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

[MICHAEL T]

S+W 5 shot "Lemon Squeezer". 32 short I have shot it and have carried it a couple times because of the age it needs a walk now and then
A Colt 38 long that my father carried doing the prohibition times It to is fired now and then Ammo harder to find.
Iver Johnson 38 S&W top break it shoots very well for its age.

 

[Mal H]

whitecoyote, that's one of the coolest finds I've heard of in a long, long time! Congratulations!

Besides making the revolver considerably more interesting, it also makes it considerably more valuable with the provenance you now have for it.

 

[Jefferson Herb]

C G 1905 like a few others[w/mint bore],1886 Elsie 12ga around 1895 w/twist barrels only gets 75 gr ffg and 1 oz shot no larger than 5s,1890 td,and 1882 mh short lever;all are shot to some degree.I do have dies for mh 577-450.

 

[peddlerray]

45/70 rifle, 45/70 carbine, 38/40 winchester, martini francitti .22, 577/450 martini rifle, 303 british martini 1898 winchester pump, 1902 winchester bolt 22, 30/40 krag, 1 ml shotgun, 2 ml rifles, s&w 38 pocket, stevens 25 hunters pet (I think that is what it is called), 1903 springfield. All these shoot and have a few more I am working on. I like old things like me.

 

[mulh222]

I enjoy shooting my 1860's black powder Manhattan(Colt copy) pistol and my Springfield Navy rolling block in 45-70 cal that is also black powder. It is such fun at the range when spectators stand down wind!

 

[woad_yurt]

Here are my oldies:
Webley MK II, 1891 Argentine Mauser, and a bunch of .32s or .38s (Iver Johnson, H&R, H&A, etc.) They're all fine shooters, too.

 

[110Redmen]

I have an original M1816 Asa Waters .69 caliber smoothbore, dated 1833, which I shoot on a pretty regular basis, with 40grains 3F Swiss, and a .678 Rapine roundball. Its pretty darned accurate for a smoothbore. Shot a 48 from 25 yards with it last summer