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Colt Medium Frame Lightning Slide Action Saddle Ring Carbine

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Colt Medium Frame Lightning Slide Action Saddle Ring Carbine
Manufactured in 1888. Blade front sight with a modified replacement buckhorn rear sight. The left side of the receiver is fitted with a saddle ring. The top of the barrel is marked with the line Hartford address/patent dates and the left rear is marked "44Cal." The left side of the receiver has a faint Rampant Colt. The serial number is marked on the lower tang. The upper tang has been drilled for a tang sight mount. Smooth straight grip stock and checkered forearm.
BBL: 20 inch round
Stock: walnut
Gauge: 44-40
Finish: blue
Grips:
Serial Number: 27154


Good. The carbine retains traces of faded original blue finish on the barrel and frame with the balance a smooth brown patina. The magazine tube and buttplate have a mottled gray patina. The tangs have a smooth gray patina and limited minor pitting on the frame. The revarnished stock is good with a textured appearance, a couple small absent chips near frame and a gash on the wrist, along with some scattered minor dings and scratches. The forearm is fine with some minor handling marks and some minor bruising in the overall crisp checkering.