% blue finish with areas of wear turning silver and small spots of oxidation. Varnish spots on the tang. Stock and forearm show light scratches and dings, light wear in the checkering. Frosted bore with visible rifling, good mechanics.
