Colt Lightning .22 Caliber Straight Grip/Crescent Style Buttstock

Colt Lightning .22 Rifle
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This .22 rimfire rifle outsold the Medium and Large frame variations, and was the last of the slide-action rifles to be discontinued by Colt, in 1904. In this 17-year period 89,912 were made.

Colt Lightning Medium Frame Carbine Buttstock

Colt Lightning Medium Frame Carbine
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This was the first of the Lightning series, introduced in 1884. When phased out in 1902, exactly 89,777 had been produced, by factory records.

Colt Lightning Large Frame Rifle Buttstock

Colt Lightning Large Frame
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This rifle was featured by Colt as having a weight and caliber advantage for large game hunting. Colt touted this rifle, with its simple and "perfect" breech action as "making the Rifle absolutely safe against accidental explosion..."


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