Oldest gun you have you bought yourself

[MrWolf]

Charles Daly 12 ga skeet over/under with two triggers. Was a challenge shooting doubles. Bought it around 1978 or so. My next was a Beretta 92f bought around 1985. Still have em.

[wilecoyote]

Should be clear on this. What is the firearm you own that you bought for yourself and still have. New or used. Not the oldest made gun in your collection. Do you still have your first revolver or rifle you bought just for yourself like I do or the second or what.

...this

[jonp]

...this

Boy, you started right

[MostlyLeverGuns]

Marlin 336C - .30-30, 1963 - on sale - $53.95 - Hess's Department Store, Allentown, PA.

[shootinfox2]

Bought, Dan Wesson 15-2, 357. 1983
Have, Grandfather’s winchester 1897 , made in 1902

[wilecoyote]

Boy, you started right

...thank you, sir !

[waksupi]

Mid 1830's double barrel shotgun.

[Texas by God]

The first gun that I ever bought( I paid half, Dad paid half) was an H&R Topper 490 Jr. Single shot 20 gauge shotgun.
This was in 1972 at Leonard’s Department store in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. I had just turned 14.
While dating my future wife, I let her shoot a water moccasin with it. After creating a snake meat hole in the bank, she turned and said “Can I have this one?”
“Not hardly” said I.
After marrying her, it became hers.
And it hangs in the bedroom closet, ready to go to this day.


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[John Guedry]

In about 1960 I traded a "Benjamin Pump " and maybe $5 to another kid for a Winchester model 60 single shot .22 rifle. Not anywhere near new then. I still have it.

[sparky45]

1906 Winchester (gallery gun) shot pretty good but I now have cataract problems in my shooting eye so I sent it down the road.
Oldest that I bought new is a 3 screw Ruger Single Six (not tampered with) in 1968 after RFK's death. Still have and use to dispatch vermin.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

I knew there was a reason why that purty gal married you, TbG!

Well, like Dom, I still a bit confused about what is wanted here. All guns new or used that I bought, I bought for me. Many old ones have gone down the road. Here's the one that comes to mind as being the oldest that I've still got:



And here's the oldest one that I bought new that I've still got:



DG

[Walks]

Oldest I bought new was a Ruger NM Blackhawk in 1974. Oldest I bought is Savage 1907. Oldest I inherited was S&W Lemon Squeezer.

[Pereira]

I still have my first rifle, Marlin 336 from 1974, I worked one weekend for back in '83.
And the second handgun I bought around the same time, Colt King Cobra 357.
First handgun I had was stolen.
As to the oldest that I have, it's a Marlin 1892 in 32 colt, made in 1899.
Have had it for probably 10 years or so.

RP

[Jedman]

When I read the title and then read - that you still own made me put my brain in overload.
I had to get my list of current guns that I own and think of when I acquired them and I believe it is my Marlin 39 A . I bought it new in 1974 and at that time it was the most I had ever spent on a gun, I think it was about $ 230.00 ?
Now I had bought many guns prior to this but no longer own them. I had owned dozens of used guns prior to the Marlin plus the brand new ones I can remember were, Kassnar single shot 20 ga. Hi Standard Flite King 12 ga. Noble 20 ga. SXS. Rem 870 20 ga. those I had to get my dad or someone old enough to buy for me as I was not yet 18 but they were all bought with my own money.
Jedman

Of course the gun I have owned the longest was my fathers only gun he ever owned, a Win M 67 - 22 RF. He gave it to me when I was 12 or 13 but he kept it stored so I couldn’t take it out without asking and of course I still have it today.

[super6]

Mine was a browning hump back 12 gauge, American manufacturer. In 1972, It was on a used rack for 50$ Still have it! I still do not know the year of manufacture.

[imashooter2]

A Mossberg 500 combo with an 18 inch rifle sight slug barrel and 28 inch modified. I bought it to repel boarders when I married and got my own house some 41 years ago. Shot mostly clays with the 28 inch barrel. When not at the range it wears the slug barrel and sits in a rack in our bedroom.

[Rockingkj]

Bought and still shoot on a regular basis a 1850’s .38 cal muzzle loading rifle. If I do my job it shoots a 5” offhand group at 50 yards. Obviously the rife shoots better than I can hold it.

[Moleman-]

First gun purchased was a Glenfield model 60. Shot the heck out of that thing until the receiver cracked after replacing the barrel pin a couple times. Got a Rem 1100 shortly after the model 60 and still have and use it.

[abunaitoo]

I have a Chassepot rifle that I used to load for and shoot.
It's the oldest original firearm I own.
Got it over 10 years ago.

[hiram]

Rem 788 in >308 win. bought sometime between 1972--1977. $126 at Leslie Edelman on Long. Island. Still have and probably my most accurate rifle.