Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Medium Frame dating: circa 1880 - 1890 proven...

Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Medium Frame dating: circa 1880 - 1890 provenance: USA Round, rifled, 26 gauge barrel, with adjustable rear sights and foresight, company marking and patents up to 1887, in two lines, caliber inscription at base '44 Cal.'. Frame with lower tang marked '26xxx'. Mechanics still working, loading gate partially blocked. Traces of burnishing, some notches.Wooden butt and fore-end. Not relevant hard rubber butt plate. One barrel bracket with loop. length 107,3 cm.