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Antique Colt Lightning Large-Frame Rifle

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,500.00 USD
Antique Colt Lightning Large-Frame Rifle
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Antique Colt Lightning Large-Frame Slide-Action Rifle, #6466, .45-85-285 CF cal., blued 28'' octagonal barrel, with buckhorn style open sights, marked with maker's name, address, and 1883-85-86-87 patent dates in two lines on top flat, and ''45-85-285'' in script at left breech; blued tubular cartridge magazine; blued receiver with sliding bolt is marked with serial number on lower tang; oil-stained two-piece checkered walnut sliding forearm, matching buttstock with steel crescent buttplate. Mfg'd 1894. Condition is very good. Barrel, mag tube and receiver retain approx. 70% thinning blue; buttplate shows a smooth gunmetal patina. Metal with general very light pitting and has been lightly cleaned, leaving some surface scratching. Barrel address is partially obscured but still legible. Stocks are sound and smooth showing light marks of age and use, nice grain and color, and a later coat of varnish. Right side of forend with about a 1'' hairline crack at the lower edge. Action is stout and smooth; bore is lightly pitted with defined rifling. The large-frame Lightning rifle is the scarcest slide-action model Colt; this one is among the very last of the 6,496 made. Est.: $3,000-$5,000. (Antique)