What's your oldest firearm that you still shoot?

[JesseL]

Mine is the 1896 Krag carbine sporter that belonged to my Great-Grandfather that I still fire occasionally. I'd be sorely tempted to shoot his Colt 1862 pocket police conversion if I could get 38 rimfire ammo (it's probably just as well that I can't).

 

[Quigley]

Mine is

Winchester 1895 chambered in US30 30-06 manufactured in 1909.
Amazing firearm!

 

[jkingrph]

1871 Swiss Vetterli, converted from rimfire to centerfire. I have to make cases from either 348 Win or 8mm Lebel.

 

[Grandpa Shooter]

O3A3. Accurate as heck, and a shoulder buster to boot.

 

[possom813]

Stevens Model 16 Crackshot. I still haven't found the exact year of manufacture, but what I've gathered so far is somewhere between 1889-1903 IIRC.

 

[1200 meters]

I shoot a 1941 obendorf Mauser and a 1936 P-38 Walther. I do have a Brand New 1874 Sharps , but that doesn't count. blitz

 

[rero360]

M1 Garand, march of 1945

 

[telecaster1981]

1873 Trapdoor Springfield! Got the carbine and then I've got an 1884 long rifle (and I mean LONG!)that I shoot as well.

 

[Snarlingiron]

'03 Springfield and a C. 60's Winchester 94

 

[jwxspoon]

1928 Colt Police positive Special

 

[Nugilum]

New England Westinghouse Mosin Nagant M1891. Serial number guestimation puts production around 1916.

 

[Hunter0924]

I have a Winchester 1897 shotgun made in 1905 that I still shoot regular and she always comes through for me a few times a year at the local turkey shoot.

 

[sharkhunter2018]

1942 Mosin Nagant sniper copy with a 1948 scope. Next would be a Feb' of 1943 Springfield M1.

 

[Master Blaster]

1946 Smith and Wesson M&P in .38 special.

 

[RoadkingLarry]

'91 Argentine mauser.
don't know tha actual date of manufacture or how to find out....Hmm I now have a "quest"....

 

[Jim Watson]

Winchester Single Shot (the "Highwall") 1899.

 

[antsi]

A 1920's (I think) Savage bolt action .22 that belonged to my dad and his dad before him.

It is the most beat up gun I own - you'd almost think that it was a survivor of two or three different little boys' childhoods
Has a good trigger and a micrometer peep sight on it, and it does shoot very nice groups still.

 

[sfhogman]

Smith & Wesson 38/44 shipped in September of 1935.

Jeff

 

[serrano]

Eh, I've got a 1973 Marlin 336.

 

[1911NM]

Just found and purchased a box of ammunition for my father's 1899/99 Savage 22 hi-power. The serial number traced to manufacture in 1912.

 

[Sharps-shooter]

I regularly shoot an 1878 borchardt model sharps rifle in 45-70. I shoot it with 405 grain bullets and a hot powder load too.

There are some old blackpowder guns in the family arsenal that I occasionally shoot, the oldest probably being the Pennsylvania long rifle, which is supposedly from the mid-to-late-1700's. It's more for show, though, so if I shoot it it isn't with a lot of powder.

 

[Vicious-Peanut]

Not real old, but a 1942 91/30.

 

[Cosmoline]

I have a few from WWI vintage, and one 1896 receiver Finn Mosin currently in the arsenal.

 

[DerbyDale]

Wow I though I shot some old firearms. You guys have me beat.

My oldest gun that I shoot is my LeFever Double Barrel shotgun made in 1929 which makes it 79years old.

My next oldest is my Remington 1903A3 made in 1943.

 

[.455_Hunter]

A Model 1873 Trapdoor Springfield Infantry Rifle made in 1881 is my oldest regular shooter. I have shot it out to 1000 yds with black powder handloads featuring the 500 gr. LRN service style bullet. Great fun!

My 1890-1920 guns get shot all the time.