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1896 .303 SMLE (sporterised, was my Dads)
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This 45-60, made in 1882
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Until it was stolen, an 1842 Springfield .69 Caliber.
Currently, an Trapdoor Springfield Carbine.
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Remington #1 Rolling Block, 50/70 Gov't., Manufactured around 1873. ALL ORIGINAL!! This one could have been with Custer on his Yellowstone Expedition or at the Little Bighorn for that matter. It is the same rifle he carried except for the sling swivels (Remington factory installed) and the 2nd rear barrel sight (Custer's supposedly had only the "Rough and Ready" sign). Custer's letter to Remington Arms Company: Last year I ordered from your firm a sporting rifle, caliber .50. I received the rifle a short time prior to the departure of the Yellowstone Expedition. The Expedition left Fort Rice the 20th of June, 1873 and returned to Fort Abraham Lincoln, September 21, 1873. During the period of three months I carried the rifle referred to on every occasion and the following exhibits but a portion of the game killed by me: Antelope 41; buffalo 4; elk 4; blacktail deer 4; American deer 3; white wolf 2; geese, prairie chicken and other feathered game in large numbers. The number of animals killed is not so remarkable as the distance at which the shots were executed. The average distance at which the forty-one antelopes were killed was 250 yards by actual measurement. I rarely obtained a shot at an antelope under 150 yards, while the range extended from that distance up to 630 yards….."
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That is a damn nice 50/70. Neat backstory on it as well.
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Northern Jim that's a great '76 model and Sharps1874 that Remington is fantastic, It's neat to see what the finish actually looked like on a period rifle of that make.
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Not a rifle, but my grandfather carried this through both World Wars. It looks like 1913. Beautiful. Love these early 1911's. Especially with a history like yours. Ya learn something new every day. I was at the range shooting it one day and the guy in the next stall looks over says that he liked my 1911. I told him it was my grandfather's gun and he carried it through both World Wars. He asked me if he was in the Marine Corps. I said that he was and I asked him how he knew that. He said that the diamonds on the grips were specific to the Marine Corps. Well that's not true. They all had double diamond grips up until the 1911A1 Moose is correct.
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I have 2 that are very close in age the oldest a remington model 14 in 30 rem made in 1920, the other made in 1921 is a model 1905 Mannlicher Schoenauer in 9x56 MS. I hunt deer and hogs with both. Neither wears a scope and both are utilized while still hunting as befits their purpose. I reload for both as neither is made commercially in a very long time. I always get a lot of questions when anyone sees me hunting with them. Never seen another of them either hunting or in LGS. See a few 14’s in 35 rem from time to time but never a Mannlicher particularly in the 9x56 caliber. Both obsolete but nobody told the deer or hogs as they tip over same as if they were 30-06. I really enjoy hunting with these old gents as they make you hunt not snipe.
Life is too short to hunt with ugly guns.
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1936 M71 deluxe ,had 1box of shells fired when purchased. I did a 2nd box.
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Oldest rifle is a Savage 1920 in .250-3000. Made in 1920.
Oldest firearm is a Volcanic Arms #2 Navy model from 1855. Handed down from family.
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1867 Peabody...and no safe queen either.
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Steyr Model 1886 Kropatschek Light Infantry Carbine. My brother had this mailed to the house in the 1960's. Not fired now but was used often back when ammo was still available.
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Have a couple of mid 50's Sako L46 .222's. Have mint H&R Model C .22 short pistol that is 1939
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My grandpa’s Winchester 1873 38-40. Thank God my uncle wanted me to have it instead of his kids. I pretty sure it’s pre 1900, but is there any easy internet site I can check on?
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A 1863 made model 1861 Springfield contract musket by Norfolk.
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Clement Neumann in 401WSL.
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Oldest rifle is an 1895 Savage, made in 1895. Oldest gun is a Smith and Wesson Model 1 made in 1874.
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I have a 300 Savage model 99 EG from 1953. I also have a Browning BAR 300 win mag made in Belgium in 1969.
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My grandpa’s Winchester 1873 38-40. Thank God my uncle wanted me to have it instead of his kids. I pretty sure it’s pre 1900, but is there any easy internet site I can check on?
Go to the WACA site and you can put in the serial # under Winchester 1873, and it will give you the yr. of mfg.
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