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What is the oldest rifle you still have that "YOU" bought "NEW"? For instance I have a Rem 700 264mag that "I" bought "NEW" in 1964 . Also have a Ruger 77R "I" bought "NEW" in 1967, their first year of production. Still have the box for the Ruger. What's you story? OK I will be 79 next month.
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700 BDL, 7 mag bought in 1975, got a Stevens 311 shotgun bought for 60 bucks at a Globe store in 1968 on North Shepard Drive in Houston.
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Might need to start an "Old Farts" sub-forum.
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Weatherby Vanguard in 243Win in '76. Shot one deer with it. It's sits in back of one of the safes ever since.
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I still have the .270 Remington 700 BDL I ordered from Sears when I was in high school, 1966. It’s in almost perfect condition.
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If this one counts..........Remington 511 Scoremaster that I got for Christmas 1962. My father bought it for me, and I'd picked it out. If that doesn't count, then the Remington 700 Classic 270 that I bought in 1979.
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A Winchester Model 88 in .308 Win., bought in 1967 @ age 14….my first centerfire rifle! memtb
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Got a Stevens model 311 I bought in 1968 and a Win. 700 in 243 I bought in '71. Still have a Remington (514?) 22lr single shot I got in about '62 as a Christmas present
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Every rifle ive ever bought was bought new......
Bought a used skb shotgun a time or two......all good.
Did spring for a never issued Chinese SKS in cosmoline once.....Have no idea how old it was.
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.270 in a 700 ADL (when they were polished blue and walnut) in 1993. I was only 13 at the time. $300 on sale at K-Mart.
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I usually purchase from the used market. I do have a Win 70 Classic purchased new in about '95. Or at least I still have the action and trigger. The stock and barrel have been replaced. And there is a Timney trigger waiting for installation.
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Rem 582 22RF I bought in the mid 60s
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Weatherby Vanuguard 243. Back when they only came in one grade.
Nice, shiny wood. Shiny blue. Last year before VGX, VGL.....
1983,
I was 13 and paid $318 for it. $7/lawn and by skipping lunch and saving the money.
Bought it in early fall, and had nothing left to by a scope and mounts. Was heartbroken when that settled in.
Dad surprised me with a Nov. birthday present of a Tasco Worldclass and Weaver mounts.
Still have it.
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I don’t really fit in here I guess. Oldest would be my model 70 classic stainless synthetic stock 243 that I picked out when I was 4 in 1996. Then killed my first Deer in our alternative season with a muzzleloader when I was 8. Seems like I was about 11 before I killed anything with the 243.
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WOW!!! It sounds great. What a wonderful collection of fine arms. Thank you all so much. We all cherish those items that take us back.
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The first one I bought is a Winchester M94 .30-30, bought in 1970.
I had received a shotgun a year earlier, a Winchester M370 in 410.
Still have both, I have used the M94 every year I've hunted. I haven't hunted squirrels for a while but used to burn 'em up with that little 410. I received a pump 20 gauge for Christmas a year after I bought the M94, but still preferred the 410. Don't know why, just did.
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12 ga 1100 from K Mart in 72. Ruger M77 in 30-06 and BAR 22 in 1979 . Still dove hunt with the 1100, bought with grass cutting money. The Ruger now sits in a Boyd’s laminate stock. The BAR is a squirrel killing machine and has a Burris FF 2 3x9.
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Remington 7600 in 257 Roberts. Bought in 1993 and still has a place in the safe.
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If rimfire scan be included…..a Remington Nylon 66. I was 10 years old and my Dad and I split the price….would have been late ‘61 or early ‘62! memtb
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to get into this i think it was 2011 or so when i bought a TC Encore in 50 cal inline. my grandfather bought me a used Winchester m94 in 30-30 when i was around 13 or 14 yo. i don't know of the number of dead deer that i killed with the 30-30, but it ranks #1. i don't use the 30-30 anymore (i have 1926 Remington m14 in 30 Rem), so i sent the m94 to JES Reboring and now it has a 35/30-30.
the first rifle i bought was a Remington m700 Mountain rifle in '06, but i sold her serval years later. i only own two of early 1990s Rem m7 in 7-08, 2010s several MGM Encore barrels and a 2016 Ruger SBH in 44 mag.
i have had new Savages and Remington but i sold them. i have other rifles but they are used, like the 91, 93, 95 and 98 Mausers, 1898 Springfield Armory's, Carcano's, Arisaka, Ruger #1, Husqvarna's and others.
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A $380 Walmart special synthetic 700ADL 270, 2004 I think. It got used heavily until I got other rifles, then it sat for years. Just put a new barrel and stock on and reamed it to 270Weatherby, because I always wanted one. Really happy with it, will use it more now.
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1974 LH 700 Remington 270. Killed everything with it . 2 nd barrel and stock . Still have it and many more lh rifles I still use the 270 for deer .
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1979 and I was a freshman in college, a LGS had 2 left handed Remington 788’s, one in 308, the other in 6mm. Each gun was $135 new and I could only afford one so I got the 308 just before deer season. That gun has taken quite a few deer.
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A $380 Walmart special synthetic 700ADL 270, 2004 I think. It got used heavily until I got other rifles, then it sat for years. Just put a new barrel and stock on and reamed it to 270Weatherby, because I always wanted one. Really happy with it, will use it more now. Good for you
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Might need to start an "Old Farts" sub-forum. I was thinking the same thing. I have a couple of rifles i bought new when i was 14 or 15 but i can't compete with the octogenarian crowd
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Sako Finnbear in .270 Win. that I bought new in 1969. My first centerfire rifle. If I recall correctly it cost $160.00. But that was when a dollar was worth something.
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I want to say I bought my 3006 7600 carbine in 1999 when I was 29 or 30. The wood stock has been heavily rasped, recoil pad installed, aftermarket trigger kit, speed safety, Williams peep, fiber optic front sight (going to make a square bead for it this year per the recent thread here), I've played with scout scopes. It's still my go-to. The bluing is non-existent where I carry it one-handed around the receiver/barrel junction and in other wear areas. I haven't used it exclusively since - took a moose with Dad's 06 BAR and a deer (or two?) with a push feed 70 in 06 but, mostly this gun has killed my deer. I ordered this rifle at a LGS right here in town which no longer exists. I've accumulated a lot of stuff over the years but, nothing I couldn't part with aside from this rifle. I'm currently having a custom rifle built which is another first for me and it will cost many times the $600 (?) I paid for the 7600. I'm sure this custom will be a prized possession. But, it will never have been the rifle that I carried for all those miles during the prime of life while I became a man and lived the life of a man. You can take whatever you like if you need it more than I do but, don't even think about the pump-gun!
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Marlin 336A, 30-30, micro-groove rifling with 24" barrel. Purchase new in 1976 for $92 from Leslie Edelmann's in Farmingdale, NY.
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Since none of us could legally "buy" a firearm before we turned 18 years of age, the first new firearm that "I" bought and did the paperwork for after turning age 18 would have been a Remington 700V in 22-250 in 1973.
"I" paid for firearms prior to turning age 18, but either my Father or my Mother was the actual buyer for legal purposes. The earliest new firearm that I paid for was a Remington 660 in 308 in 1969 when I was 14.
I have bought multiple new in box firearms from previous owner that went back to the first decade of the 20th Century. Although they were still new in box, they had been previously owned, so new, but not new, if you know what I mean.
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I have never bought a new rifle.
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I still have my Glenfield Model 60 that I saved my money for & bought from a Western Auto as a young teenager around 1974. So 49 years old. The original 4x scope (Tasco?) is no longer on it but I can still plink with it. It has around 0% of its bluing left. I haven’t parted with it mainly because of all the effort it took me to convince my parents to let me buy it.
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Speaking fir my wife……she (with help from her then husband) got her first rifle (a little Ruger Model 77 in 270 Win.) in 1975. She used borrowed rifle’s to kill a deer, antelope, and a moose prior to getting her own! It’s been retired since 1996…..but, has a pretty good legacy!
They bought their two sons shotguns and 270 Win.’s by their 12th birthdays! memtb
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Nylon 66 bought in 1971. My first gun purchase.
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Mossberg, .22 bolt action carbine with the fold down fore arm, bought new in 1953 still have it and it still shoots great, it's got more than few Thousand rounds down the tube. Rio7
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First new rifle I had was an Anschutz 141M .22 mag as a Christmas gift in 1965. First I bought new was a 788 in .222 spring of 1967. In between those two there was a sporterized 03-A3, a .30 caliber carbine and a 20 gauge Beretta Companion.
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Mossberg, .22 bolt action carbine with the fold down fore arm, bought new in 1953 still have it and it still shoots great, it's got more than few Thousand rounds down the tube. Rio7 I have the same first to me new gun (birthday present in 1949) Mossberg 142A. Mine was a first year production with the wood fold down fore arm, later ones were plastic. It came with the peep sight and also a genuine Mossberg scope, which has long since disppeared. It is now in my sons care and someday will go to my grandson, but at this point my son is not ready to let go of it since he uses it to continue its mission of sending gophers to their demise. Everytime I shoot it I am amazed at how well it shoots while defining every logical reason for it to do so. drover
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A Bicentennial Ruger M77 in 7mm Rem Mag with the stamping "Made In The 200th Year of American Liberty" on the barrel.
Bought by me in 1976 for $175 when I was 19 years old.
Since then it has taken 20+ elk, at least 50 deer, maybe a half dozen antelope, and a mountain goat.
It is well worn from many horseback hunts, and is now semi-retired in favor of SS composite stocked rifles.
I am planning on taking it to fill a cow elk tag this fall.
It's the last rifle I will ever part with.
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Model 64 Winchester in 30/30.....in June of 1966, at the RAF Alconbury Rod & Gun Club, for less than $50.00
Inherited a 1958 or so made Remington 870 in 12 gauge, my dad bought new A Quantico PX
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Oldest rifle that I bought new that I still have is a Sako L691 300 Wby I bought in 1994.
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Stevens 311 in 20 ga. in 1975.
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I was born in 63 and in 76 I gave my father the $$$ for a Rem Model 700 ADL in 7mm Mag since I couldn't do the purchase myself since I was only 13. Still have it and still hunt with it. I have older rifles from my grandfathers and father but that was the first one I bought with my own money.
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Savage 72 22 LR. Made in 72, bought this year. Still in the box with tags and plastic wrap.
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Well, Mom bought it for me for Christmas in 1967, a Remington 581. Doesn’t get out much and one of my descendants will get it in time.
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I have a CZ 452 American .22lr thats maybe 6 years old, i guess its the oldest gun in my safe as no other gun in my safe is over 3 years old.....Hb
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I’m pretty sure I have only bought one new rifle for myself ever. A Weatherby Mk 5 Euromark .270 Wby Mag. Pretty wood and matte finished blue. Shot some deer with it but it’s been a long time. Bought in 1983 I think.
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My first new rifle was a win m70 in 30.06 bought in 1977. Have killed several moose with it over the years and still have and use it.
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I bought a marlin 336CS 30/30 from Service Merchandise back around 1988. My first centerfire. I bought it for shooting wild hogs in Florida.
It was on a clearance sale. I watched it go down in price every week for a month. When it got down to $125 I bought it.
I was poor as a church mouse in them days just getting started. Not much extra money for hunting gear. Fortunately it was a good shooter. I had bought a new Remington 1100 a few year before mostly for shooting doves. But once in the lease I was shooting slugs and buckshot thru it. I killed quite a few hogs and deer with my shotgun but wanted a rifle in the worst of ways.
I only used the Marlin for a couple seasons before I bought a LNIB Ruger Tanger 30-06. Never used the marlin much after but its still in the safe. I hung on to it as I thought maybe someday Ohio might allow 30/30s. I do a deer hunt every year with family up there.
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First used rifle a 1958 Savage 99F 308 $165 in 1975.First new rifle Ruger 77 250Sav in 1976 $202.
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Rem 700 BDL in 270 Win I bought in the late 60s. Killed dozens of elk, more deer and javelina and 9 bears with not to mention countless varmints. It's on it's 2nd barrel (a Hart stainless). I gave it to my youngest son and he got his first elk with it. Still looks good and shoots good even though I slid 50 feet down a talus slope with it. Bottom rifle is the BDL ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/7ymIhyM.jpg) Son with his first elk ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/gBLqnhB.jpg)
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I bought a 1974 production 700 ADL 30-06 new in 1975. I was 17 at the time. The rifle was $175. That was before sling swivel studs came from the factory. I had the gunshop install them, bought a sling, Tasco scope, Weaver bases, and 1 box of ammo for $250 OTD.
I still have it and used it a lot up until about 10 years ago. It is basically retired now.
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Not nearly as old as most in this thread, but Remington 700 in 270Win, left-handed back in...1998? Put an inexpensive Nikon Buckmasters on it and hunted with it until I was out of college. Had it rebored to 9.3x62 a few years back and dropped it into a Remington KS stock with a Meosport R on top. Need to get around to bedding it. Lots of use in thick WV woods.
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Since you said rifle my single shot H&R 410 bought new for $48 in the early eighties when I was 11 doesn't count.
So rifle bought by me would be my 700 bdl 6mm I bought new at age 14 mid eighties for $385. It's got a pretty worn throat but still looks great and shoots well. It's killed probably a dozen deer and tons of rabbits and rock chucks. It also likes crows and coyotes.
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Mine is a Sako Vixen in .222 Mag. I bought it through the mail in '64 or '65. It still is a very good rifle. Redfield 4x12 scope.
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Not a rifle, but I bought this one saving money from mowing yards. Beretta a390 bought new in 1994 from a local gun shop. Still hunting with it. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/P1kNjNj.jpg)
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What is the oldest rifle you still have that "YOU" bought "NEW"? For instance I have a Rem 700 264mag that "I" bought "NEW" in 1964 . Also have a Ruger 77R "I" bought "NEW" in 1967, their first year of production. Still have the box for the Ruger. What's you story? OK I will be 79 next month. While I have many shotguns that I purchases new, off the shelf - most of my early rifle purchases were used. The oldest I can clearly remember is my Ruger 77 Mk II, (boatpaddle) in 260 Remington. Paid $379 for it at the Fargo Scheels..... Kaiser Norton
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I bought my first deer rifle a Glenfield 30A 30-30. I bought it money I saved from working in rice fields. I was 12 years old and the year was 1982. I killed several deer and other things with that rifle. It has a Weaver K4 that needs to be replaced. I still have and it shoots less than an inch at 100 yards. I often think about taking it out hunting.
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Marlin Mountie 1969 and have shot hundreds of sage rats with it when I lived in OR.
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Remington Model 700 1991 Stainless synthetic in 270 WCF.
Shot the barrel out and had a new Shilen screwed on. It is now shooting 140gr Nosler AB silvertips into very small groups.
Shot over 4000 rounds through it. Easily another 1000 on the new barrel.
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Back in 1977 I bought my wife a model 700 bdl in 243. Once the first grandkids got old enough to deer hunt I bought a youth plastic bdl stock for it. They are still killing whitetails with that rifle.
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My first purchase was an SKS when I was 14. I saved for a long time and when I got $79 scratched together my old man took me to the local LGS/Pay Lake. They had raised the prices to $99. Back to work to make $20 then they went up to $119 before he took me back down there. I didn’t think I was ever gonna get ahead of inflation on those! They did throw in a free tent stake though if you remember those times. Still got the rifle and bayonet.
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1967 Winchester model 70 in .308 with a Weaver K-4. Just used it hunting for a few years but took it to a few local bullseye turkey shoots and it shot very well. A few more years and the NRA came up with the Sporting Rifle Hi Power matches, again the rifle was a winner...or at least until gamesmanship ruined the sport...guys started having custom rifles built to compete, .221 Fireballs, and .222 Rem's and 6 PPC's. So, real deer rifles became obsolete in just 3 yrs. Still have it, but it is pretty much a 'go to rifle for scope testing' now. It will be passed to the grandsons when the reaper starts doing drive by's.
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A new Remington Model 581 Bolt action 22 in 1974. Still as accurate today as it was the day I bought it. It’s taken scads of squirrels, groundhogs, and other vermin over the years. PPaid $95.00 for it.
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Rem. 760 30-06 made in 76 and purchased in 77.
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Ruger 77/22, bought new in '94.
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Bought a NOS, NIB Ruger M77 Tanger in 338 in 2002. Had been on the shelf for who knows how long, SN says it was made in 1988.
I didn't turn 18 till 1994 and the first gun I bought was a '94 from walmart that has since been stolen.
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Remington ADL 30.06 i bought in 1978.
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If you knew then what you know now, & could start all over again. WOW!!! I see a lot of great memories listed above. We live in different areas of the country & the world , but share a delight in shooting .... Thanks all...
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As far as a centerfire rifle, that'd be a Sako Deluxe 375 H&H, left hand in 1996 or 1997.
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I bought a brand new, unissued, Finnish M39 in 2014. The rifle was put together in 1970, but it has a Remington receiver which dates it to 1915 - 1917.
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A Herter's Model U-9 .30-06 barreled action and semi-inleted stock that I bought and put together in 1967.
It put 29 elk, 2 moose, a mountain goat and an Alaskan caribou in my freezer and some on my walls.
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A Ruger 77V tanger in 243 from LGS in '77 is the oldest bought new. I had already bought and sold a number of guns by then
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Remington 700 ADL .25-06 at age 17 in 1987. Still have it and still love it.
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Winchester Classic in .338 Win Mag. Early 90s.
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M700. Dad bought for me in 1962. It’s gotten a new stock and 2 barrels since then. Got my personal best buck with it in December ‘21.
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A Winchester mdel 55 self cocking .22 LR - 1957. I was 9. I got to keep it in my bedroom with some cartridges. Previous to that I could keep my .32-20 in my room but the ammo was kept in my parents bedroom.
The Winchester Model 55 (not to be confused with their lever-action rifle) was an open bolt design. It fired 22 short, long, and long rifle. It was a single-shot rifle, with no magazine tube or box magazine in sight. A shell would be loaded by hand, shot, and automatically ejected. There are other notable open bolt 22 rifles out there such as the Marlin Model 50 but that was semi-automatic and fed by a magazine. It was also later regulated due to its potential to be modified to be a machine gun. The Winchester Model 55 got away with its design by making it an open bolt single shot that automatically ejected its empty shell.
About 45,000 rifles were manufactured between 1957 and 1961.
Thiis may not make the cutas my oldest daughteer has it in her gun safe.
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The oldest Rifle that I personally bought new was a Remington 700 mountain rifle BDL in 30-06 bought in 1987 or 88
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1965 Sako Finnwolf in 308. Bought it new in 2005 I think. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/F8sxIrM.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/LkBZ85W.jpg)
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10-22 from 1976. Oldest centerfire is Browning 1885 7mm RemMag, bought in '86. I had earlier guns but they got stolen; no idea why thieves passed on the 10-22.
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10-22 from 1976. Oldest centerfire is Browning 1885 7mm RemMag, bought in '86. I had earlier guns but they got stolen; no idea why thieves passed on the 10-22. Can we assume that you bought the Browning 1885 in 1986…..not in 1886! 😂 memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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Mid 60's Glenfield Model 10 .22. $16 new. Marlin 39A new $89.95.
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Model. 70 FW in 257 Robert’s
Bought in the 1980s for my wife to hunt with
Since then I really can’t recall many I bought new
Boat paddle 223 and 22LR is about it
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Not a rifle, but I bought this one saving money from mowing yards. Beretta a390 bought new in 1994 from a local gun shop. Still hunting with it. Nice..... Reminds me of the A303 i purchased in 1988 the gunshop owner claimed was too exotic for his customer base..........i should have never sold that gun.
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For me it's a tie. My folks bought me a new 1977 Marlin 336 30-30 that I picked out at the local farm supply store and I bought a new 1977 Marlin 39A soon after.I still have both of them.
Wag more, bark less.
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Welcome to the Campfire Kurgan!
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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Welcome to the Campfire Kurgan! Thanks
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My Remington 700 in .308 that I bought new in 1970.
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After selling or gifting several guns and having a gun stolen........
The oldest remaining original NIB rifle is a TC Icon .308 from basspro in 2008.
The oldest NIB shotgun is one of the last SKB Weatherby orions 12 ga from sportsman's whse in 2006.
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Not many new guns go through here, but I do have a nice older 870 Special Purpose here that I bought new.
Code on bbl gives Aug 1990 as the manufacture date. Bbl is 26" and the original box is still with it. I swapped out the tupperware stock for a walnut police stock for the upgrade.
The SP came about when folks started looking for guns in a matte/satin finish. These are basically the Wingmaster matted out. Not many come up for sale, so I suspect they were not big sellers based on the price and were later replaced with the SPS.
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My model 700 .300 wm. 1970 and my 870 12 ga. bought in about 76 I believe.
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Winch. M37 in .410 - 1958. Still have it..
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What is the oldest rifle you still have that "YOU" bought "NEW"? For instance I have a Rem 700 264mag that "I" bought "NEW" in 1964 . Also have a Ruger 77R "I" bought "NEW" in 1967, their first year of production. Still have the box for the Ruger. What's you story? OK I will be 79 next month. rem 700 bdl in 7mm.bought the same year i think the serial # is under 45000.
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Husqvarna Crown Grade .30-06. $150. August, 1969. Still own the gun. About to start a build using the action, converting to .280 AI. Bartlein barrel; 2B contour. Custom walnut stock. Timney trigger. Zeiss optic on pic rail. Sunny Hill custom bottom metal. Dolling it up.
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Winchester 94 Wrangler in .32 win special in 1979
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Crossman 760 - 1972
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I probably shot up enough of my parents pinochle cards to wall-paper a mansion, ( ..hey, the decks all had a bunch of doubles, so I figured they were extras..)
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Remington Nylon 66, bought new in 1964! Still shoots great.
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Winchester Model 70 Mannlicher in 308, 1970
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Bought a Ruger 77/22 new in ‘91. MSRP is now an additional $1000 from what I paid for it new then. Talk about inflation. My, they’ve been busy with the printing press!
Buddy couldn’t believe I would pay $300 for a 22LR.
I still like it, very nice walnut on it, shoots nice.
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My oldest “bought new rifle” is a Mossberg Palomino Carbine in 22 LR. I bought it in 1969. Other than having to replace the firing pin 4 or 5 times, it has been a fairly good rifle
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I had to start over on account of theves. In about '73 or '74 i bought a Model 700 LH in .270Win. I shot it for about three or four years, but it never did shoot very good. I found a new take-off barrel at a gun show and put it on, along with glassbedding and floating my 30-06 find. Tack driver to this day. A few years later i did find a good shooting ,270 Win.
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Probably my 1973 or thereabouts ruger 10/22. Over the years I've replaced the trigger group and barrel, but still wears the original walnut stock and receiver. It looks rough because it stays in either my side by side or pickup 24/7. Still functions fine.
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I buy a lot more used guns than new…. But I’d guess it would probably be a 700BDL 223 that’s now a 6BR or a Ruger 77/22 mag…. That now has a Lilja barrel.
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1969 Marlin mountie from Target in Duluth MN. It has been shot several thousand times and shoots very well. I'm thinking of giving it to my son for Christmas this year.
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Browning A-Bolt 30-06 - Bought it new in the early 90's. It's still in very good shape and it has caused the demise of many a deer...
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Browning A-Bolt 30-06 - Bought it new in the early 90's. It's still in very good shape and it has caused the demise of many a deer... I used to have one in 7 Mag that I sure do miss! I sold it when I had decided that I was going to dedicate my hunting life to bow hunting only; first compounds and then traditional.
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I do not have many bought new older rifles. I build rifles so I buy them used, dogs, mostly and change them to something totally different, refinish them, etc. Been building since about 1962. I guess the only rifle I have that is in "as bought" condition, is the 1969, 444 Marlin rifle, first 6 months production gun, without the pistol grip, a straight stock, that I bought new, but is so far from the oldest rifle I have, it is not funny. My oldest has an original Tower flint lock in it, dated 1746 with a star rifled 54 cal barrel. A rifle made from musket parts near 200 years ago, that I have shot, but it was a gift, so.
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1983 Remington Model Seven. .243 first year made.
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Last December, I bought an n.i.b. KV ( May 1979) Remington Model 760 in .35 Remington.
Hope that counts.
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Kinda sad…Most firearms I bought new, were sold along the way. I buy most used.
My first firearm ever, was new, but my Dad bought it for me in 1982 for Xmas. (Marlin Model 60)
He oldest “new” firearm that I bought and still have would be the first Ruger 10/22 I ever bought back in 1996. Ive bought several more since and a couple of them were new.
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Rem 700 ADL in 25/06, 1974.
Killed my first 5-6 deer with it.
Have not had it out of safe in 15+ years, but I’ll never sell it.
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Springfield M1A bought in 1981-ish. Bought in NY and escorted out to Ne. Had it on Offutt AFB. Same year bought an Auto Ord 1911.
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1943 M1 Garand is my oldest rifle.
I bought it "new" from Fulton armory as a total rebuild in 2018.
Does that count?
Otherwise, its a rem 870 from 2001.
BMT
"The Church can and should help modern society by tirelessly insisting that the work of women in the home be recognized and respected by all in its irreplaceable value." Apostolic Exhortation On The Family, Pope John Paul II
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Campfire Greenhorn
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I bought my Browning BAR 30/06 in 1988. I still have it and use it.
Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.
Thomas Jefferson
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Campfire Regular
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Browning LH t-bolt, but purchased by my parents. Bday present in 1975.
LH Savage 110 CL, 30-06 purchased around 1980. It now wears a 338-06 barrel.
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Remington 512X purchased December of 1965. Still got the rifle and the owners manual. Box was tossed in 1965
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Campfire Regular
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Campfire Regular
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My Remington Model 700 Classic 280 Rem. It was the cartridge they made it in for 1997, which is when I bought it.
NYH1.
Take nothing I say personal, remember....it's just the interweb!
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YANKEE'S
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Marlin 336-C in 35. August of 1978.
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Most of mine are inherited. The oldest was bought new by my great grandfather in 1894. It's a Winchester model 1886 chambered in 45-70 - black powder loads only. Next is my fathers Model 99 in 300 savage purchased with his first paycheck at the lumber mill in 1954.
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700 BDL purchased in 64. Still have the original K4 Weaver on top of the gun safe. My son has the rifle. My brother used it during my first Germany tour. He nicknamed it the Meat Gun. He never missed with it and bought one just like it.
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Campfire Tracker
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I do not own a single rifle which I bought new. OOPs! I just thought of one. I bought a Thompson Center Hawken in 1971, and I still have it. Apart from that, of the fifty some rifles I have, none were bought new. GD
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First rifle was a Ruger 10/22 in 1990 still have it though it looks very different with a new stock and barrel in mid 90’s. First centerfire was in 1991 a Ruger 77 in 270 I very rarely carry it. Its on its 3rd or 4th stock. A employee of my Dads knocked it off a bench and broke the forend. I epoxied a cocobolo tip and a friend sprayed the stock with car clear coat and I buffed it to a high shine then 0000 steel wooled it and a coat of wax. Never liked it and found a original. Now itt sits in a very light Synthetic ( Brown ?) I have another original put away for it, unfortunately its a red pad with a lot of wood on the sides of the barrel. It needs a black pad narrow forend to be the way it should.
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