My oldest is a smith and wesson tip up made in 1878

Looks like it's in pretty good shape. Is it original, or refinished?

My oldest is a Remington model 8 Granddad bought new in 1915 when he homesteaded. My dad sent it back to the factory for a new barrel and got the metal refinished, the wood is pretty rough, and it has a couple minor home-made parts. I took an antelope with it a few years ago just for the heck of it.

Winchester 1894 in .30 W.C.F. bought new in 1912 for my grandfather's 12th birthday.




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from passed down thru the family.. a real early Savage 24.... .410 and 22 LR on top...
belonged to my grandfather who passed in 1968....

I've got a real old vintage Marlin 1893 in 25/20...

and a 1898 Model 30/40 Krag, in an issued Cavalry Carbine, but the stock was replaced with
something sporterized... a Bishop stock...

I got my dads Remington Model 11. I think it was made in the late 40’s..I had it blued and the wood refinished. Still hunt it a few times each year.

I have an old 8mm Mauser made in 1942, a German 9mm Luger my wife's grandfather carried in the German navy, a 1903 A3 Springfield and my Dad's old Mod. 99 in .300 Savage made in the 50's.

Great to hear these stories of guns handed down from generation to generation. Mine's a had-down too. It's an 1851 Colt Navy that was carried by the man I'm named after. He served in a unit from Pennsylvania during the Civil War. Just a neat old gun I've never fired and never will. There seems to be some conjecture on it's origin though. All the serial numbers, including the cylinder match, and from what I've been told, the chances of having a combat-carried revolver with a matching SN on the cylinder are pretty rare, as they carried multiple cylinders and swapped them out for quicker reloads as opposed to reloading one cylinder in the gun itself. At any rate, it's a family heirloom to me.

I've owned older guns, including an 1851 Navy manufactured in 1852 and a model 1842 US Musket, the manufacturing date forgotten. This one is a Smith and Wesson American in 44 rimfire aka 44 Henry probably manufactured in 1871 or 1872 with a cut barrel.

Honorable mention goes to my Smith and Wesson American in the Russian caliber aka 1st model Russian, made in 1874 and with old if not original, ivory grips.

Here is a Winchester model 1866 rifle that I sadly, don't own anymore.

I have a Winchester 1897 that was my grandfather's. It was made in 1902, the year of his birth. The story goes that Gramps mowed a neighbor's lawn all one summer in exchange for the shotgun. It was not well taken care of, and Grandpa had a time getting all the rust off. However, it became his one and only shotgun into adulthood.

In the mid-30's or so. The neighbor's son wrote Gramps demanding the shotgun as a family heirloom. Grandpa declined to answer.

I have an 1873 Winchester in .44-40 given to me by my father before he passed......

1915 Webley MK V .45 ACP.

1853 paper cartridge Sharps

I had an 1859 model Sharps carbine that had been converted to metallic cartridges by the military. 50-70 Gov't. I ordered Bell brass from an outfit in Idaho, procured the dies and got a bullet mould. I moulded up some bullets and poured the brass full of 2fg black and then crimped in the bullets. Shot it enough times to be accurate and then touched one off at a good buck on closing day with the light almost gone. Didn't get him, but got the experience. Of course, I traded it off.

I've got a early Colt Bisley in 45 Colt. I think it was manufactured in 1895 or 96.
It still shoots and I've been running Trailboss through it. The only thing I don't like
about it is that it shoots to the left. Really far to the left. I guess I wouldn't be so
bothered if it shot to the right.
I also had a Ballard that might have been older but someone made me an offer
that I couldn't refuse.

1873 Winchester made in 1884

I carry my Father's guns, and my Grandfather's guns, so older guns are the norm with me. However, my oldest is a Sterlingworth SXS 12ga more than 100 years old. I still hunt with it each year.

Mine is an 1895 Savage saddle ring carbine shipped in 1896. Compared to some already posted, it's not that old, but I'm proud to own it. I wonder what I'll look like at 122 ?

I had a Colt 1851 and a Springfield 1868 50-70 that had belonged to a family member. Both were in pretty rough shape, and I got a notion to sell them and did. They were the oldest I've owned. I currently have a Winchester 1893 12 gauge pump, and a double barrel Essex 12 gauge shotgun that are my oldest. The Essex is the old rabbit ear hammer type, with Damascus barrels, and belonged to a great great uncle. I also had a couple of 1891 Argentine Mausers at one time, both with low numbers, that I'm assuming were of early manufacture. I have some other guns that were made in the early 1900's.

Probably my Winchester 94 from about 1910.

Right now a 1899 savage rifle that was built in 1902, I realy like the guns from the 20s to the 40s

A Parker Brothers 12 gauge #2 frame built in 1901. I still shoot 5-stand with it from time to time, the shotgun is choked IC and light modified which is perfect

Dunno when, but built by this fella;


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80751762/david-hall-hilliard



That and a Stevens 44 built in the late 1800s, a Winchester 1890 that was Gramp's first gun, built in 1912.

Savage 1895, made in 1897

Mine would be a Burnside Carbine, in surprisingly good shape. Never fired it though.

British Brown Bess, used in the American revolution,turned into a fowler in the early 1800's.

The oldest ones I shoot are my great-grandpa's 1899 Savage, ca.1902, and his daughter-in-law-
my grandma's- Marlin 1893, ca. 1900. Guess Grandma had to take the old one. Still in the family
are great-grandpa's Rem. 12 gauge side by side, Grandpa's Model 94 Winchester (he used the
new one while grandma had the Marlin, but they're very close in age) and his Ithaca Model 37 in
16 Gauge, with probably a total of of under 100 shells through it, & a couple High Standard .22s.
Have fired them all, and will continue to as they come to live with me.
The old lever guns are really fun for my grandkids, with cast bullets and light loads.

73 win made in 1883

1891 Argentine Mauser Engineers Carbine.

US M1898 Krag made in 1903 (cut down in DCM style) and US M1917 made in 1918.

M92 Winchester octagon barrel in .25-20. I never could figure out what they used that cartridge for, but it was step dad's father's rifle and a gift, so I keep it.

S&W I-frame, .32 Long. By the serial number , made in 1915. Only S&W firearm I've ever owned. Bought at LGS in 1980. Talley so far, one armadillo that stayed in wife's flower garden too long.

Probably a Model 12 shotgun from my grandpa that was made in the 40's.

Colt 1860 Army, made in 1862, Colt SAA from 1890

An original Pattern 1853 Enfield made in 1859 IIRC. Still shoots good

in american, the oldest would be a 1842 springfield
in english a mid 1860's enfield repatriated from the stans.

I guess my oldest is a Dutch Beaumont from the 1870s-'80s , next would be my Westley Richards Mauser from 1898.


Mike

W & C Scott 10 gauge hammer SXS circa 1887.

1943 IIRC

1886 Winchester, 45/70- 1901.

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.

I have a 32 revolver, American Double Action, no serial number, that when I researched it was a 1905 or thereabouts built gun, I bought it for $5 and it was rusted almost beyond recognition so I sandblasted off the nickle finish and use it for a blank pistol. There is also a 1913 model 12 16 with solid rib that is unmolested. There's probably 4-5 M12s from the 20s-30s in the safes.

oldest American made is a colt revolver made in 1847.
oldest of all is a Japanese matchlock circa 1725

Wow. Like !

I have a few around 1900-1920, like this 30-30

I've owned and sold several over the years (WW-I era M1903 & M1917). The oldest I own now are all post WW-I, but pre-WW-II; a 8mmx57 Czech Mauser is the oldest I think.

Marlin Mod 39. Unsure of the exact year of manufacture but between 1922 and 1926 according to Marlin, who say records are incomplete for its early serial number.

I got a Swedish Mauser made in 1898. This is the finest rifle ever made, and beautiful as well.

My Winchester model 1885 sporting rifle in 38-55. Came with XX wood, cheek piece, Swiss butt, and half octogon #3 barrel. Built in 1889.

A Springfield civil war muzzle loader.

I believe my oldest is a Savage 99EG in 250-3000 from 1952.

Now that's nice!

Remington model 11F ...1912....my duck wacker ! I do have one from 1909 but it is plain...funny thing is they were named in 1911?????

Parker 12 gauge from 1875, my grandaddy's gun. Also, a W & H Manton muzzleloader, older but not sure by how much.

Remington model 10 1910

I have a winchester 1903 and 1907, but oldest would be my webley, adams and trantor pistols I would think.

Oldest is a Belgian 9mm Pinfire double barrel pistol, made around 1840. Second oldest is a 16ga Browning A-5 made around 1915.

Ed

My oldest is a Maynard .50 cal. from the mid 1800's. I never shot but would love to find some cartridges for it.

1906 essex 16 ga 32” Bbl. sod buster looking gun. It was my grandads. Prolly got it from his dad

Killed my first several messes of quail with it. Extractor didn’t work so I’d use pocketknife to dig spent hull out

I thought I would see a lot more old flintlocks represented on this thread.

That definitely is a nice piece.

I have a like new Winchester 1885 Traditional Hunter in .38-55 made by Miroku.




Just sayin', in case you ever want to trade....

I have a winchester model 12 shotgun my father bought used 84 years ago.

Colt 1851 Navy, .36 cal.

Carried by my G.G.Grandfather.......... Henry Hulett Maynard

Oldest gun? A Remington Rolling Block in 7mm Mauser. It's a military rifle with long barrel, full length stock and, bayonet stud at the muzzle.

It is in excellent condition on the outside, but under the stock there is some pitting on the lower half of the barrel.

Have an old coach gun/blunderbuss that dates back to the 1700s or earlier.

I have my grandfather’s S&W military and police 32/20 made in 1925. I was actually able to talk to Roy Jinks on the phone and he gave me the date.

Colt 1849 revolver made in 1859 in 31 cal

Nice Thunderer!

That was a fearsome weapon back in it's day.

That's an awesome buy.

Loonies, the lot of ya!

Oldest, if my thinking is correct, 1918 barrel date, Swedish Mauser. Close as I can tell in as issued form, matching numbers except for cleaning rod. (Some collectors have told me I'm lucky to have gotten one at all) Purchased in the 90's ('95?) at Big 5 on sale for $85. Had intentions of bubbafying it, but very glad I didn't.

Second I believe goes to 1945 mfg by Savage #4MK 1*, brought back to this country by an importer and sporterized. Was my Dad's so I keep it around.

Geno

PS. glad to hear others are still hunting with theirs. The two I mentioned haven't been hunted in a few years. Hard to draw tags nowadays, other rifles usually come out of the safe.

Rem model 11, 12 ga
Dated 1929, as far as I can determine

believe ingwe still has most of his that he bought new.

My sister has the Bedford County rifle built for my great-great granddad.
It is now percussion, but the lock has been changed, may have been flintlock originally.
The makers name is on the barrel, but, there was a father and son who both built rifles.
They lived side by side, one in Bedford county and the other in Somerset, so time frame, exactly who
built it, and where is unclear. Mid 1800's, as close as we can get.

1867 Remington Rolling Block rifled-musket in 11.15x51mm.

yours, tex

Marlin 1881 in 45 Govt.
Full Octagonal barrel with set trigger. Weighs around 11 lbs.

Oldest would be the "Defender" pocket pistol in .32 Short Rimfire from about (?) the 1880's or so. Looks sort of like the S&W tip up picture that watch4bear posted at the start of this thread. Except it's not a tip up and was the "el-cheapo" Saturday Night Special of its day. One of my late uncles picked it up somewhere decades ago. Never fired it and wouldn't even if I had any ammo for it. All the internals are worn and it's hard to even get the hammer to stay cocked. They were meant to be carried a lot and shot a little. Other than that my oldest is an Erfurt 1916 German Luger .

Brown Bess manufactured in 1890

Old US Army percussion pistol (may have been converted) marked 1822

Colt 3rd Model Dragoon 1850s

Colt Springfield pattern .58 caliber rifled musket, 1863

Spencer carbine, 1865

Winchester '73,, 44-40, iron frame, built before 1880

Springfield 1873, 45-70, built in 1881

The last two are fun to shoot. Who needs a 6.5 Creedmore or an AR?

1905

Oldest in time of possession - Remington 22, birthday present 1953

You pretty sure of the date on that Brown Bess? 😏

My oldest gun is a Scottish single shot pistol made by Playfair. It is about 56 caliber, has a hammer block safety, has Playfair on the lock plate and Aberdeen on top of the Damascus barrel. It seems to be in great shape with no rust or pitting inside or out, and the engraving is still sharp.

Winchester 1897 manufactured in 1902

Oldest one I have is an 1885 Winchester chambered in 22 k hornet...it was a rimfire convention with 223 bore...it was made in 1885

A Ruger 22LR 1953 Flat Gate

Sorry, Simon. The finest military Mauser ever made is the 1909 Argentine. Bar none. The contract was for 190,000, they were built in 1909-1910. I bought one new in the original cosmoline from Pachmeyer Gun Works, in Los Angeles, in 1979, for $179. I cleaned it, loaded some 150gr Sierra flat base bullets, and shot a 1.25, 5 shot group at 100 yards.

Oldest in possession is my Remington Model 34 tube feed bolt action 22 bought in the mid 60's for $25.

Fugk you. FOAD. How many corks have you sucked this week? Worthless lowlife pos. How do open borders help the US, you gutless prick? Youre too chicken schitt to back up your positions or political convictions. Too bad about McCabe and Hillary.

For sure, a MAN has never voted for Hillary for POTUS.

Does Soros pay you extra to be a gun expurt, or do you have to be a co ck sucker too?

1915 Fox BE Grade fully restored, holds a great pattern and swings like a dream.

Model 54 Win. In 30-06.. My grandfathers!!

Muzzleloader, my other grandfathers muzzle loader.. Newest part was about 1890, but the gun is older..

Colt Army 44 cal 1862
Colt Navy 36 cal1863
Sharps Carbine cal 50 1863
Whitney 36 cal Rev. 1863

Likely all seen Civil War action. GW

1873 Trapdoor Cadet model Springfield

I shoot it a few times every year and might use it deer hunting someday.

YEAH!!

Well... you SUCK...but with a ton of Class.

Wrong thread?

I knew I was going to love this thread! Keep em coming!

Probably a toss up between my Henry Leman 38 cal half stock, pewter nose capped, percussion rifle made in Lancaster, PA, and my Belgian back action percussion double (11/13 ga).

Found a pic.

1904 Savage 22

Well, I have in my possession a nonfunctional Colt 1849 Pocket that allegedly came from one of my "Great, Greats..." and I have my Great Grandfather's Hopkins & Allen .32 RF Falling Block, but the oldest one that I actually use is my Dad's 1913 vintage Winchester 1911 SL 12ga.

Wish I could show a pic but at 82 I'm computer challenged but, I bought a Browning Superposed Grade V skeet gun ( now Diana grade) in 20 gauge in 1954. Still got it and like new condition. Been shot once but you'd never know it.
V

Dustier than now....

+1

DF

Those are unique; I had the privilege of handling one years ago. It has that knurled area on the barrel to grab and cycle the action, John Moses Browning style, without an operating handle like the Browning A-5, Savage 720 or Rem M-11. Winchester went to a lot of trouble to maneuver around JMB patents.

Be careful how you cycle that thing; it didn't get the nickname "widowmaker" for nothing. It if was mine, I'd anchor the butt stock on my thigh, not the ground, reach forward to work the action with the barrel pointing away.

DF

1932 Superposed, owned and used extensively by Maj Charles Askins, Sr. Std. grade, build to the Major's specs, the extra nice wood, courtesy of his friends, the Brownings. Metal original, wood restored, pig skin pad added. The origninal pad was long gone, the replacement pad just about gone, wood finish was cracked and orange pealing. Everything but the pad is original, the pad is period correct, just not the Hawkins type pad seen in photos of the Major holding or shooting this gun. The guy who restored the wood, James Flynn, is known for his pig skin pads. I couldn't resist.

DF

A 1948 Marlin Model 336. Half magazine in 30-30. I’ve added a Williams receiver sight. I’ll try to post up some pics later. Passed from my father in law. It was his dad’s and hasn’t been shot more than a few full boxes. Kept behind a farmhouse kitchen door for years.

Re my above post.

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I'd sure love to see it!!!

Me, too.

There are Fire contributors who could post those photos if they could be taken and emailed.

DF

I bet it’s beautiful! Is it signed by the engraver?