tuckerdog1
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1933 Colt Woodsman.
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What's the oldest gun you own ?
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Vern Humphrey
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Got one just like it -- although mine was made in 1938 and has after-market Micro sights. Most accurate pistol I've ever owned.
jfh
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1885 Low Wall--built 1912, 'customized' about 1924, IIRC--
IOW, a shooter with no historical value, it's been butchered already. It has the set trigger option, and a couple of others. It's been at my rifle-builder's shop for the last nine years while we sort out how to rebuild it into a good .22LR target version Low Wall from the turn-of-the century work. I also have an old Stevens action and barrel there, in .22LR, that we'll build into a 'fancy marksmanship' rifle of the same era.
FWIW, my maternal Grandfather was a hunter and a 'state rifle champion' about a hundred years ago.
We know that his true character was that of a gunnie--how else can you explain a farmer selling a farm near Redwood Falls, MN, with 160 acres of wonderful soil, in order to buy a farm near Warroad Minnesota with 160 acres of rocky pasture and woods to raise dairy cattle?
The family did not get launched well with that career decision a hundred years ago.
I have some pictures of him with his Stevens fancy rifles--the ones that got burnt up in the first of two home fires.
But the four children did become good hunters and shooters; two of the boys, who remained in the Warroad area during the Thirties, fed their families off the .22s and some fishing; the other boy went on to shoot at Camp Perry in 1935 forward for awhile (and I still have that 52B Sporter, in its original configuration), and the only daughter carried me in a knapsack on her back duckhunting when I was ten months old in the fall of 1945. The shotgun she used--a WesternField (Browning?) 20 ga pump--did get sold in the late 60s, however--to my regret.
But not before I shot a goose with it in 1959--while wearing my pajamas, after waking up late and discovering the goose in our yard getting gravel. No, I didn't pot it; I scared it first to get it off the ground--barely.
So, now, my suburbanized oldest daughter is not a hunter, nor really a shooter--but not anti-gun either. The question is, will she like the Winchester 52B, or the SA 1911 package I built up twenty years ago, or the J-frames now?
Not to mention that Low Wall, if I ever get it built.
We shall see.
Jim H.
IOW, a shooter with no historical value, it's been butchered already. It has the set trigger option, and a couple of others. It's been at my rifle-builder's shop for the last nine years while we sort out how to rebuild it into a good .22LR target version Low Wall from the turn-of-the century work. I also have an old Stevens action and barrel there, in .22LR, that we'll build into a 'fancy marksmanship' rifle of the same era.
FWIW, my maternal Grandfather was a hunter and a 'state rifle champion' about a hundred years ago.
We know that his true character was that of a gunnie--how else can you explain a farmer selling a farm near Redwood Falls, MN, with 160 acres of wonderful soil, in order to buy a farm near Warroad Minnesota with 160 acres of rocky pasture and woods to raise dairy cattle?
The family did not get launched well with that career decision a hundred years ago.
I have some pictures of him with his Stevens fancy rifles--the ones that got burnt up in the first of two home fires.
But the four children did become good hunters and shooters; two of the boys, who remained in the Warroad area during the Thirties, fed their families off the .22s and some fishing; the other boy went on to shoot at Camp Perry in 1935 forward for awhile (and I still have that 52B Sporter, in its original configuration), and the only daughter carried me in a knapsack on her back duckhunting when I was ten months old in the fall of 1945. The shotgun she used--a WesternField (Browning?) 20 ga pump--did get sold in the late 60s, however--to my regret.
But not before I shot a goose with it in 1959--while wearing my pajamas, after waking up late and discovering the goose in our yard getting gravel. No, I didn't pot it; I scared it first to get it off the ground--barely.
So, now, my suburbanized oldest daughter is not a hunter, nor really a shooter--but not anti-gun either. The question is, will she like the Winchester 52B, or the SA 1911 package I built up twenty years ago, or the J-frames now?
Not to mention that Low Wall, if I ever get it built.
We shall see.
Jim H.
JonP
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1861 Navy - carried by my Great-grandfather in the Civil War
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camonympho
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Oldest gun in my house at present time would be a 1955 mossberg 410..and with some luck i may own a H&R 20 ga by end of week. the 20 ga was my grandfathers and i will attempt to outbid other family members that want it so i can pass it along to my son. The 410 was my dads first shotgun. And my son is so proud of the gun.
bull420
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the oldest gun i own is a springfield 87A .22. it was left to me by my grand father and is the what i learned to shoot with.
Bostonterrier97
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What's the oldest gun you own ?
Did you buy it or was it left to you?Please include any history you have about the gun.
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1873 Trapdoor Springfield Rifle
Did you buy it or was it left to you?Please include any history you have about the gun.
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1873 Trapdoor Springfield Rifle
jimmyraythomason
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GREAT 1861 Navy!! JonP, I am sooo jealous!
Blue4
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1920s Ortgies .32ACP Pocket Pistol. Found it sitting on the shelf at my guns shop covered with dust and grime. Cleaned up nicely, great little fun shooter.
JonP
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Thanks! I've got a lot of old ones:
These two old Woodsmen (I also have a pre-woodsman, but no pic..)
These two Colt .32s...
This Mauser:
This 1st Gen SAA (love the Ivory Grips!)
These two old Woodsmen (I also have a pre-woodsman, but no pic..)
These two Colt .32s...
This Mauser:
This 1st Gen SAA (love the Ivory Grips!)
KINGMAX
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Mosin
I have a Finnish capture Mosin-Nagant w/ SA and D-cartridge stamps on it. Dated 1896.
My Dad has an Eclipse Double barrell, side x side 12 gauge shotgun. Very thin barrells, very light.
I have a Finnish capture Mosin-Nagant w/ SA and D-cartridge stamps on it. Dated 1896.
My Dad has an Eclipse Double barrell, side x side 12 gauge shotgun. Very thin barrells, very light.
Lonestar49
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Winchester pumps
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When I was 18, I inherited 2 Winchester pump shotguns, a 12ga, and a 16ga from my Great Uncle..
I suspect they where made sometime in the 30's or early 40's
Both are still pristine, and help in both downstairs, and upstairs HD.
LS
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When I was 18, I inherited 2 Winchester pump shotguns, a 12ga, and a 16ga from my Great Uncle..
I suspect they where made sometime in the 30's or early 40's
Both are still pristine, and help in both downstairs, and upstairs HD.
LS
A M1895 Nagant revolver, made in 1930 in Tula. There are a lot of war trophy Nagants in my country, but mine is a recent import. My late Dad had a Nagant when I was a kid, it was the first gun I have ever handled. He later sold it (we had hard times now and then), but I always wanted one for myself. Look Dad, wherever you are, I can pull the double action trigger through now...
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weaselchew
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Oldest I have is a 1928 Mosin Nagant 91/30 (actually an upgraded Dragoon). I bought it though... Haven't received any old guns passed down yet, thankfully.
lacoochee
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M1903 Springfield built in 1917.
TnRebel
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1862 Enfield musket Cap and Ball, and I still shoot it and its not a re-pro. its the real thing 
savetheclaypigeons
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neat thread!
it's not a functioning gun and my cheapest but the one I feel the proudest about. It's the first of 8 that I bought for $8. They came plastered in dirt, grime and plenty of rust. I feel I really accomplished something by saving a piece of history over 100 years old. This is the first gun and my first bluing job. Took a whole week to get all the rust off. If this doesn't fly then it's my M1 carbine.
it's not a functioning gun and my cheapest but the one I feel the proudest about. It's the first of 8 that I bought for $8. They came plastered in dirt, grime and plenty of rust. I feel I really accomplished something by saving a piece of history over 100 years old. This is the first gun and my first bluing job. Took a whole week to get all the rust off. If this doesn't fly then it's my M1 carbine.
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