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Colt Lightning Carbine

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"I Have This Old Gun" - Historic Colt Lightning Pump Carbine - Gun Valuation

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Shooting the Colt Lightning .44-40 Medium Frame rifle Manf. 1885

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COLT LIGHTNING-SMALL FRAME PUMP ACTION RIFLE-.22 CALIBER-MFG 1901

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antique colt lightning rifle 22cal

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Colt 1855 Revolving Carbine

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 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.