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Who hunts with an old rifle??? Say around a hundred years old?

My .30-06, Model of 1917 is getting right up there, as is Dad's Springfield... Both are fine guns, built for the first World War, and both were "sporterized" in the 1940's/1950's according to Dad. I've been shooting them most of my life and have hunted with both. Don't generally think of them as "old" but I guess they are getting that way. Dang.

My old springfield is still going strong!! 1-1/2 groups at 100 with the Lyman peep is the norm and it's my luck rifle.. Can hunt all season with little or no luck and break out gramp's "Betsy" and meat hits the freezer pretty quick.

My wifes grampa gave me the rifle. His dad bought it in a pawnshop in Seattle during the great depression.. He was one of eight kids living outa Republic. "Betsy" fed the family year round for many years.. Who knows how many hundreds of deer it's taken along with plenty of elk.

I love it!

Not for big game hunts, but my M94 Marlin 25-20 WCF is 100 years old this year. The barrel has been sleeved and it shoots cast bullets real well. It's pretty hard on small game, but makes a great "walk about", catch as catch can rifle.

I was left kind of a fancied up M94 made in 1927. It was my grandfathers.. and yes, Ive had to take it out and kill a deer with it now and again...
Ingwe

I've hunted with a springfield b4. It has a pre WWII zeiss with a 3/4" tube. I won't be hunting with it anymore until I get better optics on it. I'll need to get the bolt bent an a beulher safety installed.

I have a 1917 and two 1903's, built in 1918-1919. They are getting there, will be by the time my sons get them. My wife's Swedish Mauser is 100 years old this year.

I like some designs dating a centennial or better.

The Marlin 39 prolly topping that list.

I have a 1891 7.65 Argentine 16" carbine I use for a brush gun. I hope I'm in as good of shape and shootin' as straight after 118 years.

Of my Swedish Mausers, 4 are over 100 years old. This year, I shot my first deer with one, a Model 38 made in 1908. One shot at 60 yards using iron sights, and the buck dropped like a safe fell on him. It's truly amazing the quality and accuracy of those old rifles. I have also hunted with my Model 96 Swede, built in 1902, but no success yet.

It will be interesting to see what our "new" rifles look like in 100 years.

Daveman

1893 Mauser sporting "pleasure rifle" in 6.5x55 SE.

1890 Mauser Model 1988 in 8x57.

Remington Rolling block built circa 1882.

1899 Savage built 1914.

1873 Winchester in .44-40.

96 Swede and a 1874 Sharps

I've got a Winchester 92, 32-20 that was mfg. in 1915, that I've hunted with some for close range deer. Haven't shot anything with it yet and prefer my 92 trapper in .45 Colt for deer.
Virgil B.

I've got a Fox Sterlingworth made in 1911, so it's very nearly 100 years old; next in line is my 1927 vintage Winchester Model 54 in 30-06.

Just checked the serial number of my new Springfield 1903, numbers to 1906 so it's the new old man of the safe.

Not 100 years old but I have a couple of Remington model 14's I hunt with that were made in the early 20's.One has a Marbles tang sight and the other a Redfield receiver sight. Both shoot really well!

A buddy has a Krag carbine that he has used since he was boy. He kills his limit every year. I have a Savage 99 from 1917 and a Win 94 from 1896.
The Savage gets used regularly.

Sometimes hunt whitetail deer with a Winchester M92 38WCF, made in 1906.

If rifles designed over 100 years ago count, then I've killed lots of deer with rifles using M98 military actions/or in original configuration and also two 1903s, both US Rems made in 1942. One pretty much as-issued, one sporterized and scoped.

I have a Stevens Model 404 Match Target .22LR rifle on a 44 1/2 frame that my great-grandfather purchased in 1913. It comes with a JC Stevens 6x external adjustment scope, and will put match ammo into 3/8" at 50 yds every day. It is my precision squirrel sniper on nice days when I want to sit and be lazy and call the squirrels. Does that count?

Savage 1899 .303Sav built in 1903, all I can say is it still works!

my two oldies are a 1914 Watson Bros. .450/.400 double rifle and an 1896 Greener 16 ga. double. Both of them still hunt.

I have an old Remington M24 gallery gun, (.22 short only) and it's fun to take after squirrels and rabbits with it. I can barely see the sights sometimes, but it's still a ball to carry around.