Use doesn't necessarily mean much firing. I gave away the family Trapdoor, as others here have mentioned theirs. Its now residing in a shallow grave in my son's basement. He won't shoot it, but maybe my grandson will some day. Family history had it purchased surplus in about 1904 and used on the family farm. They often used .410 shot shells in it because the surplus ball ammo was expensive and kicked like a mule. It was the only family gun until 1925, when my dad purchased a Regulation Police from the chief of Police in the near town. Today they'd both be buried under the jail for that transaction. He needed a gun on his trapline. You can still see the trees behind a local Toyota plant where he did his work.

I regularly use two 44 Specials in the sense I've fired them to prove reliability. These days I carry them just for fun. One is a triple lock the other a 3rd model target. Both have 4" barrels and I carry them in a lined H H Heiser holster I bought from Dewey here. They're kind of a low key BBQ rig. So I use them to the extent they're loaded and carried as my CCW gun. But only on specific occasions when others in attendance will recognize what they are. Show and tell pieces for sure. But then 44 Specials are nothing to laugh at.

I've also got a pair of early M70 Winchesters. One first year, the other first month of production. They're as suitable for shooting as anything made today. Just because they're 75 or 76 years old doesn't detract from their ability to shoot. They were built as the Rifleman's rifle and still are. One is scoped, the other isn't.

My K22 of choice is K155 for shooting. It shows some minor wear. Its got a star on the butt, but it doesn't appear to be refinished. Its one of those guns that apparently needed some major parts replacement about a year into its working life. Still a darn good revolver. Wish I could find a shooter grade 2nd model. I let a 1st model with HBH go a while back. Should have made it my shooter. I make mistakes sometimes.

I wish I had the nerve to shoot K20011, an engraved 1948 K22. Then I could retire all the lesser guns and concentrate on it. Besides, its got pearly grips, carved ones at that! I need to go collect all that junk and haul it home. Been a while since I've seen some of it. Might cheer me up! I still like viewing Drew's K117 when he posts photos.

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Still hunt and plink with my Winchester M69 bolt-action .22 rifle from 1937. Was my dad's first firearm.

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My regular trap gun is the 1929 Ithaca 4E (bottom)
I sometimes use the 1919 Baker Elite

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I have thought that same thing when shooting my 1905... The nickel on mine is far from original, but I know they came that way and I have no idea how they saw that front sight in the sunlight....

love to go plinking with FIL's Ruger Mark 1
i think i shoot it more than anything i have other than our 15-22

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This TL routinely accompanies me to the range. Shipped in 1917.

1956 sks
1967 Win 94
1975 colt 1911
1975 charter arms bulldog

S&W 1937 Brazilian. It's gone to the range and been shot the last few recreational visits. I have much older guns but this is the oldest I shoot regularly.

I generally only carry fairly new guns for serious.

Sporterized US Rifle Model of 1917 .30-06 caliber. AKA P17 Enfield. 2/1918 date. Reihart Fajen stock, high polish blue however it still has a full 26 inch barrel. Looks to have been sporterized in the 1960s. I need to get the trigger done one of these days!

My 1954 K-22 is the olded handgun I shoot.

1950 M&P

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I have a few but my wife packs my old new police colt 32-20, when ever were out in the woods. We shoot a lot of black powder guns mostly repos but 2 original, have no idea the age.

Sauer and Sohn 38 special six shooter, 35 years old.

Mossberg 22 LR single shot, 80 years old.

jed

I used my Winchester Model 1893 for many years, as did my father and, before him, my grandfather. It was only a few years ago that I discovered it was actually a 93, which is a black powder only frame. It has been retired until I load some black powder shells. I do, however, frequently shoot a 1911 made in 1914. It is from the first production run of 1911s by the US Armory at Springfield, still a good shooter, and in great condition. I sometimes shoot my 1881 Marlin in 45-70, a good old shooter. Still have a few Trapdoors, but haven't shot them since the 1960s.

.45-70?

DW

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1905 First Change that someone converted for concealed carry a very long time ago. Single and double action are like butter and I modified a set of targets for it.
The other is my 1918 Steyr in 7MM Mauser that still shoots lights out at 150 yards all day long. More ammo goes down range with these guns than any other I own and I carry the .38 a lot.
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I still bird hunt with Grandpa's Parker Trogan 12G circa 1917. Some day it will belong to my Grand Son.

The oldest one that I shoot most often is a WWI Enfield P14. I cannot recall what year it was made but 1916 rings a bell. The oldest gun I own that I have fired is an Argentine 1909 Long Rifle that was probably built 1910-11. 7.65 Mauser has a distinctive voice in that gun and certainly makes the AR owners on the line look up.

Rifle: Father's pre64 M70 Fwt 270 restocked w/ Brown's Precision.

Pistol: Colt Officer's Target(or Match) 3rd ed 38 spl. Possibly the most accurate pistol I own but it doesn't fit my big hands.

I take this mid-1960s Walther PP to the range every few months. Worn, but still a good shooter.

The oldest one which I use regulary at the range is this



And the gun forgot nothing in between...


Swissman

My deer rifle, an M94 Swede, was made in 1894-5.

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1929 Savage 99G in 300 Savage for deer hunting in West Virginia. It has an old 4X Weaver scope on it. It still knocks the deer DRT.

1931 Savage 99 takedown model in 300 Savage.

M&P pre-10 from 1946...

If use includes recreational target shooting, then It would have to be my 1891 Mauser Modelo Argentino.
DWM manufactured in 1895.

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I shoot a M&P from abt 1908. The bbl was cut with a hack saw so I customized it for the yearly 8 week double action match. Now its a long action PPC gun for DA shooting. Larry

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My '96 Krag carbine is the oldest.[sorry, no pics]
Next is the .44 HE Model of 1926 [1928 I think].

K22 & K38 [1948]

.38 M&P [1950].

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1932 '94 Winchester, and a mid-20's store brand .410 single. I also have a Winchester Model 10 that's old, but I've never looked it up...

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Winchester model 42 .410 circa. 1950

A circa 1930 Springfield Arms (Savage/Stevens) Model 50 Springfield Jr. single shot .22LR that belonged to my grandfather. When the bolt is worked, it moves the back half of the bolt to the rear just far enough that the firing pin is off the rim of the cartridge and then it's hand cocked to fire. The barrel is about half shot out of it but it's still fairly accurate.

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I have a 1905 4th, 5" nickel, pretty sure from 1926. This one gets several range trips a year.
I am just about to start shooting a Regulation Police in 38 S&W, a prewar revolver, but I am not sure from what year. I am thinking it is a few years older than the 1905 4th.



Here is the 1905/4th.

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The oldest guns I occassionly use are:

- Winchester 1894, 30 WCF, 1897
- Winchester 1894, 38-55, 1899
- Winchester 1894, 32-40, 1899
- Winchester 1897 Shotgun, 12 ga, 1901

I have an 1886 Winchester, 45-90, that I've shot, on occassion, but don't normally use it for hunting.

Rod

The oldest one I have shot regularly is a Winchester built Pattern 14 rifle from 1916. I have shot my Argentine 1909 which was probably made in 1911 and a Steyr built Mauser 1912 with the "tubata" type rebore to take it from 7mm Mauser to 7.62 NATO.

THe oldest gun I have by BATFE regs that I would shoot is a 1943 rebuilt Turk 1893. The receiver was made in 1896-7 but the barrel is 1943. I have a 1900 Mosin Nagant 91 modified by the Czechs to the 91/38 standard that I do not shoot because it has a wooden crossbolt instead of a metal one.

I have a Win. '97 Made in 1904, That I shoot monthly at Cowboy shoots. With practice rounds that is 350 to 450 a year, I believe that since 1999 I've shot it more than all before me combined.

The oldest is a 1952 Polish Tokarev. I used to have a 1914ish Savage .32 and a 1920's Mosberg Brownie 4 shot .22. It was the first firearm that Mosberg made.

My grouse/woodcock gun, a Higham 12-g boxlock ejector made in 1890.

Oldest gun I have is this 29-2. It left the factory in 1965. I don't shoot it much.

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The oldest gun I shoot is a 1937 J.P. Sauer and Sohns K 98 Mauser. The oldest gun I carry is a 1977 2" barrel Mod. 15-3.

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For woods carry S serial Model 57 and 28. Sometimes a first year production Ruger Red Eagle my buddy gave me.

When I take people to the range to introduce them to recreational shooting, I start them with my S&W K22 made in 1947. It is very easy to shoot accurately, and beginners like that.

Occasionally I load black powder .45-70 cartridges for my Trap Door Springfield made in 1879.

I take my 1888 out several times a year.


With black powder/cast bullet handloads, of course. Got more use in the last year as a friend bought one and I've been 'coaching' and loading for him too.

My 1894 Krag often tags along.


Found 1000+ 190gr bullets cast from linotype at a flea market , so she's none the worse for wear. Krags have very mild steel barrels.

My go to turkey gun is a CE grade fox double. 26" original bbls choked IC & F. 6 1/2 pounds, 12ga. The IC comes in handy when you get charged by a sex craved gobbler. A delight to carry and comforting to look at during those slowed down times sitting in the woods. DOB is 1915,

Back when I was deer hunting, it was a 1947 Win 70, rebarreled to 25-06. Now my son's deer rifle.


Charlie

LeFever Arms EE grade from 1904...D.M. LeFever and Sons 7D grade from 1903...Marlin 1893 30-30 Deluxe from 1905...Pair of 12and20ga Ansley Fox XE grades from 1915...Parker DHE from 1927...Remington 141 Gamemaster 35 rem. from 1937...never realized my guns were so old till I wrote this!!!

I have a 1906 5" S&W .38 Special that still sees regular use at the range.

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1889 model Schmidt-Rubin Swiss army rifle, made in 1891. Bought it direct from Switzerland since it's an antique. The modern Swiss ammo is not for these, ever! I handload to Krag levels after trimming the 55mm cases to 53.5mm. I do have a box of proper military ammo dated 1924 (!) and so far only two duds out of 25 rounds. And, it's non-corrosive!

Shoot several early 20th century Mausers with the oldest dated 1911.

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My SMLE No. 1 MK111* from 1917 I shoot often and hunt with every year.


My 1950s era Browning Lightweight Auto-5 12 gauge I shoot often and hunt with every year too.
My 1947 Smith and Wesson Military & Police I shoot all of the time.




C.B.

Colt army special in 38 spl dated to 1910 and a 1873 springfield trapdoor,I reload for both. I prefer old firearms.

My 1893 Winchester loaded with lots of holy black shotguns shells, and occasionally my Starr 1863 in .44- it's a fun gun to shoot, and it's remarkably accurate after I had a couple of springs replaced- I now see why some Southerners liked this sixgun.

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oldest weapon....that would be a rock...