COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTNING SADDLE RING CARBINE.

COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTNING SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 50216. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade carbine with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight & reverse mounted orig carbine ladder rear sight. Left side of receiver has rampant Colt roll marking and a staple & ring. Carbine is without manual safety, utilizing only the safety notch in the hammer. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered, shell grain American walnut buttstock with checkered dbl schnable forearm & straight stock with carbine buttplate. Right side of buttstock has an empty 3″ x 1-1/8″ brass plaque, apparently for a presentation which was never engraved. SN is on bottom tang, left side of top tang under the wood, on the face of buttstock under the metal and last four digits of matching number inside the buttplate. This carbine appears to have hung over a fireplace because when it was taken in consignment it was covered with a heavy coating of soot which we have partially cleaned. There also appears to have been a coating of shellac over the metal in years past. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Metal retains what appears to be a very old refinish under the coating of shellac. Stock has an old crack in the wrist, a plugged sling swivel hole in bottom of stock and a repaired crack in the forearm and overall the wood retains about all of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, sharp bore with good shine that may clean a lot better. 4-47009 JR358 (2,000-3,000)

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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	1364	$3,162.50	COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTNING SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 50216. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade carbine with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight & reverse mounted orig carbine ladder rear sight. Left side of receiver has rampant Colt roll marking and a staple & ring. Carbine is without manual safety, utilizing only the safety notch in the hammer. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered, shell grain American walnut buttstock with checkered dbl schnable forearm & straight stock with carbine buttplate. Right side of buttstock has an empty 3″ x 1-1/8″ brass plaque, apparently for a presentation which was never engraved. SN is on bottom tang, left side of top tang under the wood, on the face of buttstock under the metal and last four digits of matching number inside the buttplate. This carbine appears to have hung over a fireplace because when it was taken in consignment it was covered with a heavy coating of soot which we have partially cleaned. There also appears to have been a coating of shellac over the metal in years past. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Metal retains what appears to be a very old refinish under the coating of shellac. Stock has an old crack in the wrist, a plugged sling swivel hole in bottom of stock and a repaired crack in the forearm and overall the wood retains about all of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, sharp bore with good shine that may clean a lot better. 4-47009 JR358 (2,000-3,000) 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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