What's the oldest gun you own ?

[tcsd1236]

I'm not much into "older" guns as much as I am into old styles of firearms. I think the oldest weapons I own date back to WW2.

 

[GLOCKT]

A Swiss K31 dated back to 1933 via serial number its still a pup.

 

[ZekeLuvs1911]

A Colt M1911A1 made in 1944. In pretty good shape. All original parts.

 

[Erik Jensen]

on Monday I bought what is now my oldest rifle. a Steyr M1895 marked "Steyr 1904". all numbers match, it appears to have all the right stock cartouches,, the bore looks good, and it's beautiful.

hopefully I'll be able to get out to shoot it tomorrow.

 

[Wedge]

I have a Remington 11 that I think is right around 1920.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I have a Colt Model 1849 revolver, a Berks County Pennsylvania rifle made around 1840, and a Stevens Favorite made in the 1890s.

 

[morganm01]

1800's British musket possibly from Indian service.

Mom picked it up at a GARAGE SALE IN LONDON ENGLAND!!!!! Two of them!

$50!!!!

Both in good condition.

 

[Litlman]

S&W k22:1947

 

[TrapperReady]

1922 - Winchester Model 12

Currently on its third generation within my family. It's still in great shape and I use it to kill a few pheasants every year.

BTW, the other gun I hunt with most of the time is a 1926-vintage Winchester Model 12. Rougher finish, and beat-up wood... so I don't mind if it gets dinged as much as the other one.

I figure after roughly 80 years, they're just about broken in right.

 

[sm]

1928 Colt Detective Special

 

[Cortland]

Winchester Model 1873, made in 1886.

 

[MAURICE]

Winchester Mod 20 .410 singleshot.As far as I can tell it was made in the mid 30s, 1934, IIRC. Left behind by my grandfather when my mother was 16. Given to me by my grandmother earlier this year, about 5 months before she passed on as well.
This one means a lot to me, and I have not even shot it yet. This is the ONLY gun that I will absolutely never get rid of.

 

[robfogle]

Savage Model 1895 Carbine .303 Savage, Manufacture date of Aug 7, 1897 This is the predecessor to the Model 99

Springfield Trapdoor US Model 1873 Cal 45-70

Acme Arms (Belgium) 12 Gauge Double barrel dated 1898 (one of the first laminated steel Barrels)

 

[George S.]

My oldest rifle is a 1931 Mosin 91/30 followed by my M1 dated from April, 1941, then a 1943 1903A3 and then my first gun, a J.C. Higgins .22 single shot rifle from about 1962.

My oldest pistol is a 1960 or so S&W Model 14 I just bought, folowed by my 1978 Ruger Single Six.

Everything else is pretty contemporary.

 

[grampster]

Oy, I didn't want to page through 8 pages to see if I had posted already on this. (thread started in 2003)

I have a Ranger 20 gauge shotgun that was sold to my dad in the 20's. Pat. 4-20-1915, Ser #36533. He bought it at Sears. I killed my first pheasant, rabbit, partridge and deer with than'n. I think I remember shooting a carp with it too.

 

[C. H. Luke]

Sharps Carbine. Missing some parts but it's the real deal.

Don't know its history.....

 

[squid8286]

I have a Remington double barrel 12 gauge hammer gun that belonged to my great-grandfather. My grandmother gave it to me when I was twelve. I believe it is a Model 1884 or 1886. Something close to that at any rate. I know he bought it before the turn of the century.

 

[R.H. Lee]

This one. I don't even know what it is.

 

[Guy L Johnson]

Oldest Gun

1898 Krag

1939 Mauser (Spandau)

1933 Remington Bolt action 22

1944 Nagant

An old Daisy 22 bolt action, probably from the 60's (Has adjustable plastic stock)

a lot of relics in my cabinet most of my guns are 20+ years old, but if i leave them alone in the dark they seem to multiply (like 22's)

 

[Strings]

Grampster... a CARP?!?!? Something tells me there's a story there...

 

[Silent-Snail]

MN 91/30 dated 1942. Ahhhhhh behold the power of history.

 

[Rumpled]

Model 93 Spanish Mauser, made 1914.
Followed by Enfield No2 Mk1 1940.
No antiques yet.

 

[Rexzila]

I have part of my grandfather's guns. There is an old nickel plated Harrington and Richardson in .38 Short (circa 1894, an old top break revolver), an old Hopkins and Allen 12 gauge shotgun that I know is at least a 100 years old, a Smith&Wesson I Model in .32 long that is marked NYPD (circa 1930s) and also some old Steven single shotguns all in 12 gauge which all have heavily pitted bores probably about seventy years old.
I keep them around for sentimental reasons more than anything. The old 12 gauges were used to death.

 

[41mag]

My oldest is an inherited 1884 Trapdoor Springfield rifle.

The oldest I've bought myself is a circa 1956 Ruger Blackhawk.

 

[Tamara]

Posted by me a little over a year and a half ago:

Short lever Martini-Henry in .577-450. Actual age unknown, probably 1870s-80s, purchased at gun show.

Schmidt Rubin M96/11. Pre-1910, purchased from local collector.

M1896/38 Swedish Mauser. Dated 1900, bought from friend.

Since then, I've dated the Martini to '82, and picked up a few other war pensioners.

A Swiss Vetterli M69/71. Probably very early 1870's.

A C.G. Haenel-built Mauser Kar.71, dated 1877.

A French Mle. 1874 M80 Gras rifle, dated 1876.

So, pending discovery of an actual born-on date for the Vetterli, the Gras is my oldest firearm.

Donations of 11mm Mauser, 11mm Gras, and .41 Swiss Rimfire cheerfully accepted.