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The Colt Lightning Carbine or Colt Lightning Rifle was a slide-action (pump-action) rifle manufactured by Colt from 1884 until 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 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. It is however reported to have been used by American forces in the Spanish-American War, most likely as privately purchased weapons.

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Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle

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Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Small Frame

Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Small Frame

Colt-Lightning Rifle Function

Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Small Frame

Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Small Frame

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Lightning rifle breech open

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle		Commons
commons	image		Lightning Carbine 44 cal		Commons
commons	image		Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Small Frame		Commons
commons	image		Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Small Frame		Commons
commons	image		Colt-Lightning Rifle Function		Commons
commons	image		Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Small Frame		Commons
commons	image		Colt Lightning Slide Action Rifle, Small Frame		Commons
commons	image		Colt Rifles		Commons
commons	image		Colt- Lightning .22 Rifle		Commons
commons	image		Lightning rifle breech open		Commons