Who Here Owns A WORKING Firearm That Is > 100 Years Old

[Keb]

My old Guns

I have a Colt 1849 Pocket One Line New York Address made in 1864, all matching. A Webley Mark II 38 S&W Made 1894 in 99% Condition, a Swedish M96, and Two Japan Swords from the 1400's and 1500's. Soon my near perfect Springfield M1903 made in 1912 with a bayonette, and a Remington 51 will come in.


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Gosh, I hope I will be still here posting when my 1935 Colt 38 Super qualifies!

 

[peddlerray]

My guns over 100 years old fired in the past year

1898 Krag 30/40
45/70 trapdoor rifle 1873
45/70 trapdoor carbine 1874
1903 springfield
winchester 1894 38/40
winchester 1902 22
winchester 1898 22
marlin model 18 (I think) 12 gauge
stevens tipup
martini francoti 22
martini henry 577/450
Iver Johnson arms and cycle works 410 (my first gun)
May be some more but all I can think of without getting up and looking.

 

[bpsig]

I have a pair of sweedish military mausers from 1890's and a unfired unissued spanish 7mm from the cuba excursian

 

[ARCQB]

Winchester 62 pump but don't know the date; Winchester mod 1897 (sold); Stevens Model 520 aprox1909(?) or so the gunsmith guessed based on his.
Winchester Hi Wall converted to .225 Win in the 60's (intro of the .225).

Never did the research on any of these as I bought them to shoot.

 

[treadlok97]

1907 LC Smith #3

I bought this gun around 1995. It is 95%-97%. 16 ga, single trigger, ivory bead. It has a leather butt pad that has been replaced. It will shoot but I am not going to shoot it.
I have some guns that I shoot and others that are from 25yrs and up to 52 yrs old that are new in the box. That is what I hunt (Remington's and Browning's 410's)
PS Just found this site today and I like it ALOT!

 

[UniversalFrost]

got a sharps calvary carbine that I still take out and shoot black powder loads in from time to time.

also have a martini enfield, but it is rebarreled and chambered in .219 zipper so i don't think that counts as an heirloom even though it is over 110 yrs old

 

[gyvel]

All shot in the last year or so:

Sharps 1874 3 band 50-70
Sharps 1874 2 band 50-70
Argentine Modelo 1891 7.65mm
Argentine Modelo 1909 7.65mm
Long Lee-Enfield 1906 .303
Italian Vetterli-Vitali 1878 10.4mm
Freeman revolver ca. 1864 .44 cal.
Great-great grandfather's .69 calibre pistol ca. 1850 from Sicily
Remington-Lee 1882 U.S. Army .45-70
Remington-Lee 1885 U.S. Navy .45-70
Martini-Henry 1888 .577/.450
Remington-Lee 1899 .30-40
Remington-Lee 1899 6mm U.S Navy
Winchester 1894 1903 .30-30

Somehow, it's a lot more fun than shooting some crappy plastic pistol, or some high dollar .45 with fender skirts and foxtails.

 

[HorseSoldier]

My Swedish Mauser will be > 100 years old in a couple years. Seems to be kicking along just fine.

 

[guntech59]

My only "really old" gun. Even I can keep ten shot in @ 2.5" with this beaut. 1905 CG

 

[sidibear]

I have a 1896 Spanish Mauser (Boer War) 7x57. Shoots great, I can even occasionally get the odd round on a 4' square target at 300yrds

 

[westcoast362]

The ones I can think of without working too hard at it are: Mauser 71/84 and a couple of Trapdoor Springfields. Probably the Sauer and Sons driling also.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Trapdoor springfield. Over 100 years old.

Broomhandle Mauser, slabside, made circa 1899.

Colt Army Special revolver with 5 1/2" bbl.

No story on any of those guns.

 

[sprice]

I have a 30/40 us krag. I painted it camo and actually USE it. I abuse the thing and I havn't actually measured accuracy. I just know that when I aim at a distant milk jug I cannot find it after the trigger is pulled...

 

[BlayGlock]

I have a Trapdoor Springfield that has been in my family since new.

 

[GRIZ22]

Merwin and Hulbert copy of the S&W No. 1 from 1870.

In 9 years a 1911.

 

[MD_Willington]

Used to - pump action break down .22LR
Made in 1905

Its somewhere in a collection in Canada

 

[jtb0311]

I've got a Colt M1903 that was made in 1905. It belonged to my great grandfather, then my grandfather, now me. I shot it once about ten years ago. It's a .32 and is reasonably accurate.

 

[Quiet]

Mine's only 80 years old. Still running strong.
1929 Tula Model 1895 Nagant

 

[Owen Sparks]

My Sweedish Mauser was made in 1906 and will hit a dime at 100 yards. I may take it out tomorrow depending on the weather.

 

[Billy Shears]

I've got a beautiful S&W 1st model DA from the 1890s in .44 Russian, w/4" bbl. The bore is pristine, and the only wear is a little wear on the nickel plating. I've shot it once, and it's quite accurate, though the narrow grip with the hard rubber stocks tends to slip downward in the hand with each shot -- I'll never understand why American revolvers always had too narrow grips, that people eventually had to devise custom grips and t-grip adapters to overcome. The stocks on this gun have very little wear, but the checkering just isn't sharp enough to provide enough grip to stop this tendency to slip downward in the hand under recoil.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

I have a .257Roberts built on an Oberndorf gew.98 action manufactured in 1899. Up until last this year it was in the original 8x57mm. and was very accurate accounting for several whitetail deer.

 

[JDGray]

My old Spanish Mauser still shoots good, 1896 I believe.

 

[Blackbeard]

82 years for my Mosin Nagant -- a mere whippersnapper compared to the others in this thread.

 

[whitecoyote]

I recently aquired a S&W 1905 second change, .38 special.
When I received the S&W it was fairly clean. I went over it, making sure the revolver was properly cleaned, and oiled.
When I took the grips off, I observed some writting on the left grip.
It stated "W.R. Fitzgerald Prescott Arizona 1913 Police force".
I thought it would be interesting to know if there ever was a W.R Fitzgerald. I called the Prescott, Arizona Police Dept. I spoke with a very nice lady. I explained to her why I was calling. She seemed very interested. She puts me on hold, and returns a few minutes later. She said "I thought I recognized the name W.R. Fitzgerald, his picture is hanging on the wall in the hallway". She stated, W.R Fitzgerald was the Chief of Police (Prescott) from 02/1937 to 02/1949.
The lady I spoke with was nice enough to send me a picture of (Chief) W.R. Fitzgerald.
It's always nice to find the history of an old firearm.
The revolver shipped November 18th, 1909. A little over 100 years ago.

 

[mcdonl]

Thats awesome whitecoyote.