Owning a Lightning reproduction is WAY down on my list of priorities. But...
Back a few years ago when they were all the rage, it seemed, from the numerous reviews that I read, that USFA & Pedersoli were the two guns to beat. It also seemed that the USFA, according to those reviews, took a bit more TLC than the Pedersoli. I imagined, at the time, that USFA tried to stick to the original Colt specifications and that Pedersoli made some subtle improvements. But what do I know?
The original Colt Lightning was something less than a success. Interesting? Yes. Successful? No.
I guess what I am really asking here is which gun, USFA or Pedersoli, would you trust your life to?
(and again, I realize that there are very few among us, with the possible exception of Pettifogger, who can honestly offer us a comparison)