Oldest handgun you've ever carried for defense?

[one45auto]

Ruger Blackhawk .357 Magnum manufactured in 1968.

 

[Walt Rauch]

1905 Colt cal.45 auto,(w/reloads-lower velocity) 1918 Colt 1911

 

[kjeff50cal]

A 1915, 1895 Nagant Pistol... My 1953 CZ-52 was too big .

kjeff50cal
BTW the Nagant was traded so I'm stuck with the CZ .

 

[.45Guy]

H&R .32 top break

 

[nero45acp]

1930- Colt 1903 Hammerless .32acp.


nero

 

[confed sailor]

A 1915, 1895 Nagant Pistol...

birds of a feather, 1915 also with hornady hollowpoint handloads

 

[berettashotgun]

Can't believe only one other remington model 51 poster, I love the pistol and it has neverr failed to go bang, rechamber,bang,rechamber........380 is the minimun, but have never fired it at anything other than paper- no skunks,possums,dogs, or cats (yet!!)

 

[BluesBear]

1888 vintage Remington Double Derringer
Loaded with Navy Arms .41 rimfire ammo drilled out to hollow point configuration.

Of course it wasn't all I was carrying.

 

[Dienekes]

That 1905 Colt is really retro! Wonder if anyone will eventually come out with a reproduction version. Seems like everything else has been reintroduced...

Always thought that the 1905 was a neat gun--sort of a bridge across time.

 

[BluesBear]

The oldest autoloading pistol that I ever carried on a regular basis was a Langenhan Selbstlader.

Interesting gun. Obviously a "variation" of the Browning 1900.
50,000 were made for the German Army during WWI and it was never sold commercially. It was chambered for 7.65 (.32acp) and was 100% reliable.

The funny thing is that it also worked perfectly with .32S&W ammo!
In fact when I bought it it was loaded with 3 rounds of .32 ACP and 5 rounds of .32 S&W.

 

[GaryP]

Colt 1903 Hammerless .32acp --- 1913

 

[M2 Carbine]

Another Colt 1903 32ACP.