RARE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTNING RIFLE.

RARE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTNING RIFLE. SN SFP30 & 82995. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mtn. front sight with German silver blade & semi-buckhorn rear sight. It has standard markings with the rampant Colt logo on left side of frame. Serial number on the bottom tang is struck at the factory with the San Francisco Police number. Mounted with straight grain uncheckered American walnut with 2-pc fluted forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Left side of the upper & lower tangs, under the wood is marked with the SN 82995. The last four digits of the SN are found on the right front edge of stock under the frame and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter fully identifying this rifle as found with the San Francisco Police SN on bottom tang, shipped to the Colt San Francisco Agency on June 24, 1898 in a shipment of 150 same type guns. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 80-85% orig blue,which is stronger on magazine tube. Receiver retains about 85% orig blue, strong & bright on left side, thinned with striation marks on right side and patinaed on bottom and bottom tang. Forearm has a chip on rear edge, otherwise wood is sound with usual handling & use marks and retains most of its orig hand worn finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-38397 (6,000-8,000)

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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	2272	$6,325.00	RARE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTNING RIFLE. SN SFP30 & 82995. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 26″ rnd bbl, full magazine, Rocky Mtn. front sight with German silver blade & semi-buckhorn rear sight. It has standard markings with the rampant Colt logo on left side of frame. Serial number on the bottom tang is struck at the factory with the San Francisco Police number. Mounted with straight grain uncheckered American walnut with 2-pc fluted forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Left side of the upper & lower tangs, under the wood is marked with the SN 82995. The last four digits of the SN are found on the right front edge of stock under the frame and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Colt factory letter fully identifying this rifle as found with the San Francisco Police SN on bottom tang, shipped to the Colt San Francisco Agency on June 24, 1898 in a shipment of 150 same type guns. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 80-85% orig blue,which is stronger on magazine tube. Receiver retains about 85% orig blue, strong & bright on left side, thinned with striation marks on right side and patinaed on bottom and bottom tang. Forearm has a chip on rear edge, otherwise wood is sound with usual handling & use marks and retains most of its orig hand worn finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-38397 (6,000-8,000) 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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