Great Grand Father bought my Grand Father a Piedmonte doublebarrel
12 ga at his birth on or about 1896 .
I have that gun.
Damascus (SP) steel barrel..I do not shoot it.
I do from time to time just get it out and think of the stories it could tell.

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1875.... First Model Schofield Revolver

John Rigby double rifle in .500 BPE, 3" case.
Rigby said it was shipped in 1872 IIRC. I have the letter somewhere.

Shot it a bunch of times, but not lately.

1868 Snider - Enfield

We need pics of this one!! Not often you see an ol' double like that here.

Cheers,
Sam

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Tula arsenal Mosin Nagant Model 91 dated 1900 rebuilt by the Czechs as a 91/38 carbine. Next oldest is a 1902 Mauser 96.

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Winchester mod 1890--.22--mfg 1914

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This Winchester 1892 in .25 WCF. Manufactured in 1897. My Dad bought it from an old farmer on Long Island after he returned from WWII (ETO).

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1. Colt Army Special 32.20 1923
2. Colt 1903 .32ACP 1916
3. Colt1902 .32ACP 1914
4. Colt 1908 .380 ACP 1930
5. Colt New Service .45 Colt 1915

Sorry, no smiths untill abour 1950-54. They are all N frame yashua

My oldest aren't that old. Got a Victory model and a Japanese Arisaka type 99.

I think I've got everyone beat. I have a Japanese matchlock carbine dated 1618 marked; "The Lord of Nagato Province caused this to be decorated" and then the date. It apparently was given by said Lord to someone as a presentation.

This one I gotta see a picture of. . .please.


Bullseye

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A late 1830's or 1840's Edwin Wesson marked .32 percussion target pistol. I have a Wesson percussion target rifle of the same style, but I think it's later.

I'm pretty proud of it- possible that his younger brother Daniel could have either helped made, or made it.

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S&W model 1 22 cal. 3rd generation 1860's
Colt 1864 rifled musket with orig bayonet & scabbard
WC Moore 1863 double barrel 12 ga.

Argentine 1891 Long Rifle made by Ludwig Lowe in 1893
Swedish Model 96 made by Mauser Oberndorf in 1899
Swedish Model 96 made by Carl Gustaf in 1900

Oldest Smiths are a 1917 from 1918 and a Regulation Police from about 1920 that belonged to my G-GF.

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A pretty new (I guess) Colt mod. 1877 .41 Colt made in 1888. I got it dirt cheap because someone had it highly polished & reblued (probably in the 1960's) and added styleish fake ivory grip panels.

Serious (upscale) collectors cry and cringe, I don't care.

Oldest gun that I own is a .41 caliber Pennsylvania percussion rifle (circa 1850's), walnut half-stock, German silver stock mountings, in very good overall condition. I shoot it regularly with a heavily patched .395 ball and 40 grains of FFFg.

Oldest cartridge gun that I have is a Trapdoor Springfield .45-70 made in 1873. I have been shooting this one since 1978 or so with cast bullets and black powder charges. Took a bull elk with it about 25 years ago.

Oldest Smith & Wesson that I have is an original Russian .44. Unfortunately it is not in shooting condition, but overall not a bad representative piece.

I like the old stuff!

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I have a "W.H. Hamilton" 12 gauge shotgun with 'twist belgian' barrels from about the 1880's.....found it in my step-dads closet when he died.

I have a Harrington & Richardson break-top .32 S&W 5 shot revolver - made from 1909 - 1913.

I can't tell the manufacturer, but it is a pre-1900 top break double action .45 six shooter. Serial number is 21 and there is a crown proof on it so I think it came down from Canada. I have the flap holster it lived in for close to 100 years too.

A Winchester Model 94 in 32 Special. Born in 1950.

.22 Single Shot First Model, shipped 03/21/1893. Always get a few shooters looking at it.

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1952 (I think) Model of 1950 Target. And yes, I shoot it.

I've got a Swiss Vetterli bolt action in .41 Swiss rimfire that was made in the late 1870s. Its a non shooter. My oldest shooter is a Swedish Mauser in 6.5x55 made in 1894 but don't shoot it much. Then there is the 1891 Mosin Nagant made in 1904 that gets shot quarterly.

CD

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Hungarian Mosin Nagant 7.62x54 1944. Had a Nazi marked K-98 but sold it. Couldn't take any more panting and drooling by my buddy. But I made him PAY! Got a 1961 Winchester 94 lever .30-.30. Still working on it. Needs the extractor pin drilled out and new one put in. Where does the time go?

1935 Winchester Model 12. It was an old gun with a busted stock when I bought it 47 years ago. It's been used and used since and still runs just like it's supposed to - THE perfect repeater
I still don't like the replacement stock I put on it though It was new and glossy and pretty - Seemed like a good idea at the time.

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Goodwin .50 screw barrel folding trigger "muff" pistol ca 1810-1820

1873 Winchester in 38-40. Serial # has it as being manufactured in 1874. It's a shooter, and despite a few pits in the bore, it shoots tennis ball size groups at 50 yards. It has the original dust cover in place, as well as the original cleaning kit in the stock. 100% original with all parts intact. If I told you what I paid for it, you would not believe me! Another one of those "in the right place at the right time" deals.




WG840

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I would love to see that!!!

1917 Eddystone Enfield with a barrel date of 6-18 (June 1918)

Just picked it up today, from 1956...



'56 Chiefs Special Airweight

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At this moment it would have to be my 1940's era .32-20 Smith & Wesson M & P revolver, but I have put a down payment on a 1888 Commission Mauser that was made in 1891.

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My current oldest is a Model 1917 (M17) made by Eddystone. What a great old rifle!

This Colt New Service in .45 Colt, made in 1916.

My oldest is a percussion Kentucky rifle .36 cal octigonal barrel half stock my granddad gave me. Probably dates from circa 1840's.
Oldest I shoot is a 1881 trapdoor carbine. Sweet shooter

Don't have many old ones left. Gave them to my family. Still have my 1926 Colt. S.A. 44. And my 1942 model 94 Win. 30-30 that I took my first buck with in 1953. I once owned a Model 94 Win. 38-55 T.D. serial # 312. Oh yeah, a S&W Prewar 22-32 Target & it's a good shooter.

1936 Browning superposed 12ga in original hard case with hang tags!
Also have a 16ga single barrel of that vintage.

Chuck H

A Remington 742 .308 semi-auto rifle from 1964.

Kenny

Three digit SN Triple Lock, shipped March of 1908. It was beat to heck, and I had it restored, so it's a shooter now. Remington 12C, 1916.

Oldest S&W-M1917 made in 1918.
Oldest Colt- Police Positive, made in 1907
Oldest, Period-U.S. Rifle, M1884/.45-70, made in 1890.

The oldest gun in my inventory is a U.S. Model 1816 flintlock musket (Springfield Armory second variation - browned). The lockplate shows a date of 1826. A little before my time...

John

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Colt 1908 - 1921

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Oldest at present for me is this S&W Model One and Half shipped 1871. Thrift Shop Find.

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U.S. Model 1896 Krag Carbine. The ser.# says a feller carried it up some hill in Cuba. It'll still put 3rds in an inch at 100 yds.
The next oldest is my .44 HE 3rd model, ser. #29XXX. Late 1920s I think. It shoots great when I can see.

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1949 Savage Mdl 99F in .250 Savage, my deer rifle.

This one....

or this one......

Both are from around the mid to late 1800's. But, I really don't know. Still researching.

US Springfield 1870 .50-70 Serial 1588. Used to own #544 too.

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I have a Marlin 1894 in .32-20 WCF made in either 1905 or 1906.

.38 Colt Police Positive w/ factory nickel, ca. 1920

Lore has it a Texas Ranger, Louis "Red" Eaves, gave it to my grandfather - again, all family lore.

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1903 Springfield brought back from WW I by my grandfather's uncle and then later sporterized (fixed 4x Lyman scope, new stock, barrel cut and re-crowned).

Dave