What is your oldest firearm?

[samari46]

Haven't shot them yet but first one would be a Peabody carbine in 56-50, then my 1875 Swedish Rolling block in 8x58 caliber. Then my Argentine 1891's chopped sporters and carbine. 1898 Krag also sportered. Sportered model of 1917 in 30-06. Steyr model of 1912 in 7mm mauser. Most of my mil surps date from the years before WWII and onward. Frank

[monkey wrangler]

There are some very nice older firearms in this group.

I wish my grandfather had kept some of his from back in the day but he got rid of them. I do have some old bottles that contained the cleaners he used. One of them looks like WWII era I will post a picture later when I get a chance to take one of it.

Glad you guys are keeping the history alive and shooting them.

[Hdskip]

1885 low wall in 38/40. purchased in Denver Colorado by my great grandfather in 1890s. I'm now the caretaker of this family treasure. I load for it and shoot it regularly.

[mozeppa]

this should be a fine-able offense....no pictures...and it costs you 10 bucks and your reply deleted.

reading a bunch of old dates but no pix .....by the way i have this old puckle gun. and i'm not showing it to ya's!

[reloader28]

I forgot to mention my 03 Springfield is one of the modified versions for the Pederson Devise. There was about 100,000 of these made in 1917.
Of course, I dont have the devise to go with it

[slam45]

this should be a fine-able offense....no pictures...and it costs you 10 bucks and your reply deleted.

reading a bunch of old dates but no pix .....by the way i have this old puckle gun. and i'm not showing it to ya's!

glad you are not in charge... i do not take "pix"... no cell phone, no camera and find the pix culture childish...

[rbuck351]

I have a pair of Stevens Tip up 22s that I believe were made in the 1880s. I use one of them as my grouse gun when hunting deer/elk. They weigh ten ounces and are quite accurate. Carry one in a pocket and hardly know it's there.

[BamaNapper]

I have a Win model 1906 .22 pump that makes it to the range several times a year. It functions perfectly, shoots accurately, and is a lot further from retirement than I am. Serial number says 1909 manufacture and it's marked for S/L/LR. It started life as my grandfathers and was handed down to me about 50 yrs ago. I took a lot of snowshoes with this gun back in the 70's, never opting for a shotgun. I still enjoy shooting it and when there are youth at the range it gets passed around til the ammo's gone. The size makes it perfect for kids and the gun's age makes it intriguing to them. Last year the firing pin retaining screw fell out and I was amazed that there are parts breakdowns online and parts still available.

I have others that I've inherited but never shot. There's a 410 single shot that has the stamp of a hardware store chain. The internet info on the stamp says it's 1910-1915. And an Iver Johnson hammerless from late 1800s that my great grandfather carried in his cashbox on paydays at the coal mine. Neither of these two guns have a serial number visible. The hammerless is well beyond usable. I've never bothered trying the 410, but it's solid. I just don't have a use for it.

[bradh]

I have two Springfield Trapdoors one made in 1847 and one made in1888.
Of course both 45-70.

[bradh]

not 1847 but 1874.

[10-x]

Belgium made flintlock, mfg about 1815, only shoot it 4 th of July and New Years, no ball.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Original 12.7x44mm RB dated 1874, Alex Henry police carbine 1878, Martin i Henry Mk3 1883, 1871 577 Snider.

I'm always impressed by your firearms, BA. As an old gunsmith, I have to ask, is that what they call "patina"?

[skeettx]

1870

577 Snider Saddle Ring Carbine

[RKJ]

I've got a Savage 311A in 410 that I bought a few years ago from a friend. It looks old but the years of manufacture for the 311 show from 1949 - 1988 so I'm not real sure how old it is.

[GregLaROCHE]

Charleville Modèle 1777. Made in 1812. I shoot it often.

[15meter]

1870 Trapdoor in 50-70.

Bought it in 1990. The wife went to visit her parents and left me unsupervised.

$175 with a nice RCBS die set and almost a hundred pieces of brass.

Only metallic I had reloaded up to that time was 308 using a Lee whack-a-mole. (Loaded shotgun for years)

Had to learn how to reload, even back then loaded ammo in 50-70 was over $80 for 20 rounds.

So it's all the wife's fault that I got started......now up to ~60 different cartridges.

[Butler Ford]

My great grandfather' mule ear double 12 gauge.

[pworley1]

I have an 1857 Tower musket that was converted to the Snider system. I shoot it about once a year.

[clum553946]

An old 45-70 Trapdoor Springfield

[Handloader109]

a 1926 colt 25 caliber 1908 semiautomatic pistol. next is a mid 50s 16 gauge Remington on browning frame shotgun.....

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