This Colt Lightning was manufactured in 1878 and has the desirable German silver blade front sight, etched panel caliber marking, one-piece checkered rosewood grip, and six inch barrel. It also has the standard two-line barrel address, a bullseye ejector head, the assembly number "520" on the loading gate, and "38 CAL" on the left rear of the trigger guard. It has a high polish commercial blue finish on the barrel, cylinder, trigger guard, and back strap, a casehardened frame, niter blued hammer, screws, and trigger. Interestingly, it is not marked with the patent information on the frame. Included is a survey form marked "Return to Bruce E. Skinner".