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Colt Large Frame Lightning Slide-Action Rifle

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,750.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Colt Large Frame Lightning Slide-Action Rifle
Auction Location:

16600 Aston Street
Irvine, CA
Colt Large Frame Lightning Slide-Action Rifle, #1678, .38-56-255 cal., 28'' octagonal barrel, blue finish, checkered two-piece forend, straight walnut stock, crescent buttplate, with dovetailed hunting style front sight and sporting style rear sight. Top barrel flat is roll stamped ''COLTS PT.F.A. MFG.CO. HARTFORD CT. U.S.A. / PATENTED MAY 29. SEPT 18.83. MAY 26.85. JUNE 15.86 FEB 22.87''. Caliber designation is marked in script ''38-56-255'' in large numerals on left barrel flat below the rear sight, with Rampant Colt to left sideplate. Mfg'd 1888. Condition is fine. Barrel and mag tube retain approx. 75%-80% thinning and toning blue with wear and small impressions to high edges, as well as most of the thinning and losses to the mag tube. Frame retains approx. 40%-45% blue with scattered red oxidation and moderate scratching. Hammer with trace amounts of case colors still visible. Barrel address, caliber designation and serial number remain well defined. Stock and forend with patches of oil darkening, dings, mars and other normal signs of age and use; left forend grip panel with a small hairline crack to bottom edge. Action is crisp, bore is dark with general corrosion; rifling remains sharp. Est.: $3,500-$5,000. (Antique)