Posted on 06/27/2019 6:10:13 AM PDT by w1n1
When you find a relic, will it go on your wall or is it a shooter? In this case a Colt Lighting rifle was raised from the dead.
Andre Will shared a video with us on this rare collection that he purchased and restored. The rifle was in fairly bad condition, covered by some sort of chemicals which caused deep rust and cracks, it was badly restored by the previous owner.
The Colt Lighting rifle is a slide pump-action rifle manufactured from 1884 to 1904 and was originally chambered in .44-40 caliber.
The rifle profile 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.
In the video Andre observed while he was cleaning up the rifle. Rust that was developed under the non-original finish almost destroyed the barrel and the magazine. Read the rest of 1886 Colt Lighting rifle.
The part about laser-welding the rust pits was interesting - love to see that sort of effort.
I thought I knew American guns but this one is new to me...
Can't believe how bad that poor thing was!
American Shooting Urinal once again trying to steal someone else’s thunder, hoping you’ll give them ‘clicks’ to see something that’s none of their doing (and w1n1 is their willing agent in the deception).
Skip giving ASU something they don’t deserve and go straight to the source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86356fRR1VY
First, steal a chicken...
Yeah, I knew about it because I have a Colt Lightning revolver (which my grandfather won in a poker game); the rifle parts are often mingled in the web searches when you look for the revolver parts.
Generally that's true - but sometimes you find a rifle that is in great shape except for the black powder-damaged bore. You can have a .44-40 barrel bored out and solder in a barrel liner to restore usability. Better than parting it out, in many cases. I rescued a beautiful (on the outside) Marlin 1897 half-octagon barrel that way; done correctly you'd be hard-pressed to see the repair.
Not even that. Am shooting journal and w1n1 steals someone elses bucket of fried chicken and then dumps it in their bucket and tries to sell it to you.
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