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FINE COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTNING PUMP ACTION RIFLE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
FINE COLT MEDIUM FRAME LIGHTNING PUMP ACTION RIFLE.
SN 61757. Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Blue finish with 26" oct bbl, full magazine, German silver blade Rocky Mtn. front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with nicely figured American walnut with checkered, dbl schnable, 2-pc forearm and uncheckered straight stock with crescent buttplate. Rifle is made without manual safety using only the half cock notch in the hammer as a safety. While the medium frame Lightning was the highest production of the Lightning rifles they were usually working tools and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 97-98% strong orig blue with muzzle end and sharp edge wear with some light thinning over the chamber area and a series of small dings on one edge of the top flat; receiver retains 95-96% glossy orig blue with light sharp edge wear and some thinning over the top & bottom; top tang is also lightly thinned; buttplate is a silver patina; hammer retains very bright case colors. Wood is sound with a few light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-47746 JR346