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Very cool. I'd love to own that. I'd shoot it, too.

Holy Crap......how about a pic. Love to see that.

1899 savage 30-30 made in 1909

My heirloom L.C. Smith S/N shows it's manufacture date as 1904.
Next would probably be my 1932 Rem "Sportsman" 16 gauge

M96 Swedish Mauser, 1899.

My oldest is an 1874 Peabody - Martini in 45-70.
Shoots like a tack driver (an awfully big tack that is)

I have a couple of old bolt action rifles, 1 Springfield A3-03 and an old Chilean Mauser but the oldest gun I cherish is a Winchester model 42, probably early 1950's mfg.. The shotgun belonged to my grandfather and was passed to my father. My father passed it to me on his death. I plan to pass it on to my son and I hope he will pass it on to his son one day. That will make my grandson the 5th generation to own this gun. Special stuff!

I have a 32 caliber muzzle loader that belonged to a long lost relative. It was passed to my grand father who passed in 1962. We got it from grandma in 1974. I also have a Remington 32 rimfire revolver that belonged to my grand father and got it from grandma when she passed in 1974.

A 1893 Mexican Mauser an 1895 Chilean Mauser. A couple of other Mausers I don't recall the dates on. My favorite is a 1919 Springfield sporterized 1903.

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SxS made in 1918

My GGpa's 1927 Winchester M94 .30-30.

Also have a couple shotguns that were his and probably older, but not sure of the mfg. date.

A 1899 made in 1908. A 32-40

nimblehunter;
Good evening to you sir, I hope the day was kind to you and this finds you well.

Thanks for the thread and as always thanks to those who've responded, it's been a great read and viewing.

While I'm not exactly sure of the age on this Iver Johnson, I'm guessing it's at least 100 years old, possibly more.



It belonged to a friend who passed away and our idiotic Canuck gun laws prevented his family from inheriting it.

Best to you all.

Dwayne

A dear friend gifted me a Winchester 1906 made in 1919. His dad bought it when he turned 18 and Frank passed it to me when he couldn't see the sights anymore.

I've owned older, but now it's my Savage 99 22high power 1917.

I've thought about it a lot of times, but everything is working now and if I have to take it apart to clean it, it just adds risk that something might break or get buggered up.

I had an AR made in 2020. Tragically it was lost in a recent boating accident.

Winchester 94 25-35 of the 1902 vintage.

I used to have the very same gun in .22 Short.

Looks to me like you just knock that one wedge piece out, and the barrel/action would lift right out of the wood stock for cleaning.

A 1908 6.5 x 55 Swede. One of the most accurate units in the safe.