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Colt ''Lightning'' Small Frame Slide-Action Rifle

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:175.00 USD
Colt ''Lightning'' Small Frame Slide-Action Rifle
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Colt ''Lightning'' Small Frame Slide-Action Rifle, #83112, .22 S-L RF cal., 24'' octagonal barrel with standard sights has rare quarter-inch factory-threaded area at muzzle (likely for a flash hider), marked with maker's name, address and 1883-85-86-87 patent dates on top, and ''22 Cal.'' at left breech; half-length mag tube; receiver has sliding top ejection-port cover and integral loop trigger guard, marked ''83112'' on lower tang; two-piece oil-stained walnut stocks, sliding grip-forend with checkering, buttstock with checkered hard rubber carbine buttplate having the ''Rampant Colt'' logo. Mfg'd. ca. 1904, originally in full-blued finish. Condition is very good. Barrel and mag tube retain perhaps 15% original blue mixing with blue-brown patina, receiver with traces of blue. Stocks are solid with scattered marks, worn checkering, and an added coat of varnish; buttplate with very good checkering and worn logo details. Action is smooth; bore is dark showing overall black-powder erosion and shallow rifling. Est.: $350-$500. (C&R)