[Mark Tyson]

A well made gun will last a long time, longer than you or I even.

What's the oldest gun that you own?

(Post a picture if you can!)

[Arty]

1878 Swiss Veterli rifle, 10.4mm (.41cal) Swiss Rimfire. Inherited from my grandfather who bought it as a teenager. Wood in great shape, Awesome trigger ... too bad nobody makes ammo or brass for the thing anymore ... but it looks great on the wall.

[willyjixx]

a winchester 1894. i think its a remake but it doesnt have a safety like some ive seen. this rifle in 30-30 is my favorite one of the few i own. passed down from my father. it will go to my son.

anyone think they can help me figure the manufacture date i will IM them the numbers


wow thanks to campergeek i now know i have a model 94 made in 1954. overall length is 37 inches.

thanks again!

[shermacman]

My Dad's 1938 Winchester bolt action .22 rifle. He poured hundreds of thousands of rounds through it. He won it as the prize for first place in the 1938 State of Oregon Junior marksmanship contest. I too have run at least a hundred thousand rounds through it. It is the most accurate gun out to one hundred yards that I own.

[jsalcedo]

1899 Mosin Nagant, still shoot it.

[rick newland]

1927 Browning Auto 5, 12 gauge that was bought by my great grandfather. I still use it every hunting season.

[Correia]

Argentine 1909 Mauser.
S&W 1917.

[Navy joe]

Rem-Rand 1911A1. Carry it, shoot the crap out of it. Made in 1945.

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

1). 1898 vintage Swedish Mauser, Oberndorf Mfg.

1). 1937 vintage Walther Sportmodell V, 22lr single shot.

3). 1936 production Winchester M12 in 16 ga, cased set.

The rest I decline to talk about. The 5th Amendment is still good for something around my house.

:D

Regards,
Rabbit.

[Majic]

1903 Swedish Mauser, a great shooter.
The oldest is a 1860 Colt Army, it looks like it ceased functioning soon after the Civil War.

[Andrew Wyatt]

Remington number 1 Rolling block, .50-70.


currently being rebarrelled in .45-70, so that i may finish its transformation into the tactical rolling block by adding tritium GR sights, a butt cuff, tactical sling, and flashlight.



I'm kidding about the flashlight.

[BowStreetRunner]

Model 1895 Nagant built in 1939 in Russia
still going strong!
BSR

[OEF_VET]

German Commission Model 1888, manufactured in Amberg, Germany in 1890.

[bobs1066]

1899 Carl G Swedish Mauser M96.

[huaco]

Winchester model 73, hopefully viewable at:

http://huaco.dr2.net/jguns.html

[natedog]

1/2 my guns are older than me!

1) Colt Officer's Model .38 Special, made in 1960
2) Winchester Model 12 20 gauge, made in 1951

[Betty]

B.S.A. Martini Cadet stamped "Commonwealth of Australia" - rechambered from .310 to .32/20.

It's dated somewhere between 1910-1921 (too lazy to take it out of the safe to look for a date right now).

I got it last Christmas from dad.

http://www.a-human-right.com/RKBA/cadet-betty_s.jpg

[natedog]

Here's the first

[natedog]

Here's the shotgun:

[Solinvictus70]

Wow! My dad has a Veterli. There was a recent article about them in the Shotgun News.

[cool45auto]

Right now my oldest is a 1944 Enfield rifle.

[Mike Irwin]

An Mle. 1873 11mm French Ordnance Revolver, date stamped 1876.

[Jay Bakerr]

1881 - Colt's Frontier .44 WCF, 4 34" bbl. Yep, still shoots, too.

J.B.

[S_O_Laban]

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13415&highlight=oldest+gun


Just for those that are interested , the link above takes you to a very similar thread earlier this year on this board

[H Romberg]

1873 Springfield Trapdoor. Next is the 1896 Krag. Both shoot great, but the Krag is a tack-driver. Minute of golf ball at 100yds with iron sights.

[foghornl]

1954 Romanian made Mosin-Nagant M-44
1955 IHC made US Rifle Cal .30 M-1
Marlin 99 .22LR I have no idea how old
Brother has grandad's Savage/Stevens 94B 16Ga shotty. Vintage again is unknown.
Sissy has an 8 or 9 shot .22Shorts only revo. Box of ammo with it was dated by Remington to be from 1966 manufacture.

[Gunner45]

Wow there are some vintage guns out there in THR land. The oldest gun I own is my 1971 Herstal HI-Power.

By the way very cool shooter Runt. Makes one want to pop Zulu dawn in the ol VCR.

Gunner45:D

[Gewehr98]

1871-vintage Remington Rolling Block, originally in .43 Spanish, now a Creedmoor Long Range in .45-70.

1898 U.S. Krag, with proper non-gun serial number range. ;)

1899-vintage Oberndorf M96 Swedish Mauser, one of my absolute favorites!

[rick newland]

Posted the auto 5 yesterday, today bought a nice 1917 Enfield. Cant shoot it till next weekend though.

[Hand_Rifle_Guy]

I got pix!

http://www.imageseek.com/sven/2003_04_19/hrg_.jpg

Over the right arm is a .44-40 Colt Lightning pump rifle, action open, circa 1884. Under the left hand is a MK. IV Webley, circa 1914. In hand is Sven's CZ-75, which is new, but's still a hoot to shoot!

'Nuther pic of the Webley, showing off a Mk. VI barrel.

http://www.imageseek.com/sven/2003_04_19/webley_.jpg

Thanking Sven for the cool pics from the April Bay Area Shoot.

My good friend Hally, with my Trapdoor Springfield. It's her favorite gun, hands down:

http://www.drunken-style.com/images/guns2/G_hal_moon.jpg

From DSP's "Guns 2; The Rifle edition." (http://www.drunken-style.com/events/guns2/guns2_main.html)

[CZ 75 BD]

in .38-40. Made in 1910. Son and I shoot it on occasion, but not often.

:cool:

[JGReed]

Winchester Model 94 in .32 Special. Manufactured in 1907. Shot it an awful lot when cowboy shooting in New England in the early 90's, but then they insisted on pistol caliber rifles so I haven't shot it much since then. Wish I had a pic.