The oldest firearm you have

[Retiredguns]

Nothing ancient, but the oldest are a Winchester 1890 and a Colt Peacemaker. The "Gallery rifle" dates to 1928. The Peacemaker I am still researching. The 1890 has been passed down from Grandpa, Dad to me.

 

[Hognfrog]

1859 Sharps Pepperbox, .22 Cal.

 

[Muley Gil]

I'm not exactly sure. This one is from 1905:

But this .38 DA could be from the 1800s:

I have a couple of pocket pistols whose dates are unknown to me:

F&W

Yes, yes, it's broken so I had it powder coated just for fun. I wanted John Deere green but this was the only green he had.

H&R:

This broken Ithaca Fluid Steel could be from the 1890s:

Then I have a really nice flintlock rifle on the mantle above my fireplace. It could be very old, it could be a replica, it could be a parts gun, I have no idea.

That looks like an Enfield rifle musket and it is percussion, not flint. Please post close-up pictures of the lock.

 

[66RedStang]

1888 Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless revolver. Also called "Lemon Squeezer".

 

[bcowern]

Colt Model 1849. Made 1853.`



Regards,
bcowern

 

[delta-419]

My oldest Firearm

Colt Walker 44 BP dated 1847. Came out of a collection in New Hampshire, a "parts" gun with a first model Dragoon serial number dated 1848.

 

[RGPM1A]

Oldest guns are an SA 1903 Mk1 from 1918 and Winchester Models 52 and 61 from the 1930s.

 

[Muley Gil]

I have an 1842 Harpers Ferry .69 musket. The barrel is marked 1844 and the lock is dated 1845.

It shoots fine!

 

[walter o]

I have a little 22 that is marked top of barrel R White made for SMITH & !WESSON. i THINK IT IS A BETTER THAN THE MODEL 1 s&w
age probably @late 1850s

 

[mauser9]

K98k Made 1940 by Mauser Borsigwalde. Dad'sbringback

 

[moralem]

Model 1873 from 1885 as documented from the Cody museum. The other is also from around 1885 as best I can calculate, but no documentation. 44 DA top break.

 

[Daimler1989]

my M1917 rifle has a barrel stamp showing 3/1918, but my swedish M41b is build on a 1909 receiver. So I'm not sure which one is older.

regards from Germany
Ulrich

 

[huntandfishguy63]

1906 Winchester model 92, in 32 wcf.

 

[mrcvs]

I'm surprised no one posted a Brown Bess. Someday, if I'm lucky, that will be my oldest firearm.

 

[Guevera]

I've got Great-Grandfather's SAA Colt in .44-40, shown here with him and his mustache. Never fired it because I believe it is before smokeless powder and would hate to blow it up.

Before they committed corporate suicide, I had US Firearms make a copy of Great Grandfather's revolver, right down to the same serial number. My copy shoots .44 Specials, though.

 

[LVSteve]

my M1917 rifle has a barrel stamp showing 3/1918, but my swedish M41b is build on a 1909 receiver. So I'm not sure which one is older.

regards from Germany
Ulrich

US firearm law goes by when the receiver was made, so your M41b is older.

US law also means that a Turkish 1893 that was refurbished in the 1930s and so stamped is actually classed as a pre-1898 antique, and legally is not a firearm.

 

[steelslaver]

I shoot my original model of 1873 Trapdoor Springfield every summer. Not sure just when it was made. but before 1890

 

[dickydalton]

I have a Smith&Wesson 1 1/2 32 rimfire from 1867 and a Marlin 1875 Standard 32 Rimfire Short.

 

[paul s]

1848 Springfield 1842 69 caliber musket

 

[zeke]

1892 Webley Mark 1 (navy). Actually fired it once years ago

 

[SteveA]

1842 Palmetto Armory pistol would probably be the oldest.