RARE COLT LIGHTNING BABY SADDLE RING CARBINE.

RARE COLT LIGHTNING BABY SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 68985. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blued finish with 20-1/4″ rnd lightweight bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Left side of frame has a staple & ring with rampant Colt logo. Left side of bbl and front edge of frame have British proofs. Made without manual safety. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with checkered, fluted forearm and uncheckered straight stock with carbine buttplate. Weight is 5 lbs. 7 oz. which is approx. one pound lighter than a standard carbine. Few of these baby carbines were produced out of the rather substantial production numbers for the medium frame Lightning. PROVENANCE: Ted Knee Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain strong dark blue in sheltered areas being mostly a thin blue/gray patina. Receiver retains about 85-87% glossy orig blue, strong on sides, thinning over the top and cleaned to a blue/gray patina on the bottom. Buttplate retains 75-80% orig blue. Wood is sound with a bruise and a few chips in the edges of the forearm and a small chip on toe of buttstock and overall retains a dark hand worn patina on forearm with 30-40% orig finish on buttstock with an oil stained wrist. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bore. 4-36567 JR354 (4,000-7,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2274	$4,025.00	RARE COLT LIGHTNING BABY SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 68985. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Blued finish with 20-1/4″ rnd lightweight bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight and reverse mounted 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Left side of frame has a staple & ring with rampant Colt logo. Left side of bbl and front edge of frame have British proofs. Made without manual safety. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with checkered, fluted forearm and uncheckered straight stock with carbine buttplate. Weight is 5 lbs. 7 oz. which is approx. one pound lighter than a standard carbine. Few of these baby carbines were produced out of the rather substantial production numbers for the medium frame Lightning. PROVENANCE: Ted Knee Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain strong dark blue in sheltered areas being mostly a thin blue/gray patina. Receiver retains about 85-87% glossy orig blue, strong on sides, thinning over the top and cleaned to a blue/gray patina on the bottom. Buttplate retains 75-80% orig blue. Wood is sound with a bruise and a few chips in the edges of the forearm and a small chip on toe of buttstock and overall retains a dark hand worn patina on forearm with 30-40% orig finish on buttstock with an oil stained wrist. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bore. 4-36567 JR354 (4,000-7,000) 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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