BEAUTIFUL COLT LIGHTNING MEDIUM FRAME PUMP ACTION RIFLE.

BEAUTIFUL COLT LIGHTNING MEDIUM FRAME PUMP ACTION RIFLE. SN 15768. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blue finish with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, unusual replacement blade front sight and a Colt semi-buckhorn rear sight. Caliber marking is over chamber area with a rampant Colt logo on left side of receiver. Trigger guard is mounted with a manual safety. Rifle is mounted with nicely figured, straight grain American walnut with checkered, dbl fluted, 2-pc forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Last four digits of SN are in pencil on the buttstock under buttplate and stamped inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this rifle as found, shipped to N. Curry & Bros., San Francisco, Calif., April 13, 1886 in a 10-gun shipment. It is unusual to find such a western shipped gun in high condition such as this one. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, near new, possibly unfired. Bbl retains 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint muzzle & sharp edge wear. Magazine tube also retains 99% orig blue. Receiver retains 97-98% glossy orig blue with a few minor nicks & scratches, striation marks and some minor flaking. Bottom of receiver is slightly thinned. Hammer retains virtually all of its bright orig case colors. Buttplate is an unusual high-polished light blue color. Wood is sound with minor handling & storage marks and retains virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-38617 (11,500-16,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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
	2270	$13,800.00	BEAUTIFUL COLT LIGHTNING MEDIUM FRAME PUMP ACTION RIFLE. SN 15768. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blue finish with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, unusual replacement blade front sight and a Colt semi-buckhorn rear sight. Caliber marking is over chamber area with a rampant Colt logo on left side of receiver. Trigger guard is mounted with a manual safety. Rifle is mounted with nicely figured, straight grain American walnut with checkered, dbl fluted, 2-pc forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Last four digits of SN are in pencil on the buttstock under buttplate and stamped inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter identifying this rifle as found, shipped to N. Curry & Bros., San Francisco, Calif., April 13, 1886 in a 10-gun shipment. It is unusual to find such a western shipped gun in high condition such as this one. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, near new, possibly unfired. Bbl retains 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint muzzle & sharp edge wear. Magazine tube also retains 99% orig blue. Receiver retains 97-98% glossy orig blue with a few minor nicks & scratches, striation marks and some minor flaking. Bottom of receiver is slightly thinned. Hammer retains virtually all of its bright orig case colors. Buttplate is an unusual high-polished light blue color. Wood is sound with minor handling & storage marks and retains virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-38617 (11,500-16,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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