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COLT OPEN TOP LIGHTNING 44 RIFLE

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
COLT OPEN TOP LIGHTNING 44 RIFLE
SERIAL 12136. BARREL 26". CALIBER 44-40. MADE IN 1885 2ND YEAR PRODUCTION. Standard features include full octagon barrel and magazine, open top with no dust cover, correct sporting sights, blue finish, walnut stock with rifle butt and two piece checkered forearm. Condition. The entire surface of metal is a smooth blue brown crisp patina with some light freckles. Bore is extremely clean and sharp. Forearm is excellent, no cracks, checkered has smoothed out a bit but very visible. Stock is excellent, proud to metal, with some minor dings and impressions. There are two small brass screws precisly placed on both sides of the wrist but they do not seem to be any type of repair as we can see no cracks or damages as if something, like a weird sight, had once been attached. Overall, a very clean and early 44. ANTIQUE