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    Don't know where else to put this. What is the oldest firearm that you own?

    I'm curious? I'm sure many of us have some great old timers. I'd love to know what's out there. Mine is a half-stock percussion buggy rifle made in Painesville, Ohio. Can't put an exact date on it, but it has a Remington barrel on it. That particular barrel was produced by Remington until 1847 when it was discontinued due to Remington getting Govt. contracts that took up all of their barrel production. I have identified the maker and he produced rifles there until 1845, so that is the closest I can date it.
    What do you guys have?

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    1870 Trapdoor.

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    1945 Remington 514 22 rifle.

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    John Henry and Son. 1860. .41 percussion. Very good condition,with original mold.

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    Charles Daly side by side 10 gauge. I was told by CD it was made somewhere in the late 1800's. It's missing a hammer if someone has one for it I'm a buyer.

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    1865-70 Peabody single shot carbine or saddle ring carbine as it is sometimes referred to in 56-50 rimfire. One of these days will get a centerfire conversion done on a spare breech block and keep the rimfire one if and when I sell it. Frank

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    Winchester 1894 with a rifle-length half octagon barrel and short magazine. Born in 1897.
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    Pistol- 1916 Nagant revolver
    Rifle- 1917 rock island 1903, 1917 bsa smle, 1917 kar 98 not sure which really is older...

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    Don't know where else to put this. What is the oldest firearm that you own?

    1895 Spanish Saddle Ring Carbine. I forget the serial number but I know it was early production which puts it around 1895-1896. Only Mauser I own and it has a tremendously heavy trigger pull. Has to be over 15#.

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    Old Kentucky long rifle

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    Carl Gustav converted to a CG63. Receiver dates from 1904.

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    Springfield Model 1861 rifled musket w/bayonet (.58 cal)

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    well, until I sold it, my oldest gun was a French Gras model 1874 (receiver is dated 1875).

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    1891 Argentine Mauser made by ser# in 1893 when my grandpa was one year old.
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    Colt Officers Model Target, 1949. Only Colt I own.

    Colt serial number sequences are something out of a comic book. I had to call them to get the skinny on it.

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    Swiss Vetterli 69-71 Made in 1878 converted to center fire

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    Marlin model 1889, mfg. in '93, 32-20 full octagon
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    Cape gun made in Germany between 1895 (date company who sold it was founded) and April 1, 1892 (date proof law was effective in Germany) with no proof marks. Damascus shotgun barrel in 16 2.5" and rifle fluid steel barrel in 10.5x47R.
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    1870s era Martini.

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    The oldest one I currently own was actually "passed down through the family". It is a pre-Revolutionary War "Committee of Safety" musket. At some point, it was converted from flintlock to percussion. Notice the style of the butt stock has a "French" influence to it - very similar in shape to a French "Fusil de Chasse" but definitely a military oriented musket - barrel bands - .69 caliber. There are no markings on this musket. The stock is made out of curly maple and the "striped grain can be seen in the close up of the butt stock.

    I took this to Friendship many years ago and had several well respected collectors who were knowledgeable on the time period take a look at it. They also indicated that it had French influence and while not identical to a specific "Model Pattern" - their conclusion agreed with mine that it was most likely a Committee of Safety Musket. Their conclusion was most likely from around 1740 - 1760.

    This was passed down from my mother's side of the family. They were of Englis/Wales descent and eventually ended up in New York and from there, to Michigan at the time it was still a Territory. No way of knowing the actual "history" of it - perhaps a "capture" or somehow it made it's way from French Canada? Who knows - but it is certainly a nice heirloom that I wish could talk. In the original flintlock form, it may have been used in the Revolutionary War. An interesting piece that I wished had some markings to give a clue as to the origin.

    At Friendship, when I met with several of the "experts", we disassembled it to determine if there were any markings. What they found interesting was that although the butt stock had "French influence" - the stock was made from Maple and most likely of North American origin.

    Ramrod was lost at some point bu was originally iron. Lock still functions. As they say . . . "if only it could talk!".

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