Now, I may be a little loco
, but what I was wonderin' to myself about last night would be the feasibility of a "shooter's grade" lightning (a "Rodeo" version Lightning, if you will). Since so much of the production costs come from the painstaking act of polishing the steel for a nice finish (as I understand), how come a matte black finished Lightning with standard grade walnut wouldn't be possible/practical? I wouldn't worry near so much about having it on my guncart or getting dinged a little bit.
What I would dearly love would be a "baby carbine" - a la 16" bbl. - in one of these beauties. Anyway, like I say - maybe I'm loco after all.....
BTW, I do l-o-v-e the finish and look of the premium Lightnings, but I also love the f/f of the SAAs... budget and 4 kids preclude me from partaking, however
slinger