Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available.This is a most attractive Colt Lightning Magazine Slide-Action Rifle, with a lovely Antique glow around it. The serial number 82813 stamped on the trigger guard indicates manufacture in 1898. The 26" Octagonal barrel is marked .38 Cal. above the chamber, indicating that this rifle is in .38-40 Winchester, a popular caliber of the time. It features a nice "Semi-Buckhorn" rear sight, with a replacement front sight by MARBLE.
The top of the barrel is marked with the manufacturer information, which is clear:
COLT'S PT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD. CT. U.S.A.
PATENTED MAY 29. SEPT.18.83 MAY 26.85 JUNE 15.89 FEB 22.87
Stocks are in very good condition, with a great patina and the reddish-brown color of aged oiled walnut. Offered with a crisp tight action in fully functional condition. Metal work is good, with a lot of the finish intact, and just a bit of peppering in the lovely gray patina. Barrel markings are fully legible. Bore is mostly bright with clear lands and grooves, with just a bit of wear and oxidation.
Fully cleaned and ready for display!
More on the Colt Lightning Rifle:
The Colt Lightning Magazine 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 somewhat 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. Two versions were offered: a rifle with a 26 in (66 cm) barrel and 15-round magazine, and a carbine with a 20 in (51 cm) barrel and 12-round magazine.
Year of Manufacture: 1898
Caliber: .38-40 Winchester
Cartridge Type: Centerfire Cartridge
Barrel Length: 26 Inches
Overall Length: 43 Inches
Action type: Slide Action Repeater
Feed System: 15-round tube magazine
Note: This gun is NOT considered obsolete calibre, so we are no able to ship to the United Kingdom. Please note that for international shipping, these MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services.
- This product is not available for shipping in US state(s): New Jersey
This product is available for international shipping.
Note: This gun is NOT considered obsolete calibre, so we are no able to ship these to the United Kingdom.
IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. No FFL, C&R or any license is required to possess, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world.
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