Browse our wood samples to choose the best one for your Lightning Upgrade.

• Fancy Grade (one step above standard)
• Deluxe Grade (two steps above standard)
• Exhibition (top of the line)

Interested in engraving your Lightning Rifle? See our Lightning Rifle Engraving page.

The Premium Grade Lightning Carbine. Made with the shorter 20 inch barrel, the Lightning Carbines are easily packed into a hunting camp, on trail rides on horseback or out in the Florida mangrove.

Loading the Lightning with your favorite cartridge is safe and easy too. The Lightning loads with action open for safety - no loaded chamber. After loading, the rifle is then charged by racking the slide and bringing one cartridge up from the seamless magazine tube under the barrel. The Rifle is ready to fire. Practice Safe Gun Handling Skills.

In the 21st century USFA integrates advances in metallurgy, the precision of CNC machining and the craftsmanship of hand assembly to produce the Lightning today.

The start of any gun, rifle or pistol, begins with the selection of stocks or grips. The USFA Custom Shop maintains some of the highest quality wood for our custom gun customers. Imported from Turkey, all custom stock blanks are graded and selected forstrength, figure and wood quality.

USFA has 4 grades; Standard, Fancy, Deluxe & Exhibition. For those who know the best.

In the picture above a Lightning Rifle is being worked at the rifle benches. Hand filing of frames, barrels and stocks all done by a skilled hand. Achieving the right final contours, smooth actions, and finishes are the hallmark of USFA Premium Grades.