Video - Colt's Lightning rifle - The Firearms Forum

duelist1954 · 02-13-2012, 05:15 PM

Shooting USFA's version of the Colt Lightning rifle in .44-40.

This rifle is very tightly chambered, so I have to rack the slide with authority to chamber my B-P rounds with .429" bullets to get them to chamber fully. But I don't shoot this gun often enough to make it worth my while to size up some .427"s just for this rifle.

My buddy Roughshod has an original Lightning in .44-40 that won't chamber a round with a bullet bigger than .427", so I'm lucky this one will chamber them...usually.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANfglECLwpA

02-13-2012, 05:15 PM	#1
duelist1954 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 197	Video - Colt's Lightning rifle Shooting USFA's version of the Colt Lightning rifle in .44-40. This rifle is very tightly chambered, so I have to rack the slide with authority to chamber my B-P rounds with .429" bullets to get them to chamber fully. But I don't shoot this gun often enough to make it worth my while to size up some .427"s just for this rifle. My buddy Roughshod has an original Lightning in .44-40 that won't chamber a round with a bullet bigger than .427", so I'm lucky this one will chamber them...usually. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANfglECLwpA -->