What's the oldest gun you own ?

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My grandfathers Remington .22 targetmaster. If I remember correctly he bought it new in the early 1930's.
 
Presently one of my Colt 1903 hammerless pistols holds that honor. It was manufactured in 1905 and still shoots like the champ it is.
 
oldest

I have an 1873 Trapdoor Springfield carbine, 45-70. Very close in age is a Martini-Henry long lever, MK.IV in 577-450.
Pete
 
Mine is a Schmidt-Rubin K31 manufactured in 1947. The stock looks about that old, but the bore looks brand new.
 
What's the oldest gun you own? This thread started March 03.

What's the oldest ongoing thread on the board???
 
Colt Army Special .38 revolver, 5" bbl, in relatively poor cosmetic condition, but quite functional mechanically. I added Pachmayr grips because the originals were long gone, DOB iirc is 1917 and I shoot it pretty regularly- zero collectible value but because of that I don't have to worry about shooting it a whole lot with my lead reloads.

Bought because I didn't have anything to use my stash of 38 Special brass with and it was cheap and looked different. Wound up starting a whole new appreciation of 38 Special caliber specifically and the craftsmanship of old revolvers in general. It needed some gunsmith work and because it was cheap and ugly I taught myself a lot by tinkering with it.
 
I have a BSA Martini Henry that's marked 1873 IIRC. Originally owned by Queen Victoria.

I also have a Golcher percussion muzzleloader that's probably older than that but I have no idea how much older.
 
A Webley Mark IV in .455. I haven't researched it to find out when it was made. Never really thought about it until now. It originally belonged to my father-in-law's father. He carried it while a search somewhere out in West Texas. It was passed to me when my father-in-law passed.
 
My 'new' ones are WW2. Oldest I have is an 1816 Harper's Ferry flintlock. Lock is a 1796 type dated 1816. Transition year, I guess. I've shot powder only in it. Oldest family gun is a Colt 357 Shooting Master. I have my Grandfather's bill of sale for $41 dollars dated 1940. It still shoots far better than I do.
 
The oldest, and only, one I own is my Mauser Kar98k. It's receiver is dated BYF 1944, but it has mismatched parts, thanks Fraking Russians. It has an earlier style floor plate and magazine/trigger guard unit. My dad's oldest gun is his 1914 Colt .38 Special or his Victory model .38, also 1914. The oldest gun I have touched is probably my friends M91/30, which is 1941 I THINK, it may not be.
 
Mine was an 1916 Carl Gustaf M96 Swedish Mauser until my FIL gave me an 1863 3-band Springfield sans any restoration.
That would be my oldest firearm currently, though now that I have developed an interest in flintlocks, the Springfield might be usurped as the oldest soon.
 
1928- 1903 Springfield 83yrs old
History-Recently purchased it, Someone did a marvelous job sporterizing it.

1942- Izzy Mosin nagant 69yrs old
History-My first gun, I refinished it and have taken a deer with it. The rest is soviet history.
 
Finnish M27. Tikka barrel dated at 1928, but receiver is a 1894 Chatellerault. I also have a Finnish M91 barrel dated at 1942. Receiver is an Izhevsk dated 1905.
 
Inherited my Uncle's Elk gun - probably '60s manufacture

Savage 110L Bolt Action rifle - the L suffix I added as it's a LH action
7mm Rem Magnum 24" Bbl.
Bushnell 4X scope

Funny thing is My Uncle is was LH'd had 4 dauhters and they as well as
the son-inlaws are RH'd. My Dad is a Lefty as well as my sisters
you can probably tell where this is going , my oldest daughter is
a lefty... I got the rifle and then told them I'm RH'd. but the good
part is my son-in-laws are both LH'd so whichever one wants it I'll pass
it along to em.

I did have a Savage-Stevens MOdel 18 single shot bolt-pull to cock
.22 LR from the '50s but it was given to me because the owner couldn't
own firearms any longer. I sent it to a guy looking for a first gun for his
9 yr old in MIchigan. The pic I got back of the kid holding it at
present arms with a big smile was payment enough!

Randall
 
Our family's Brown Bessie in on disPlay at the National Firearms Museum. Best guess is it was made in the 1760s and family records indicate it's use guarding the Tower of London before heading over here for it's use at Lexington and Concord during the Revolutionary War.
 
Updating: a BSA Martini Model 12. I haven't pulled it apart to see the proof marks that will tell me for sure, but serial number dating puts it at 1913.
 
The oldest currently is a Fox Sterlingworth in 20 gauge, manufactured in 1933 by the Savage Corp. in Utica, NY.

Unfortunately I don't have any grand stories about how this fine representation of Americana was pass down from father to son seeing I just got it a few months back.

But seeing how this topic has taken on a life of it's own (since March 13, 2003), I'm sure that my grand kids might be able to come up with a few! :D
 
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