Smoke, I think Rick meant 223 made in that year. I have a M42 also made in 1950 and you're right. Super sweet gun. My oldest however is a 16ga Winchester M1912 made in 1913. I want to find some ammo for it as it is a really nice handling gun. Only has 2 9/16 chamber.
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Yes, there were 231 (some say 233) M42 Trap guns made TOTAL.
They're stamped "TRAP". They made a run of these and stopped offering it in 1939. They have a solid rib and a 25 inch barrel.
Winchester produced 164,801 M42 receivers - how many of these ended up as shotguns we'll never know. I have a Skeet grade M42 too, plus others. I've had some for over 40 years. They are a nice shotgun.
Yes, there were 231 (some say 233) M42 Trap guns made TOTAL.
They're stamped "TRAP". They made a run of these and stopped offering it in 1939. They have a solid rib and a 25 inch barrel.
Winchester produced 164,801 M42 receivers - how many of these ended up as shotguns we'll never know. I have a Skeet grade M42 too, plus others. I've had some for over 40 years. They are a nice shotgun.
5ptdeerhunter
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I have a Ted Williams Model 200. Built by the Sears and Roebuck Co. I got it this last year for my birthday from my uncle. Still in perfect condition. Not a scratch. And I use it for shooting clays.
I also have a Stevens Model 820. Both are very old. My uncle bought the Model 200 25 years ago, and The Model 820 was bought by my grandfather at least 40 years. At least I think that is right.
I also have a Stevens Model 820. Both are very old. My uncle bought the Model 200 25 years ago, and The Model 820 was bought by my grandfather at least 40 years. At least I think that is right.
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An excellent condition 1922-vintage Winchester Model 12. Originally purchased by my mother's father, he used it for roughly 30 years, then gave it to my father, who used it for about the same length of time. It's now mine, and I still use it to hunt a couple times per year.
Lots of hunts and memories tied up in a beautiful hunk of metal and wood.
Lots of hunts and memories tied up in a beautiful hunk of metal and wood.
Edward429451
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I think thats the shotgun I grew up with! IIRC, it was a licensed copy of a Winchester 1200? The slide release is back behind the trigger guard, right?
Lots good memories of that SG. Traded it used and old for an old chevy and sold it for 450. ! Still wish I had it back though.
mbott
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A 1953 Winchester Model 42 is the oldest shotgun I can claim.
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Poodleshooter
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The oldest family gun is an 1889 (?) Lefever Arms SxS 12 gauge with damascus barrels. It belonged to my great-grandfather,and was used for duck hunting somewhere in Minnesota. Dad has that one, but it passes to me someday.
Personally,my oldest shotgun is a 14 year old Mossberg 500
Personally,my oldest shotgun is a 14 year old Mossberg 500
Shalako
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I've got my grandpa's old Stoeger Zephyr SxS in 20g. It was made in Spain by Victor Sarasqueta. I'm guessing 1960s by the stories of how he got it. He used to practice quick draw with his buddies and their Colt SAAs. Once he had the misfortune of taking a .44 slug through the guts. Luckily there was already an ambulance in the neighborhood. The old guy who shot him felt so bad, and couldn't afford to pay his hospital bill, he gave him the shotgun and was never heard from again.
I've taken a fair amount of game with that sweet shootin chunk of family history.
I've taken a fair amount of game with that sweet shootin chunk of family history.
huntsman
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Our oldest is a 12bore hammer gun with twist barrels (Beligum Clunker) Next is an early WIN MD50 that was a wedding gift from mom to dad.
Next is an early WIN MD50 that was a wedding gift from mom to dad.5ptdeerhunter
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Edward,
Yep you are very right.
Yep you are very right.
Captain Bligh
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My oldest is a Belgian Browning Auto 5 Light 20 circa 1969. Great gun.
My dad told me a story of how he and his dad (my grandfather) and some friends went pheasant hunting a bird jumped up way ahead of them.
My grandfather pulled up the gun and nailed it.
The guys were amazed. I guess the long barrlel helped hold the pattern together longer or my Granpap just got lucky that day, but my dad said he often shot birds at rather long distances with that gun be it dove, grouse, quail or pheasants.
It is old, but it's not a Damascus barrel and I think my dad used it regularly up until about 20 years ago with modern ammo.
Does anyone know anything about the OHIO ARMS COMPANY?
My dad said the gun is at least 80 years old
My grandfather pulled up the gun and nailed it.
The guys were amazed. I guess the long barrlel helped hold the pattern together longer or my Granpap just got lucky that day, but my dad said he often shot birds at rather long distances with that gun be it dove, grouse, quail or pheasants.
It is old, but it's not a Damascus barrel and I think my dad used it regularly up until about 20 years ago with modern ammo.
Does anyone know anything about the OHIO ARMS COMPANY?
My dad said the gun is at least 80 years old
jacketch
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I have a very nice Winchester model 37 single shot 16ga. that belonged to my grandfather. How would one go about finding the age. I've searched the net but haven't found anything.
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The new Benelli I bought last last February
TooTaxed
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My duck and goose gun is a humpbacked Browning Semi-Auto, Serial No 263, made in Ogden, Utah. The latest patent date on the receiver is 1903. Hope it doesn't break down, as I'm pretty sure parts for more recent Brownings won't fit... I've had it since the mid '60s...
Ron L
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Mine is a Winchester 140 that I bought 22 years ago when I was finally old enough to buy my own gun. It's the plain jane version of the 1400. I've used it hunting birds, small game, deer. It's seen a few hundred rounds of trap and shot at countless hand-thrown targets. I've fired this gun thousands of rounds easily and have never broken a part. The nicks and scratches are all mine and were put there honestly. Yes, it's a keeper in the truest sense of "one gun and know how to use it". That's not to say that I don't have my eyes on a newer 870 in 20 gauge, but this one will be handed down to a son or daughter one of these days.
Preacherman
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My oldest isn't in this country, but back in South Africa - I gave it to a friend when I emigrated to the USA. It's an 1827 SxS with flint-lock external hammers, in what approximates 16ga. by today's measurements, with Damascus barrels. It was brought to the then-Cape Colony by a British colonial official in 1833, and sold by him (on his departure for England in 1837) to a family named Du Preez in the Franschoek Valley. From there, it travelled all over Southern Africa during the great Eastward expansion (the Great Trek, the various wars with local tribes, and both Anglo-Boer Wars) before being captured as a "prize of war" by an English lieutenant in 1901. He brought it back to the Cape, where he married a local girl and settled down. It stayed in their family until 1987, when I bought it. The history of the gun was recorded in various documents, including a diary entry by the Boer from whom the gun was captured in 1901, which is why I know the story so well.
I used to shoot the gun occasionally, and it handled and fired very well (although the typical flint-lock, black-powder "fizz" before the main charge fired could alert small game at close range, and give them an opportunity to move before the pattern reached them). I wanted to bring it with me to the USA, but I was informed - rather rudely - that none of my guns could be brought over, as the ATF had some pretty stringent regulations about this. Unfortunately, no-one told me that antique firearms like this shotgun were exempt from the regulations, and I could have brought it anyway!
Still, it's giving my friend good service, and I may yet persuade him to let me have it back, and bring it over here.
I used to shoot the gun occasionally, and it handled and fired very well (although the typical flint-lock, black-powder "fizz" before the main charge fired could alert small game at close range, and give them an opportunity to move before the pattern reached them). I wanted to bring it with me to the USA, but I was informed - rather rudely - that none of my guns could be brought over, as the ATF had some pretty stringent regulations about this. Unfortunately, no-one told me that antique firearms like this shotgun were exempt from the regulations, and I could have brought it anyway!
Still, it's giving my friend good service, and I may yet persuade him to let me have it back, and bring it over here.
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