1883 Burgess® Rifle 20" .44-40

The product of a number of designs patented by Andrew Burgess between 1873 and 1882, the Colt®Burgess® Rifle was an enhancement of the Whitney-Burgess. Marketed by Colt®, the product had a short run, though no fault of its own. Colt® stopped making lever action guns in 1884 after producing only 3,810 rifles and 2,593 carbines, when Winchester, threatened by Colt's® encroachment into the lever action rifle business, made it known that it planned to go after Colt's® single-action revolver business. The Burgess® models feature a blued forged steel frame with blued parts, smooth walnut buttstock & forend, and octagonal barrel. The Burgess® is still a beloved model in many shooters' collections today with its classic lever action feel and unique action.