What's the oldest gun you own ?

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1873 trapdoor springfield....I loaded up some bp .45-70's and boy was that thing a hoot.

I also have a stevens single shot rolling block .22 no idea how old it is, but I suspect 1940's?
 
Knock off copy of a Lefecheux pinfire made in I'm guessing somewhere around 1850-1880 maybe.
My second oldest is an Iver Johnson hammerless made in 1897 or 1898.
Third oldest is an M1903 made in October of 1911.
 
My four oldest are:

Norwich Falls 22LR revolver made between 1873-1877

Swiss Vetterli 1867 rifle made between 1869 and 1881

Thunderer 1877 revolver pre-1898

Remington 1889 SxS shotgun pre-1898

I picked four because I am not sure of which of the last two is oldest...
 
Iver Johnson DA 38S&W Jun 1896 on the bottom of the grip. My father-in-law gave it to me. He was an auto mechanic and someone traded it for some maintenace on their car. He said he used to keep it in his tool box.
 
I have a winchester model 100 that was made in 1961. I have an old J frame smith that I don't know it's birthdate but would guess it is in the same timeframe as the winchester.
 
Oldest gun

The oldest gun that I have in my arsenal is a 1901 m96 swedish mauser made by our good friend Carl Gustaf. 106 years and still going strong.
 
My oldest is a flintlock fowler/smoothbore musket 3/4" bore(75 cal). Vintage is about the turn of the century (1800). Found it in the attic of an old farm house. Judging from the furniture and style I think it was built sometime just before or during the Revolutionary War period.
 
S&W mod 15 Combat Masterpiece .38

that my father carried as a duty weapon during his police service. It was made in 1961, and was on his hip when he died in the line of duty in 1973.
 
Swiss model 1896/11, originally made in 1898, according to the serial number. Got it at a pawn shop. The stock is cut back, other than that, it looks like it's less than a couple years old, from the bore and the condition of the metal and wood. The second oldest is a 1918 GEW 98, also in quite good condition.
 
U.S. Model 1816 Harper's Ferry Flintlock .69 cal made in 1835 IIRC converted to percussion. Bought it from an antiques dealer pretty cheaply. Hangs on the wall in my living room. Looks pretty good for age but I am pretty sure with a heay enough powder charge the barrel would turn into curly cues.
 
My oldest firearm is an old 22 bolt single shot, that is only bored for 22 short and long. Not long rifle.
I found it while cleaning out one side of great grandpas barn. I was 12 years old. So I asked about it, and heard from Grandad that he remembers buying it in 1922, and thought it was lost forever. He took it from me and told me to get back to work.
At the end of a hard day of dragging things to the burn pile, Grandad gave me the rifle a box of steel wool and a small can of singer oil with specific instructions on how to clean up the rust. After two days of cleaning and oiling, it was down to the white. I took the rifle to Pats Gun shop that was just across the neighbors field, and it was reblued and the chamber and barrel pronounced safe for 22 short shells.
I have taken hundreds of rabbits with that rifle, I like it alot.
Not it is just sitting in the back of the safe.
Thanks for asking about our oldest guns.
You got me wanting to take it out again.
 
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A Snider Enfield carbine manufactured sometime before 1863 as a muzzle
loader but arsenal converted to a breech loader. There is no date of manufacture on the weapon.

All pre-1863 Snider Enfields were converted to muzzle loaders beginning in 1863. All manufactured after that date were manufactured as breech loaders.

It's in excellent condition although I wouldn't want to fire it
 
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This is my circa 1850 9.9mm Belgian Pinfire Revolver (missing ejector).

Tip of the hat to Bluesbear who helped me to ID this gun a few years ago.
 
Swiss Vetterli model of 1869, bolt action repeater, originally rimfire converted to centerfire. Swiss Schmidt Rubin 1896/1911 ( model of 96 converted to 1911 standards to shoot current 7.5x55 Swiss), Swedish Model 96's, 1898, 1900
1916, 1917.. S&W break top revolver, probably late 1880's to 1890's
 
Jeez, a nine-teen thirty-something Double barreled side by Eastern Arms with both a 12 guage and 20 guage configuration...
 
I've got a Smith and Wesson 3rd Generation Lady Smith in 22LR. From the research I've done it was made around 1912. I got the pistol from my grandfather when he recently gave me his collection. I believe I am the 4th owner.
 
My oldest is a Colt New Service made in 1912.
It was issued to the Postal service in the 1920's. I picked it up at my local dealer for a "decent" but not "great" price. I've shot it a little, but mostly it resides in the safe.
It's one of those "impulse" buys, and I had the spare cash lying around. I don't plan to ever sell it and it locks up "tighter than a drum". For Halloween I may dress up as Indiana Jones and wear/carry it to a party.

Biker
 
My Mosin-Nagant is stamped 1942. I believe that both my husband's Lee Enfield and his Sauer and Sons .380 are frm 1943. So I win in our house :D

Springmom
 
I've got a Stevens 66B that was manufactured sometime before SN's were required, as its got no SN on it (or a date). Probably 40s or 50s.

My only other gun was manufactured in 2007 :p
 
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