RARE COLT LARGE FRAME LIGHTNING PUMP ACTION RIFLE.

RARE COLT LARGE FRAME LIGHTNING PUMP ACTION RIFLE. SN 194. Cal. 40-60-260. Standard grade rifle with 28″ rnd bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mountain front sight with German silver blade and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Bbl has standard markings with rampant Colt on left side of receiver. Mounted with straight grain walnut and dbl fluted 2-pc checkered forearm with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter identifying this rifle, as found, shipped to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., Chicago, IL on July 16, 1887 in a 5-gun shipment. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only 6,496 of these large frame Lightning rifles were produced in period 1887 to 1894. Generally these rifles saw very hard service and are rarely found with high orig finish. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching including buttstock & buttplate. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint muzzle edge wear; receiver retains about 95% glossy orig blue with wear on bottom front corners and some light flaking on floorplate; trigger guard & bottom tang are a gray metal patina; top tang is moderately flaked; hammer retains about all of its orig case colors, turned dark; buttplate is a plum brown patina. Wood is sound with buttstock showing a fine professionally restored finish; forearm has a few tiny nicks and retains most of its orig finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Shows no evidence of having been used. 4-46297 JR102 (7,500-12,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1362	$8,050.00	RARE COLT LARGE FRAME LIGHTNING PUMP ACTION RIFLE. SN 194. Cal. 40-60-260. Standard grade rifle with 28″ rnd bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mountain front sight with German silver blade and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Bbl has standard markings with rampant Colt on left side of receiver. Mounted with straight grain walnut and dbl fluted 2-pc checkered forearm with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Colt Factory letter identifying this rifle, as found, shipped to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., Chicago, IL on July 16, 1887 in a 5-gun shipment. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only 6,496 of these large frame Lightning rifles were produced in period 1887 to 1894. Generally these rifles saw very hard service and are rarely found with high orig finish. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching including buttstock & buttplate. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint muzzle edge wear; receiver retains about 95% glossy orig blue with wear on bottom front corners and some light flaking on floorplate; trigger guard & bottom tang are a gray metal patina; top tang is moderately flaked; hammer retains about all of its orig case colors, turned dark; buttplate is a plum brown patina. Wood is sound with buttstock showing a fine professionally restored finish; forearm has a few tiny nicks and retains most of its orig finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Shows no evidence of having been used. 4-46297 JR102 (7,500-12,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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