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1884-1904 Colt USA Lightning .44-40 Calibre Medium Frame Pump Action Rifle. **EARLY UK 1989 DEACTIVATION CERTIFICATED**D 1537 - D 1537 The Colt Lightning Carbine or Colt Lightning Rifle was a slide-action (pump-action) rifle manufactured by Colt from 1884 until 1904 and was originally chambered in .44-40 calibre. Colt eventually made the Lightning Rifle in three different frame sizes, to accommodate a wide range of cartridges, from .22 Short calibre and .38-40 to .50-95 Express. Its profile resembles the pump-action rimfire rifles made by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and Remington Arms. The Lightning saw use as a sporting arm in America and was adopted for use by the San Francisco Police Department, but was never as popular or as reliable as the various lever-action rifles of its day. The medium-frame Colt Lightning Magazine Rifle was manufactured between 1884 and 1904. It was the first slide-action rifle offered by Colt. Colt records indicate 89,777 were produced, in .32-20, .38-40, and .44-40 as a companion arm to the Colt Single Action Army revolver. This medium framed 44-40 model is in very nice condition. The woodwork only has some very minor age related marks mainly to the underside of the stock. The metalwork retains the majority of its original blueing. ‘COLT’S PT F.A.M.FG.CO HARTFORD CT . U.S.A.’ and patents are stamped to the top of the barrel along with 44 CAL. The serial No 33452 is stamped on the bottom tang. De-activated to early UK specification in 1989, the rifle’s pumps action works crisply and it cocks and dry fires. It has an open barrel, over bored with a pin at the breech. The price includes UK delivery and deactivation certificate. D 1537
£1,495.00
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