Who here owns a 100 yr old + firearm that has ALWAYS been in the family?

[RoostRider]

My father gave me my grandfathers first gun, bought new around 1917 I think. He also gave me my grandmothers fist gun. I gave that one to my brother.

So yeah, pretty close to 100 years old....

Just like so many of these other posters, they aren't in very good condition.... I guess when I get to be 90 I might not be the best 'armorer' anymore too.... but it sure is hard to look at guns I have owned all my life that are nearly flawless in form and function, and then look at these poor things....

 

[TxBuzzardBait]

Along with my great-great grandfathers 1873 trap door Springfield I also have a flint lock pistol dated 1749 that has been handed down many times in our family.

 

[Guns and more]

I have the shotgun that my dad had as a kid (I think)
It's an Iver Johnson 16 ga. single shot. My dad was born in 1900. (since passed away)
I'm looking for a gunsmith who can clean it up and re-finish it.

 

[Publius1688]

1890 Winchester pump .22 WRF, bought in 1892. Stock is rough, rough, rough, and it's had quite a few repairs and replaced parts over the years, but still very much a working rifle. Was bought new by my grandfather's grandfather.

 

[devildog4329]

I have my grandfathers winchester 22 bolt rifle. It has a magazine for 22 lr. and 22 short. Rear peep sight. I love this rifle and took a lot of rabbits and squirels when i was a kid.
I also have my great gradfathers JC Higgins single shot 22 lr. Bolt. the stock and barrel are a loose fitting and I need to take it to a gun smith to get checked out. My Mother and uncles used to go coon hunting with my great grand father with this rifle and i have pictures of all of them together with the rifle and a clothes line with a handful of coons on it. I plan on teaching my daughter to shoot with this rifle and then move her to the Winchester once she gets a little more experience with the single shot.

 

[ADKWOODSMAN]

My family has two.

A .22WRF Winchester pump from my grandfather.
A Winchester Mod 73 in 38-40 from my wife's grandfather.

 

[Leanwolf]

MINN MOONEY- "I thought one about weapons that have been IN YOUR FAMILY..."

Colt's 1860 Army .44, picked up on the battlefield by my paternal great grandfather, who was a Sgt. in Co. B, 40th Georgia. He carried it until the end of The War Of Northern Aggression, and it has been passed down through the years to me.

All original except the barrel wedge screw. That was lost somewhere along the line, many years ago before the pistol was given to me by my grandmother.

L.W.