What is the oldest gun that you have fired?

[Hokkmike]

I recently acquired a Winchester Model 94 made in 1949. I asked my local gun guys if they thought it trusty worthy enough for a few deer hunts. They responded in the affirmative, Thinking about it I recall having shot a few vintage WWI rifles just for the fun of it - bolt action 06’s. Pistol wise it would have been a Nazi WWII Luger. What is the oldest gun you have shot?

 

[troy fairweather]

A matchlock, from around the 1500s

 

[dartor]

Shot a Savage 22 High Power made in 1912 or 1913 this past Sunday morning. Worked flawlessly.

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

My Podewils-Lindner was made in 1852. After a thorough going over and learning to make the nitrated paper cartridges I have fired about 20 cartridges through it. It is one of the first breech loading military weapons and used a musket cap for ignition. It passed through history about the same time as the Dreyse Needle Gun but didn't get used quite as long. Probably because it was on the losing side of the Franco-Prussian war.

 

[Slamfire]

The oldest I have fired is an 1884 manufactured Trapdoor,

the next is an M71/84 Mauser made at Spandau in 1888 in 11mm Mauser. The rifle was issued to the 59 RR 105(Prussian Reserve Infantry).

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I have no idea when this Martini Henry receiver was made.

I have zero plans to shoot this:

This is an authentic representation of someone shooting a flintlock

 

[Gbro]

A matchlock, from around the 1500s

Was it an authentic or reproduction??

 

[Zebraranger]

My 139 year old Smith & Wesson 3rd Model Double Action made in 1886 is the oldest gun that I've fired, its .38 S&W. Pictured here with some Morgan silver dollars from the same era.

 

[Ru4real]

This Winchester 1886 made in 1892. 45-90

 

[Starter52]

Springfield trapdoor circa 1880.

 

[tactikel]

An original Burnside Carbine. Civil War era. My buddy acquired it in the early ‘60s and shot it at reinactments. He scored some brass cases and we shot a dozen BP rounds with lead slugs. It was 100 + years old at that time and shot with no problem.

 

[Gbro]

5th Model Burnside Cera 1863
1890 Winchester 1912
1894 Winchester 1905
Those are my old guns.
And 6 repo muzzleloaders including 2 cap-N-ball revolvers.

 

[troy fairweather]

Was it an authentic or reproduction??

Ya a reel one, very light load tho.

 

[Gbro]

Ya a reel one, very light load tho.

Was this a Arquebus, and I may be mis-Stating, but I am referring to a long-arm fired from abutments and or from under shoulder?

 

[KnightHawk]

Winchester 1873 in 38-40 if I remember it was Manufactured in 1881. Unfortunately it’s one that went down the road.

The top 94 is a 1909 32SPL
Second is a 1895 in 30-40 1908
Third a 1892 44-40 1903
Bottom 1885 High Wall made in 1886 chambered 38-55

I have a couple old Savage 1899 on in 250 Savage made in 1915 and a second deluxe made in 1909 in 303 Savage.
I fire all of these and more oldies but unfortunately not as often as I’d like.

 

[Jim Watson]

Webley .450 BPE ca 1888.

 

[Lo-Profile]

Springfield Model 1863

 

[commygun]

Iver Johnson Safety Hammerless. About 1905.

 

[jstert]

colt police postive 32 from 1922, not much of a looker but a real solid shooter.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Either Dad's '91 Arg. Mauser or my Krag. Production overlapped a bit, so hard to say which was actually older.

 

[Nodakdad]

Me, have a few Swiss Vetterli rilefes oldest is 1870 something. Coverted them to center fire, nice shooting rifles, would like to use one to get a whitetail one year,

 

[plumberroy]

Neighbor inherited a muzzle loader that had been in his family for generations gunsmith that checked it out estimated it was made 1780-1800 and converted into cap lock in 1850’s around 40 caliber I was a teenager and got to shoot it once

 

[caribou]

My 1876 made Russian Berdan II Carbine. the same year that Custer found that the Indians had superior Firepower via Winchester repeaters over the Calvary's Trapdoor Springfield's single shot...

Got .43 Spanish cases and fire formed them, then made some 70 grn BP loads, I don't remember the bullets weight off hand..... Been awhile.

 

[Hokkmike]

Thanks all. Some extremely cool pictures here. it takes a little bit of courage to pull the trigger on an older gun.

 

[jmr40]

My great grandfathers 20 ga. It's one of the hardware store specials made sometime in the late 1800's up to about 1920 with Damascus barrels. I hunted with this one a lot and killed a few squirrel, rabbit and quail with it until I learned that it probably wasn't a good idea to still be using Damascus barrels.



Dad's gun may be close it's a 12 ga made in Belgium in 1939. It's a WW-2 trophy gun that he mailed back from Germany in 1945.

 

[jmorris]

This is an authentic representation of someone shooting a flintlock

An authentic representation of someone shooting a flintlock, on the side that did not win.