Oldest gun you have you bought yourself

[stubshaft]

1956 Winchester model 64 in 30/30, now rebored to 35-30/30.

[SeabeeMan]

A model 99 22 Savage Hi-Power. No idea when it was made, but it was the communal deer camp gun when my dad was a kid, and it had already been around a while at that point. Should have a 1917 complete here this summer or fall, but that's been sporterized with a new barrel and stock, so that hardly counts.

[HarryT]

S&W model 19-3 6 inch barrel Combat Magnum bought at the Fort Ord BX 1969. Used it two years in Vietnam. I didn't know anything about firearms back then, if I had been smart I'd have gotten a Browning Highpower or a Model 59. If I had been really smart I would have saved my money and carried more rifle ammunition instead of a revolver. It's in the safe with real ivory grips. I haven't shot it in years. It's supposed to be buried with me.

[M-Tecs]

I purchased an 1884 Trapdoor in 1971 as an 11-year-old. Since than I have purchased older firearms but that was my first purchase. At 12 I purchased a Remington 700 ADL in 30/06. Two years later I traded it for a Browning Sako L579 in .243 to hunt coyotes with since during that time fur prices were very good.

[jdfoxinc]

A Gahendra and a Snyder.

[Wayne Smith]

Ruger Convertible Single Six and a Super Blackhawk purchased while I was in Grad School. Had had a 16ga Single shot shotgun and a cap and ball pistol prior but no longer with me. The two revolvers are.

[ddeck22]

Marlin Model 60 SSK, 22 LR.

Still have it, still shoot it regularly.

[jonp]

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:

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

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DG

What firearm have you had the longest? For me it was the first one I bought for myself, my Single Six. Others it might be that 22 rifle you got for Christmas when you were 8 like I did (that Win 190 is gone somewhere). Doesn't need to be NIB, used out of a case at the FFL or bought off a friend. If you still have it after all the years while others have been sent down the road, that is what the question is.
I could feed Sherman's Army on their march to Savannah with the partridge, rabbits and woodchucks that 190 took.

[26Charlie]

First gun bought new: Ruger .44 magnum Blackhawk, 1959. Had to be 21 to buy a pistol, so I ordered it by mail from Chicago. Lived in New Orleans at the time so had it sent to Gretna, general delivery, across the river (Jackson Street ferry, a steam paddle-wheeler at rhe time). I was 19. Still have it. Second new gun the next year, a Hi-standard Supermatic Tournament. Still have it, shot many matches in Worcester county pistol league until I took over Hopedale Junior Rifle Club & realized I could not do both. Had the JRC for 20 years until moved out of MA to ME.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

What firearm have you had the longest? For me it was the first one I bought for myself, my Single Six. Others it might be that 22 rifle you got for Christmas when you were 8 like I did (that Win 190 is gone somewhere). Doesn't need to be NIB, used out of a case at the FFL or bought off a friend. If you still have it after all the years while others have been sent down the road, that is what the question is.
I could feed Sherman's Army on their march to Savannah with the partridge, rabbits and woodchucks that 190 took.

Well, put that way, the first one was a Christmas gift at age 12, still have it, but didn't buy it. So it was new at the time, but now is 68 years old. Stevens Mod. 15-A .22 S., L., LR. Wonderful rifle to learn shooting with as it is a single shot which taught me the necessity for good marksmanship-- making the first shot count. Lots of varmints fell to this rifle, which is essentially still like new.



Next acquisition was a No.1 Mk.III* .303 Lee Enfield Rifle unaltered. It accounted for several deer, but was not the best specimen, and went down the road just last year, as I have some nicer specimens including some I rescued from Bubba to make very nice rifles. Third was/is a 1937 K98k 8mm still in my possession, with which I also bagged a nice buck. After that, things just kind of got out of control with a collection that eventually topped out a bit over 500 pieces. Down to about half that now, and many of those will probably depart this Fall. But, some will never leave. (In my lifetime.)



DG

[lightman]

The oldest gun that I have bought is an 1873 Winchester in 44-40. The oldest gun that I bought new was a Colt Frontier Scout sometime in the 60's with yard mowing money.

[aap2]

Springfield Trapdoor 45-70 that I bought mailorder in 1970 at age 15. Lived in Hawaii at the time and had an after school job at a motorcycle shop. It took a long time to earn the money ($125 as I recall) for a really nice one, but it started a lifelong hobby that has been a blast.

[dverna]

A Marlin 1894 purchased about 20 years ago.

I bought my fitst gun in 1968, but sold it. Wish I had kept it.

[rbuck351]

The gun I've had the longest is a Mossberg bolt action 22lr. Dad got it for me when I was 9. That was 65 years ago. It's nothing fancy but it was my first.

[Wayne Smith]

Yup, if you are talking about the first gun mine was also a single shot .22 - in this case a Sears made by Marlin. Dad bought it for us when I was 9 and my brother was 12. It's still upstairs in the closet, and I refinished the stock easily a dozen years ago.

[firefly1957]

It is kind of funny I often think the first gun I bought was my Remington model 700 in 30-06 that I still have but really before that I bought a CVA belt pistol kit that I still have . However the oldest gun by date is my Springfield model 1884 made in 1889 .
In all these years I have only sold swapped 2 guns a S&W Model 28 (HUGE MISTAKE) and a cheap Chinese 12 gauge couch gun I never cared for . I also lost 5 guns in a break in I got the two pistols back but not the Rem. 760 in .270 , the Ithaca model 500 over under or my Navy Arms 12 gauge double muzzle loader .

[fecmech]

Back in 1970 I bought a Model 1911 Colt made in 1918 and about 6 yrs ago bought a Remington Automatic Shotgun ( later called a Model 11) made in 1909. Both guns are serviceable and shot regularly though neither has great collector value. The 1911 had a rib and dot sight on it when I shot bullseye.

[fjrdoc]

I recently purchased a Steyr 1893 in 6.5x53R that was listed on Gunbroker. The rifle was covered with black, sticky grunge and nobody had an interest in it. I thought that the old girl could be a diamond in the rough and I decided to give her a new home. I performed a conservation on her and later found out that it was made by George Gibbs in England. That was a win, win for me!

[higgins]

German-built Swedish Mauser made in 1899. I also had a Finnish M39 with a 1943 VKT Finnish barrel, but the action was an 1890s Russian Mosin.

[Idaho45guy]

Sadly it is my S&W M&P40 full-size I bought new in 2007. It's the oldest firearm that I still have that I bought myself.

Not very old at all. It's my nightstand gun...

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I bought my first firearm back in 1986 or so. I believe it was a 10/22. I've only bought two used firearms; a S&W 642 and a JM Marlin 1894 in .357 Mag. Sold the marlin for $1000 to finance my move to Idaho after my divorce. My wife kept the J-frame in the divorce as it was "her" pistol.

My actual oldest gun is one I inherited from my dad, I think. I know nothing about it. I do know that he used it in matches.

It's a 1903 Springfield WWII sniper rifle. Not sure of the year of manufacture...