Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 1118
COLT, USA A SCARCE .22 (L/R) PUMP-ACTION SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL SPECIAL ORDER LIGHTNING, serial no. 28939,

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COLT, USA
A SCARCE .22 (L/R) PUMP-ACTION SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 'SPECIAL ORDER LIGHTNING', serial no. 28939,
for 1897, with expertly re-blued 24in. tapering octagonal barrel (Parker rifled and nitro reproved), the top-flat signed 'COLT'S PT. FA. MFG. CO. HARTFORD CT. USA' together with patent dates to 'FEB 22 '87', folding ring fore-sight with ivory tipped bead, dove-tail for rear-sight blanked off, drilled at breech for mounting blocks (blanking screws fitted), blued receiver with automatic sliding dust-cover, bronze loading gate, exposed hammer, folding 'LYMAN' aperture sight fitted to top-tang, fully chequered pistolgrip figured walnut butt-stock fitted with a chequered 'COLT' hard-rubber heel-plate, chequered walnut semi-schnabel pump-handle and under-barrel magazine.

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Estimate £400-600

S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act