View attachment 234368 this .40 percussion came to Illinois over the shoulder of my great, great, great, grandfather when he walked here from Ohio in 1852 and bought this farm where I live.View attachment 234369
Did it make you feel good to post that?Sadly, it was lost overboard in a boating accident.
Ballard the rifle in 32 rimfire and an 1897 pump. They were both my great-grandfathers. My dad let my brothers and me shoot the 32 when I was 11 because he found 2 boxes of shells at a gun show.What firearm(s) have been in your family for the longest time?
In my case, two stand out. The first is a Spanish matchlock arquebus musket that has been in my family for at least 10 or 11 generations. The other in an 1895 Winchester that been around for 5 generations.
The Winchester is still a pretty good shooter. The matchlock is purely a wall-hanger.