Colt Lightning Express serial # 58X

has a really nice bright bore, hope it shoots well. needs to go down to montana and find an elk, and hopefully a moose up here.

i have a tang sight ready to put on it.

Dang Cable! You find the best stuff; wasn't there a recent article in "RIFLE" or "HANDLOADER" that spoke to the 50-95?
bob

now I "want" one...

There's all kinds of cool things up that way. Thanks for sharing.

but never had a clue they made one that big !!!!

That looks like an awful lot of fun and a very cool piece of history. I have never shot a large frame Lightning, or a small one, but have put quite a few rounds through a medium frame in 44/40 after repairing it's extractor. It was great fun to use it for a cowboy action match and take out squirrel hunting. Would love to pick up one of the reproductions in 357.

venturinos articles from the past.

reworked but now it shoots like a dream.

i have never had or used a small frame 22 lightning......i really would like one, but good ones are rare.

Should be a great moose bear gun & cartridge combo.

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

the idea has been the problem now for several years !

black tail hunting here, tho I ran 5 out of the yard early this morning.

I do like pump rifles, tho I own none right now; my grail search is a Rem 760 in .257Bob at a reasonable price. Mebbe seeing Uncle Bud drop everything, including jumped pheasants, with his .270 had something to do with the lust!
bob

you. i peruse the proxibid auctions all the time. that is where i found this 50/95 from a site in california.

Neat - what about ammo ?? My old Ctg of the World says the round was popular with hunters.

have an original model 1876 in 50/95.

teddy roosevelt had one when he was living out west and it was popular until repeaters in 45/70 came along.

I can't remember the last large frame Lightning I have seen.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

I have had the privilege of handling and even owning some pretty rare and impressive firearms. I have never, ever seen one of those. Really neat, Doc! Really neat!

out there. not many were made and not all survived of course. i have bid on the 50/95s before but they were at places that get the big money and crowds and i wasnt really in the running.

my son sure is going to inherit some unusual and hard to find items.

and i get to play with them too.

That is great!

Has a perfect bore and is scary accurate. I had a friend with a collection of Lightnings in all sizes, never got to shoot any of his though and he has passed on, with his grandson selling off everything at auction. Unfortunately, I had no where near sufficient funds to pick up any of his Colts. Look forward to seeing some reports on shooting yours, on the range and in the field.

i have been after one of these for years, and bid on them, but most often they went for three times or more my top bid. this one wasnt cheap, but still cost less than most original 1886 winchesters, etc are bringing these days. i will have fun with it, and i do think it will be appreciate quite nicely in the long run, as most really uncommon firearms like this do