Description:

Antique Colt Lightning Medium Frame Slide Action 32-20 Rifle. This rifle is equipped with a 25.75” inch heavy, round barrel with a full-length magazine tube. The front blade sight is made of German silver and is coupled with an elevator-adjustable sporting rear sight. The barrel is roll-stamped with the two-line Colt, Hartford, four patent dates (1883-1887) and a .32 Cal. marking. The left side of the receiver has the stamped "Rampant Colt". Serial number can be found on the lower tang. The stocks are made from straight-grained walnut and the sliding two-piece forearm has finely bordered checkering. Caliber/ Gauge: .32 WCF (32-20) Serial Number: 28816 Working Order: Firearm has not been tested; Background Check: Not Required; Keywords: Firearms, Guns The original bluing, on all metal parts, rates at 85%. There is a patch of mild pitting on the right side of the receiver and on the trigger guard. The crescent-shaped butt-plate and lower tang exhibit some bluing loss. The barrel bore rates as excellent, semi-shiny with strong rifling. The action is solid and strong. Wood stocks rate as excellent with very minor handling marks and crisp checkering on the forearm. There does not appear to be any replaced parts on this fine Colt Lightning rifle.; Ref: BD1040

  • Dimensions: 25.75" Barrel
  • Circa: 1888
  • Notes: The Colt Lightning Carbine or Colt Lightning Rifle was a slide-action (pump-action) rifle manufactured by Colt from 1884 to 1904 and was originally chambered in .44-40 caliber. Colt eventually made the Lightning Rifle in three different frame sizes, to accommodate a wide range of cartridges, from .22 Short caliber 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 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.
  • Condition: The original bluing, on all metal parts, rates at 85%. There is a patch of mild pitting on the right side of the receiver and on the trigger guard. The crescent-shaped butt-plate and lower tang exhibit some bluing loss. The barrel bore rates as excellent, semi-shiny with strong rifling. The action is solid and strong. Wood stocks rate as excellent with very minor handling marks and crisp checkering on the forearm. There does not appear to be any replaced parts on this fine Colt Lightning rifle.

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