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Posted: 6/17/2001 2:21:00 PM EDT

[#1]

not mine yet but the gun my Great grandpa bought to teach my grandpa to shoot with he used to teach my dad to shoot witch was used to teach me to shoot some no name 22 single shot bolt action made in the 20's?

Posted: 6/18/2001 4:09:45 PM EDT

[#2]

1860 Henry Brass-frame in 44 rimfire with provenance from the CW. Pristine and in fireable condition (cept I cant find ammo fer it).

Posted: 6/23/2001 7:14:58 AM EDT

[#3]

I have a pre war Garand (Sept. 1941) from the CMP. The oldest AR I have is serial #6xx from I believe 1964.

Posted: 6/23/2001 7:27:32 AM EDT

[#4]

A Swedish m96 mauser from 1899 - to some time to find one from before 1900, but just wanted to have something from the 19th century.

I've also got an Enfield No.1 Mk III* from 1917 and a Garand from 1943.

Posted: 6/23/2001 7:27:44 AM EDT

[#5]

I have a rock. O.K, its not a gun but it is old and it hurts if you hit someone with it.

Posted: 6/23/2001 9:40:49 PM EDT

[#6]

Winchester 1890 .22 pump or slide action. Looks good but barrel needs relined. Takedown model, remove a thumbscrew and it breaks down.

Bushman556

Posted: 7/9/2001 2:29:38 AM EDT

[#7]

German Model 98 Mauser, in 7.92 x 57mm. WW1 'bringback' by a Canadian Regimment. The bolt does not match, but the rifle shoots well. madde 1904, Spandau.

Posted: 7/9/2001 2:30:17 AM EDT

[#8]

German Model 98 Mauser, in 7.92 x 57mm. WW1 'bringback' by a Canadian Regimment. The bolt does not match, but the rifle shoots well. made 1904, Spandau.

Posted: 7/11/2001 9:04:10 AM EDT

[#9]

I have a 1941 Luger. From the wear and tear it must have seen some actions. Still shoot quite well for a 60 years old gun (3" group 15yd). Some adventures it must have had, if it could only talk.

Posted: 7/11/2001 5:27:31 PM EDT

[#10]

springfield m1 garand spring of 1944

Posted: 7/16/2001 5:35:18 PM EDT

[#11]

also a 1911...about the same shape as derek45's
serial# 337XXX. don't know the mfng. date ?

Posted: 7/30/2001 11:49:23 AM EDT

[#12]

M1948 Yugo Mauser, which I must add, is in beautiful condition for its age...

Posted: 7/30/2001 12:28:54 PM EDT

[#13]

Stevens "Chipmunk" bolt action, single shot .22cal gallery rifle purchased second hand c.1921 by my great grandfather. Has taught 4 generations how to shoot. Chambered for .22 Extra Long, but shoots everything from .22BB to .22LRHV.

Posted: 8/8/2001 6:11:41 PM EDT

[#14]

1937 iver jhonson champion single shot 12ga. i use it at the turkey shoots 30" full choke.

Posted: 8/9/2001 3:23:13 PM EDT

[#15]

Volcanic pistol (Henry forerunner) with lined presentation case and engraving to Maj. J. Hartsfeld. Circa 1857.

Hey, progun, I have 20 rounds of .44 Henry rimfire in the original box. Sorry to say it's not for sale.

CB

Posted: 8/18/2001 4:44:37 PM EDT

[#16]

1881 Marlin in .40-60. I formed brass from .45-70, and worked up some smokeless loads with 265 gr. cast bullets. Shot a whitetail with it last year. The nice thing about a blood-trail 12" wide is that it only runs for 15 feet or so. :)

Posted: 8/22/2001 10:52:24 AM EDT

[#17]

Ithaca side by side, 12 guage, choked mod/full, double triggers. Built circa 1930's. Good field gun but forget it for clay sports.

Posted: 9/2/2001 10:14:47 AM EDT

[#18]

Like Bostonterrier 97, I, too, am the proud owner of a U.S. Springfield 1884 Trapdoor rifle in .45-70. It was given to me as a birthday gift by my fiancee's dad (I'd say she and her dad are both keepers ;-) I'm still waiting to find out exactly when it was manufactured though.

Posted: 9/3/2001 6:23:43 AM EDT

[#19]

My Great-Grandmother used to have an Authentic Civil War Musket. Unfortunately she sold it. As for me,I owned a few of Pre-GCA unmarked Rifles/Shotguns. As in never had Serial Numbers. They were nice. The one rifle gave out after 2 Trips to the range and about 5,000 Rounds of ammunition. The clerk at Wal-Mart knows me I've bought so much ammo. there. The shotgun worked well, though the extractor didn't work well with Aluminum Shells. Since they had no S/Ns I do not know how old they were.

Posted: 10/1/2001 9:54:08 AM EDT

[#20]

Circa 1888 Mauser. Closely followed by a turn of the century Krag....

Scott

Posted: 10/1/2001 10:03:34 AM EDT

[#21]

The oldest I have is a Colt US Army M1917 with a serial #7x,xxx range. After that is a Springfield M1 Garand (3xx,xxx range) made around August-September 1941.

Vulcan94

Posted: 10/1/2001 10:17:43 AM EDT

[#22]

I have a pistol from Greece's War of Independence. If I recall my history correctly that would put it in the 1810 or earlier range (I had to slap my brother upside the head when he said "you mean that thing is thousands of years old? [rolleyes] ). I also have a 1896 Mauser made in 1903 with all its original parts.

Kyle

Posted: 10/1/2001 7:05:23 PM EDT

[#23]

A 1930s era Springfield single shot .22 boy scouts rifle. Saving it for my son's bought it from a neighbor who ran the riflery program at what used to be a local boy scout camp.

Posted: 10/14/2001 4:46:15 AM EDT

[#24]

Winchester 1890 22 long pump takedown model. Made well before 1907 but don't know when. The serial number is 2177XX and I would greatly appreciate it if someone could identify the year of production. I had a 1860s? 45-70 trapdoor Springfield in the early 60s but let a friend talk me out of it.

Posted: 10/19/2001 1:39:40 PM EDT

[#25]

i have a orginal Tower London 1849, isued for the english coastguard perfect condision.

Posted: 10/21/2001 11:11:46 AM EDT

[#26]

A 1954 Tula SKS..

Posted: 11/3/2001 9:06:20 AM EDT

[#27]

A Winchester Model 62 from sometime in the 1920s.

Posted: 11/3/2001 9:28:11 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
M96/38 Swedish Mauser made 1907.

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I was wondering who might have an old Swede.

I lucked into a matching #'s [b]1901[/b] M96 Swedish Mauser Infantry rifle.
I stupidly traded off the 1906 almost matching M96 I had at one time.

So, 1901 is my oldest.

Posted: 11/11/2001 4:03:37 PM EDT

[#29]

My Swedish Mauser has 1905 stamped on the action ring.

A very sweet rifle. Between my bad reloads and trigger-jerking, my groups were well under 2 inches at 100 yards. It is my best hunting rifle--money well spent. The brass disk rates the hundred(?) year old-barrel as "mint".

I thought they were dumb, till I shot and carried one.

Posted: 11/18/2001 10:45:53 AM EDT

[#30]

Napoleon 1812 Saint Etienne flintlock pistol. Followed by a 1816 Harpers Ferry rifle built in 1838, converted to caplock in the 1840's, and used in the Civil War.

Posted: 11/24/2001 1:06:33 PM EDT

[#31]

M1891 Mossin Nagant Tula Arsenal.

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