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Winchester 1892, .38-40, made in 1910.

DF

a 1855 colt revolving rifle, 44 caliber

I have an HM Quackenbush .22 that was made on or before 1908.

A 30-30 Winchester made about that time too.

'92 Win, 38-40, 1910.

Very slick action, bore is shiny, min pitting, very accurate.

DF

Trapdoor Springfield made 1879. Then a double 12 ga hammer gun around 1885 to 1890. Still tight and fun with black powder brass shotshells. The trapdoor shoots great too.

Very cool - false muzzle, custom mold, etc. Some of those were amazingly accurate. Have you ever worked with it?

1895 Savage in 303 savage.

norm

a musket issued to the state of new jersey IIRC< for the civil war, marked US. I don't recall the date on it right now.

Still use it for hunting from time to time. Its seen ducks, rabbits, squirrels, deer, pigs, and javelina so far.

1875 Schofield

Remington Navy cartridge conversion circa 1870.

Very nice. I like that very much. When I was younger, you could get those old guns for a song. Colt conversions too. Then the MacDowell book came out...

One of Custer's officers lost one like that, someplace on the trail during the Indian Nations campaign where they wiped out Black Kettle's village on the Washita.

The only conversion I ever owned...short gun, that is.

Not as old as most of the stuff posted above but I have a K22 and a Marlin M39 both mfg. in 1946.

Model 722 Remington made in 1959

Both my Winchester-made .303s were made in 1915. The 1895 is the nicer of the two to carry about, while the P-14 is much easier to shoot well.

Love the old stuff.....my oldest is an 1835 Harper's Ferry musket that still shoots. 58 cal if I remember correctly.

'96 Swedish mauser manufactured in 1899 - unfortunately Bubba had his way with it before I found it, but then the price was so low I couldn't resist. It's a consistent 1 MOA rifle with the 155 Lapua Mega and is my official 'truck gun'.

The action is as tight as a new one, and the ivory stocks remain undamaged. I picked it up at an auction last year for $150.

Winchester model 1873 made in 1887 in 38-40 that still goes deer hunting at least once a year, 1902 1894 takedown half octagon bbl. in 30 WCF.

This is probably my oldest gun but I'm not sure when it was made. It is a Gastinne Renette howdah pistol. The bore is .62 and it has a single trigger that fires which ever barrel is cocked or one after the other if both are cocked and everything goes right. It would probably make a good truck gun but I haven't fired it yet.