RARE COLOR CASE HARDENED COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTING PUMP ACTION RIFLE.

RARE COLOR CASE HARDENED COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTING PUMP ACTION RIFLE. SN 41940. Cal. 38 CLMR (38-40). Beautiful deluxe rifle with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, half magazine, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top of bbl has the 2-line Colt name & address with patent numbers and has the caliber marking on the top left flat over the chamber area, made without safety except the half cock notch & the hammer. Mounted with extremely beautiful, streaky, honey & chocolate French walnut with checkered dbl schnable 2-pc forearm and straight stock with crescent steel buttplate. Bottom of stock has a small rnd German silver plate engraved in period script “S.P. GUION”. SN was observed on bottom tang and inside top tang under the wood, in pencil inside top tang channel of the buttstock and inside buttplate. Receiver, trigger plate & bottom tang are beautifully color case hardened. The medium frame Colt Lightning rifle was produced in fairly large numbers although not so much so in comparison to comparable Winchesters of the same era. Extremely few are known with color case hardened receivers and of those very few have deluxe checkered wood. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain virtually all of their strong, orig, factory blue with one small area of scattered rust on left side of bbl about 4″ from the muzzle, otherwise it shows only faint sharp edge wear; receiver, hammer, trigger plate & trigger guard retain just about all of their strong orig case colors, very bright in sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; top tang is fading with some light surface rust; bottom tang is lightly to moderately faded; wood is sound with a few, very light handling & storage nicks & scratches and a couple of small bruises on each side of buttstock and overall retains about all of its brilliant factory finish; buttplate retains about 50% orig blue with the balance flaked, not worn, to a medium patina. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with moderate pitting. 4-44531 JR334 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 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
	2158	$27,600.00	RARE COLOR CASE HARDENED COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTING PUMP ACTION RIFLE. SN 41940. Cal. 38 CLMR (38-40). Beautiful deluxe rifle with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, half magazine, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top of bbl has the 2-line Colt name & address with patent numbers and has the caliber marking on the top left flat over the chamber area, made without safety except the half cock notch & the hammer. Mounted with extremely beautiful, streaky, honey & chocolate French walnut with checkered dbl schnable 2-pc forearm and straight stock with crescent steel buttplate. Bottom of stock has a small rnd German silver plate engraved in period script “S.P. GUION”. SN was observed on bottom tang and inside top tang under the wood, in pencil inside top tang channel of the buttstock and inside buttplate. Receiver, trigger plate & bottom tang are beautifully color case hardened. The medium frame Colt Lightning rifle was produced in fairly large numbers although not so much so in comparison to comparable Winchesters of the same era. Extremely few are known with color case hardened receivers and of those very few have deluxe checkered wood. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain virtually all of their strong, orig, factory blue with one small area of scattered rust on left side of bbl about 4″ from the muzzle, otherwise it shows only faint sharp edge wear; receiver, hammer, trigger plate & trigger guard retain just about all of their strong orig case colors, very bright in sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; top tang is fading with some light surface rust; bottom tang is lightly to moderately faded; wood is sound with a few, very light handling & storage nicks & scratches and a couple of small bruises on each side of buttstock and overall retains about all of its brilliant factory finish; buttplate retains about 50% orig blue with the balance flaked, not worn, to a medium patina. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with moderate pitting. 4-44531 JR334 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 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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