Oldest rifle you currently own!

[Scoped]

Well chaps, which is it? I'll start with my 1918 BSA lee Enfield no.1 mk. III that some of you may be familiar with.

 

[bannockburn]

Springfield Armory Model 1898 Krag Jorgensen rifle.

 

[Jim Watson]

Winchester Single Shot Model 1885 "highwall" made 1899.

 

[kikr]

1890 GEWR 88, carried by a Turkish soldier in the Boer wars.

 

[zeos]

k31 from the 40s

 

[dodge]

Winchester Model 1895 made in 1926.

 

[juk]

Mosin Nagant made in 1928.

 

[MattShlock]

Rifle, specifically? Original!? Offhand I suppose it'd have to be a US Model 1803 Harpers Ferry.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=9087920#post9087920

 

[content]

That I shoot:
Winchester 1873, 3rd model,, .32-20
DOM 1885, 2nd year of the .32-20

Still a fun shooter!

Not shooting:
1869/70 Swiss Vetterli, 41RF
A 12 round, bolt action must must have been nice in the 1870s...the 41rim fire was a decent caliber for the time.

 

[dcar_roll]

Danish Krag M-1889 Manufactured in 1906 and rebarreled in 1921

 

[csa77]

1873 martini-henry

 

[Nighteyes]

Its a La Francaise Modele 1921 -- a single-shot .22 rimfire French military training rifle that looks very much like a Lebel Model 1886.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Model_1886_Lebel_rifle.jpg

My father brought it home from the ETO. It was the very-first rifle I ever shot. I was 3. Of course, my father was holding and aiming it, but I pulled the trigger. I still remember the event, but quite dimly.

 

[gpa mitch]

oldest rifle

1917 Winchester 1906 22 pump

 

[herrwalther]

Mosin Nagant made in 1943.

 

[Sergei Mosin]

Mauser Model 1893 made by Ludwig Loewe for Spain in 1895.

 

[Kp321]

Black powder Mauser 71/84 made in 1888.

 

[AethelstanAegen]

Oldest: M1868/70 Egyptian Remington Rolling Block in .43 Egyptian. Exact date of manufacture is impossible to tell since the stamps have all been pretty much worn away, but it wouldn't have been later than the early 1870s. I have the dies on order, so once they come in and I fabricate a new front sight (the old one is long gone somewhere in the rifle's life), I'll be shooting it.

Runner up: 1887 Martini-Henry Mk. IV. Shoots great!

I'll try to post some pictures soon (I don't seem to have any on this computer).

 

[TheHappyGunner]

My 1898 U.S. Krag Jorgensen made in March of 1898

 

[jcwit]

Original 1860's Sharps Rifle.

 

[richie]

1894 Winchester made in 1907.

 

[Scoped]

That's awesome guys! And I thought I had an oldie! Did anyone you celebrate their 100th birthday? I plan on getting mine a tripple chocolate cake

 

[mgkdrgn]

1914 "Peter The Great" Model 91 Mosin Nagant (Finn Capture)

 

[76shuvlinoff]

1956 Marlin 39A, not all that old but smooth and sweet as butter.

 

[USAF_Vet]

Arisaka t38 from the early 30s. Never have been able to get an exact date.

 

[WolverineFury]

1903A3 Springfield made in 1942. It's a tack driver.