EXTRAORDINARY COLT LIGHTNING MEDIUM FRAME CARBINE.

EXTRAORDINARY COLT LIGHTNING MEDIUM FRAME CARBINE. SN 43944. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Half nickel finish with 20-1/4″ bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Left side of receiver has a staple & ring and the rampant Colt logo. Mounted with nicely figured straight grain American walnut with checkered dbl fluted forearm and straight stock with carbine buttplate. Finish is half nickel with blued bbl & magazine tube, nickeled receiver, slide rail, trigger, hammer & buttplate. Loading gate, staple & ring are also nickel. Screws are fire-blued. Weight 6 lbs. 0.6 oz. While the medium frame Lightnings were produced in fairly large numbers there were fewer carbines produced than rifles. Usually carbines, being shorter & handier, saw hard use and are rarely found in high orig finish. Half nickel guns, such as this one, were usually for presentation to someone special or as a prop for a trick shooter. This carbine appears to have the bbl address & caliber markings either fully or partially engraved and the rampant Colt on left side of receiver appears to be pantograph applied, indicating an extraordinary restoration. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, as noted above. Overall retains about 98-99% strong restored blue on bbl, magazine tube & band. Nickeled parts retain virtually all of their fine restored nickel plating. Wood is sound with a few minor handling & storage marks and retains most of its fine custom finish. Screws retain generous amounts of their fine fire-blue. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-38616 (5,500-9,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

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
	2091	$0.00	EXTRAORDINARY COLT LIGHTNING MEDIUM FRAME CARBINE. SN 43944. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Half nickel finish with 20-1/4″ bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Left side of receiver has a staple & ring and the rampant Colt logo. Mounted with nicely figured straight grain American walnut with checkered dbl fluted forearm and straight stock with carbine buttplate. Finish is half nickel with blued bbl & magazine tube, nickeled receiver, slide rail, trigger, hammer & buttplate. Loading gate, staple & ring are also nickel. Screws are fire-blued. Weight 6 lbs. 0.6 oz. While the medium frame Lightnings were produced in fairly large numbers there were fewer carbines produced than rifles. Usually carbines, being shorter & handier, saw hard use and are rarely found in high orig finish. Half nickel guns, such as this one, were usually for presentation to someone special or as a prop for a trick shooter. This carbine appears to have the bbl address & caliber markings either fully or partially engraved and the rampant Colt on left side of receiver appears to be pantograph applied, indicating an extraordinary restoration. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, as noted above. Overall retains about 98-99% strong restored blue on bbl, magazine tube & band. Nickeled parts retain virtually all of their fine restored nickel plating. Wood is sound with a few minor handling & storage marks and retains most of its fine custom finish. Screws retain generous amounts of their fine fire-blue. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-38616 (5,500-9,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 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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