Older Than Me
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Bill_in_TR
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I have one shotgun that is older than my 77 years. It is a Lefever side by side twelve gauge.
jar
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Fewer and fewer every year it seems. Not too long ago over half were older than me but now it's down to just 25. And yes they all work and all get shot at least once a season and quite a few of them are among my regular carry choices.
Dave DeLaurant
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After consulting my spreadsheet and making a couple educated guesses when in doubt, I come up with
28 (of 69) longarms and 15 (of 40) handguns owned that are younger than me.
I had initially thought the percentage of old stuff might be even higher. Not sure whether this signifies anything, but it made for an interesting (and brief) mental exercise.
28 (of 69) longarms and 15 (of 40) handguns owned that are younger than me.
I had initially thought the percentage of old stuff might be even higher. Not sure whether this signifies anything, but it made for an interesting (and brief) mental exercise.
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CapnMac
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As in the other thread, about half my safe is older than I am.
This does suggest adding a column or two to my firearms spreadsheet to do the actual math.
This does suggest adding a column or two to my firearms spreadsheet to do the actual math.
hawg
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Most of my guns are older than me. Some were made in the mid 19th century and all still function.
LimaCharlie
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I am seventy-seven and have three operational handguns older than me, A Colt SAA from 1919, A Colt Vest Pocket 25 from 1915, and a Colt New Service 45 Colt/45 ACP from 1936.
Dave DeLaurant
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Good idea, me too!
I did my current 'inventory' spreadsheet to help my wife figure out how badly she was being cheated on values after I passed, and to a lesser extent to keep track of my spending vs. time. Since she thwarted me and went first, I need to rethink the data columns I've used up until now and maybe add a few new ones.
GBExpat
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Quick count: __ , no ... better to just say that ~43% of mine fall within the Older category.
CapnMac
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Yeah, I'm thinking "Production Date"--the +avg() won't tell you much, but the +min() and +max() will be cool.
And, I'm thinking a column of +if([cell]<[year],1, 0). The +sum() of that column wuld give younger than [year], which could give an average or a percentage you your discretion.
Dave DeLaurant
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I added a column to my spreadsheet awhile back to include the year of production where known, either from markings or SN/date table. Actually, most of this column remains blank so far.
You've started me thinking along the line of either adding bracketed start-stop production dates or simply the year of introduction. I'll have to ponder a bit more before deciding how I want to do this.
OCD mea culpa.
Appalachiannative
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Having been born in 1990 a long with having a taste for the classics I'm pretty sure my entire gun collection is older than me with the exception of my black powder revolver. My deer rifle is my Stevens 325 A made only in 1950 and 1951. My oldest gun was made in the 1850's as a musket then converted into a "Zulu shotgun" in the 1880's or 1890's I'm not sure. Most of my collection is from the 1950's, through 1980's. I have a Remington model 11 16 gauge from 1931. All my guns are fireable
Bill_in_TR
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Hmmmmmmm. You have 8 over 100 but you didn't say they are older than you. But you have a dozen that are older than you. Do we have a centarian among us?
hutch51
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Three Mosins
1927
1942
Unknown - original numbers mostly ground off. Has the US numbers so still legal.
EDT: Me 72.
1927
1942
Unknown - original numbers mostly ground off. Has the US numbers so still legal.
EDT: Me 72.
So you are an antique as well.
I only have 2 rifles older than me, a 52C Winchester and the Remington 513T Targetmaster. Not really sure on the Winchester though.
Riomouse911
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The ones I know are older than me in the safes; Win Mod 12 16 ga, Lefever Nitro Special 16 ga, Savage .410, Rem No 4 .22, Mauser k98 8mm Mauser, Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I .303, Remington 722 .257 Roberts, Saginaw Steering M1 Carbine, two SA M1 Garands, a Spanish Mauser in 7.62, Remington Sportsman 48 12 ga, two Remington 1100’s in 12 ga, a Wingmaster 870 12 ga, a S&W pre Mod 10 M&P .38 Spl, and a Marlin 39a Golden Mountie .22 that is older than me by a year.
I believe some of my S&W no-dash and early-dash revolvers predate my birth; Models 57, 37, and 17-2, but I havent checked the dates.
Stay safe.
I believe some of my S&W no-dash and early-dash revolvers predate my birth; Models 57, 37, and 17-2, but I havent checked the dates.
Stay safe.
tark
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Waaaaay too many to count! Or at least too many to count at 3:30 AM, which it what time it is now!!! I am 75 years old. My oldest is a Remington #2 rolling block in .32 rimfire. It has no serial # and was probably made shortly after the Civil War.
johnjohn
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Only 2 I can think of : my 1873 "trapdoor" Springfield , and my grandfathers single shot 12 gauge he bought in 1900 don't know fi it was new or used.
doubleh
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I have a flint lock pistol that I "suppose" is from the late 1700's-early 1800's era. No way I know to really tell. I also have a Colt 1860 Army that was used in the Civil War and a S&W 3rd model Russian that someone turned into a "belly" gun. My oldest modern gun, meaning smokeless powder, is a Winchester 94 saddle ring carbine which was made in 1919. I have my dad's model 12 Remington which is the first gun I ever fired as a little kid. I have the serial number list to tell when it was made but haven't bothered with checking to see if it predates me or not. I have no idea of the rounds that the Remington has fired over the years but it has been a bunch and it still works perfectly. The others are just to look at.
LOLHmmmmmmm. You have 8 over 100 but you didn't say they are older than you. But you have a dozen that are older than you. Do we have a centarian among us?
well since I stated in my post that I was born in December of 65 you wouldn't thunk the math is that hard.
I'm 57 so yes the ones that are over 100 are older than me also another dozen that are over 57.
So 8+12=20 total guns older than me for those youngsters that have been subjected to new math.
Bill_in_TR
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Sorry. I just had to yank your chain because of the way you worded it. I'm too old to do any kind of math. It makes my hair hurt.
CapnMac
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In poking around on mine, the best format--for me at least--looks to be 4 digit year number, for not needing to be interpreted out of Julian date or from text strings.
Kind of fun, if distracting, to go find general production years off of s/n.
To not skew things with blank entries, for newer, I just use the purchase date year, for younger, I just use the year before I'm born. My current weakest date is for my Mossberg M-44. I'm reasonably sure it's in the 50s, and likely around '55.
The "gun world" is long overdue a book on US military training rifles, like the M-44 and Remington 51 which were used and abused in so many ROTC ranges, soldiering on after the M-2 and M-22 Springfield trainers were worm out and surplussed.
IJ1981
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Out of 2 dozen current firearms I have one older than myself. A 1944 Lee Enfield .303 that I dearly love!
