VERY RARE CASED COLT BABY LIGHTNING PUMP ACTION CARBINE.

VERY RARE CASED COLT BABY LIGHTNING PUMP ACTION CARBINE. SN 70206. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blue finish with 20″ lightweight tapered rnd bbl, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted carbine ladder rear sight graduated to 900 yards. Top of bbl has usual Lightning markings with caliber marking on left side at chamber area and British proofs on left side of bbl & left side of receiver. Left side of receiver also has a staple & ring with the rampant Colt logo. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with checkered dbl schnable 2-pc forearm and uncheckered straight carbine stock with carbine buttplate. Weight: 5 lbs. 7.36 oz. which is about 1 lb. lighter than the standard carbine. Accompanied by a fine English, burgundy felt lined, leather trunk case, compartmented in bottom for the carbine & several empty compartments. Front compartment contains a 3-pc wood handled brass cleaning rod. The orig handle has become detached and a replacement handle was apparently glued in place which is now detached and inside the case. Top & front of case have various steamship & train paper labels, one of which appears to be a steamship label hand written “Christiana to Hull”, along with the date “Sept. 3rd” and what appears to be “1917”. Front of case has a partial label “Great Northern Railway / To / Hull”. Front of case is mounted with a brass lock and the top is embossed with Olde English letters that appear to be “ECO”. CONDITION: Carbine is extremely fine, retaining virtually all of its strong orig factory finish with slight muzzle edge wear, a small chemical spot and a scratch on left side of bbl and a wear spot on front receiver ring along with some haloing around the staple & ring on receiver. Wood is sound with very minor handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig factory finish with the unused, whiskered look on butt stock. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may have been fired but if so very little. Case, with its detached handle as noted above, has loose stitching on bottom right edge, shows moderate wear with moderate to heavy soil. Interior is sound with light to moderate soil. 4-41248 JR85 (12,500-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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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	2240	$0.00	VERY RARE CASED COLT BABY LIGHTNING PUMP ACTION CARBINE. SN 70206. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blue finish with 20″ lightweight tapered rnd bbl, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted carbine ladder rear sight graduated to 900 yards. Top of bbl has usual Lightning markings with caliber marking on left side at chamber area and British proofs on left side of bbl & left side of receiver. Left side of receiver also has a staple & ring with the rampant Colt logo. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with checkered dbl schnable 2-pc forearm and uncheckered straight carbine stock with carbine buttplate. Weight: 5 lbs. 7.36 oz. which is about 1 lb. lighter than the standard carbine. Accompanied by a fine English, burgundy felt lined, leather trunk case, compartmented in bottom for the carbine & several empty compartments. Front compartment contains a 3-pc wood handled brass cleaning rod. The orig handle has become detached and a replacement handle was apparently glued in place which is now detached and inside the case. Top & front of case have various steamship & train paper labels, one of which appears to be a steamship label hand written “Christiana to Hull”, along with the date “Sept. 3rd” and what appears to be “1917”. Front of case has a partial label “Great Northern Railway / To / Hull”. Front of case is mounted with a brass lock and the top is embossed with Olde English letters that appear to be “ECO”. CONDITION: Carbine is extremely fine, retaining virtually all of its strong orig factory finish with slight muzzle edge wear, a small chemical spot and a scratch on left side of bbl and a wear spot on front receiver ring along with some haloing around the staple & ring on receiver. Wood is sound with very minor handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig factory finish with the unused, whiskered look on butt stock. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may have been fired but if so very little. Case, with its detached handle as noted above, has loose stitching on bottom right edge, shows moderate wear with moderate to heavy soil. Interior is sound with light to moderate soil. 4-41248 JR85 (12,500-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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