How many of your guns are over 100?

[troy fairweather]

Just thinking about how many guns i have that are 100 years old or older. Did some quick math, 29% are over 100. About 15% are antiques. Some are very close to there 100th birthday to.

Id like to know what others have, and do you still shoot them,

 

[stringnut]

Good question Troy. This could be fun. We don't have any that have hit 100 yet. The oldest is a Winchester model 61 made in 1936, so, it is 83. Wife's model 99 Savage and my Remington 121 are early 1950s. They all are shot.

 

[troy fairweather]

Maybe should add any over 50 to, makes for about 75% of mine are over 50.

 

[P5 Guy]

Over 100 none, over 50 six.

 

[Rick in Iowa]

I have seven as best I can remember.
Two Finn M39 Mosins with receivers over 100.
One M91/30 Russian Mosin (hex receiver).
Two Swiss K11 Carbines.
One 96/11 Swiss.
One Swiss 1911 Rifle.

 

[BigBore44]

22 over 100. Maybe 5-10 more over 50. Could be more. I don’t have my inventory list at work.

 

[Starter52]

I have quite a few over 50 years old, but only one centurian; a S&W revolver from 1912. I still take it to the range a few times each year.

 

[rust collector]

I have one Colt that is over 150 and a couple rifles over 100.

 

[jar]

Seven handguns at or older than 100. Another nine or ten additional from before VE Day. I shoot all of them pretty regularly.

Overall about half of my handguns are 50 years old or older.

Sold all the long guns since it's been a couple decades since I used one of them

Just some PRON:

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[Chevelle SS]

I have 8.
A Triple Lock
A 1918 DWM Luger
A 1884 Trapdoor
A 1906 M96
A Gras converted to 8mm Lebel
2 Iver Johnson Champions in 16ga dated from 1909 to 1919
A 1890 1888 Commission Rifle

I shoot all of these except for the Triple Lock which I just picked up and the Commission Rifle which I am trying to find the enbloc clips for.

I also have a Spanish ruby copy produced from 1919 to 1921 but the firing pin assembly is broken.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Just 4 at the moment- M1903 (1918), M1917 (1918), Enfield (1918), and Luger (1917).

 

[Catman42]

2 singlebarrel 12 guage shot guns are that age or older. both have as good a group as a expensive shot gun from today. one cost 70 dollars and the other 90 dollars. well worth the money.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Less than a dozen. About 20 are over fifty.

 

[CDMCKY]

The only things I own which are over 100 years old are 26 vintage
US Flags in my collection of 46, but my oldest gun is only 28 (a
stainless Colt Delta Gold Cup 10mm).

 

[Flintshooter]

Six over fifty for sure. The oldest would be a single barrel .410 made by the Bridge Gun Co. After that is dad’s double barrel Stevens 311 12 gauge bought new in 1933.
There is a Stevens Favorite that could well be 100+ but since I’m not sure I’ll lump it in the over fifty group.
I have had an original 1795 Springfield that, if I still had it would be over 200 years old. A burglary in 1999 cost me three originals that were late 19th century at the newest.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

2 are 100 or more, a 1919 Colt Pocket Auto, and a 1916 DWM Luger. Several over 50.

 

[Rembrandt]

146 year old Martini Enfield, son brought back from Kabul, Afghanistan.

 

[reddog81]

At least 12 over 100. All have been shot at least once, most a couple of times.
A couple of early Colt autos - M1911, 1903 Hammerlesses and a 1903 Pocket Hammer.
A couple of Colt revelovers - New Service, Police Positive, Officers model.
A handful of S&W 38 & 32 double actions.
A Luger and an early Springfield M1903

One of the 38 Double Actions is pushing 140 and I've brought it to the range a number of times. The Colt Police Positive in is surprisingly accurate with a 148 grain hollowbase wadcutter. The old Officer's Model has sights like a rifle - tiny post up front and small opening of the rear. It works pretty well for shooting a gong at 100 yards. The Colt M1911 has a replaced Remington Rand slide that was accurized at some point, had target sights added is very accurate. I've probably put close to 2,000 rounds down range with it.

 

[Mike M.]

I'm not quite sure how old my Wogdon & Barton flintlock dueller is...but that firm ceased operations around 1805.

And yes, the gun is a shooter. It's my competition gun for the 'Cominazzo" match at the World Muzzle-Loading Championships. Not that I shoot it much, I've got repros for training. I might put 150 rounds through it per year. I'll see if I can do a photo.

 

[Speedo66]

One, a Winchester '73, 130 years old. Had it to the range last week and it still operates and shoots like a gun half its age. lol

The buttplate trapdoor for the cleaning rod pieces in the stock makes a convenient storage spot for four cartridges.

 

[WestKentucky]

4 I think. 3 for sure.

Colt new line 22- 1870s
S&W safety hammerless- 1896
White Powder Wonder 16ga- 1890s
Unmarked 22 bolt rifle, was my grandfathers grandfathers gun. Paw is 94 years young and it was used when given to him when he was about 8. Sturdy build but so-so finish, likely European manufacture shortly before ww1.

 

[Legionnaire]

None. My dad and his dad weren't shooters, so no family heirlooms. I didn't get into shooting to any great extent until I was almost 30, and I never got the bug to collect older firearms. I do have a couple of Uberti Colt replicas, but they are comparatively new manufacture. My oldest rifle is an early 70's (edit: early 60's) 700 in 7mm Rem Mag, and my oldest handgun is an unconverted 1957 Ruger Blackhawk.

 

[indy1919a4]

I'm not quite sure how old my Wogdon & Barton flintlock dueller is...but that firm ceased operations around 1805.

And yes, the gun is a shooter. It's my competition gun for the 'Cominazzo" match at the World Muzzle-Loading Championships. Not that I shoot it much, I've got repros for training. I might put 150 rounds through it per year. I'll see if I can do a photo.

Any chance of getting a few photos there ... Amazing gun are one of those tools I know that can be 100 - 200 years old, and people will get miffy if they are not in working order...

 

[jar]

View attachment 857530 View attachment 857531 View attachment 857533 View attachment 857532 One, a Winchester '73, 130 years old. Had it to the range last week and it still operates and shoots like a gun half its age. lol

The buttplate trapdoor for the cleaning rod pieces in the stock makes a convenient storage spot for four cartridges.

Black Rifle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[22250Rem]

This is gonna be a fun thread. Here there are currently three that are 100 years old or more. A 1908 Brazilian Mauser; 1908 was the contract year, IIRC, and they were made for a few years after that to fulfill the contract. A mint Mod. 96 Swedish Mauser that's 100 years old this year. It's now on the consignment rack at the LGS but hasn't sold yet so I still own it. And last but not least an Erfurt Luger from 1916. Thought I had more that age but I was wrong. Got pix right here on the computer....... -1908 Brazilian.... and a circa 1919 Swede... and a 1916 Luger --. ..