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1904, ‘92 Winchester. But I have a few older - don’t know date of manufacture - 2 Krag’s & an old SMLE.
The SMLE did in a wolf that was challenging my dog in my yard.

i have some older rifles but my old favorite is a 1917 256 Newton bolt rifle

1908 Mannlicher-Schoenauer, originally chambered in 8x56MS. Some years back, I had a new barrel made for it in 8x57Mauser. Decent shooter, and I have taken it hunting, but alas, no joy yet.

I no longer hunt with any old rifles. Been in the proccess of acquiring new guns to hunt with everything suppressed. Only older rifle i ever hunted with regularly was a 1955 winchester model 88 .308. Took several deer and bears with it.
Have an old marin .30-30 from 1947 i believe. Picked it up in the spring of 2019, took 2 bears with it that august, and its sat in the safe since then. Ill take it out again one of these days just for fun. When i bought that old 47 marlin it had been sitting in a safe pretty much my whole life by the sounds of it. Figured id better put it to work that year.

1898 Krag, one of 5,000 Cavalry models made with original 1898 made barrel. 24 inch in length.

3 loads with 180 grain Speer RN.

1. 30 grains 4198
2. 25 grains SR 4759
3. 30 grains of RL 7.

An old model 94 Winchester SR carbine in .32 spcl. Date of birth 1912.

And a Win 1897 pump shotgun in 16 gauge made in 1900 - it's a turkey killing machine!