Just a few of the oldies from my log book. I LIKE the design and quality of many of the older guns so I have a number of them.
Remington Arms 1903 built 1942
Radom VIS-35 9mm pistol ~1939-1941
Walther Model 9. .25 ACP pistol This one pre-1939
Winchester model 69 .22 short, long and Long rifle Pre-WW II prob 1935-1937.
S&W pre-model 10 M&P .38 ~1935.
Colt 1911 made 1927.
Remington model 24 rifle .22 short gallery rifle made in 1923.
3 Hamilton Boys rifles, 1 model 027 and 2 model 27. ~1925
Steyr model 08 .25ACP auto pistol made in 1914.
Winchester Model 1906 .22s,l,lr pump takedown model. Made 1918
Springfield 1903 dated 1918.
Mosin Nagant made by New England Westinghouse. ~1917.
Winchester model 1886. .38-56 Made about 1912.
Marlin '97 lever action .22 ~1905.
E Allen & Co, Worchester, Mass, side swing single shot pistol. No model number and no serial number. ~31 RF cal. ca 1865.
Pennsylvania style long rifle, 42" long hex barrel with 7 VERY wide lands and VERY narrow grooves, Joseph Manton back action lock. ~ 1825.
Oops, left out my original Springfield 1864 .58 cal musket. This one was carried on the March through Georgia during the War of Northern Aggression.
I also have a bunch of various Stevens SS rifles but haven't recorded or dated all of them yet but I think some are pre-1900.