Oldest Mil-Surp you shoot on a REGULAR basis.

[elk hunter]

The one I shoot most frequently is a Sharps that started life as a New Model 1863 Navy carbine that was sent back to Sharps in 1879 and converted to an 1874 sporter style 45-70. I guess you can say it is military surplus.

[15meter]

My 1870 Trapdoor in 50/70. Usually a couple of times a year at military matches plus the occasional range day.

I'll take it and a couple of other vintage rifles to a public state run range, just to confuse the AR blasters who are impressed with their 3" groups at 25 yards off the bench.

And scruff through the scrap brass bucket. Last trip was a dozen 45-70's, 50, 6.5 Creedmoors and some 7.62x54r's. Ignored the hundreds of .223, 45 ACP and 40 S&W. Probably should have grabbed the 10mm, I don't load it but it would have had barter value.

A productive day at the range.

[atr]

Remington rolling block #5 7x57......both cast and J's.....usually shoot this every couple of months.

[Harter66]

Of late it's been a 1917 S&W made 8/1918 .

[kawasakifreak77]

Mine is a 1923 Swedish m96 I shoot practically every weekend. I never leave home without it, I don’t consider it that old though.

I bought it from someone on here also, almost a decade ago.

[BJung]

T99 Arisaka dated 1916. I have older rifles but don't shoot them at a regular basis.

[Shawlerbrook]

Trapdoors.

[pworley1]

Pattern 1853 Enfield Snider

[avogunner]

A 1905 made Rock Island Arsenal 1903. It's got a 1943 RA barrel and with a H&G #20 170gr Squibb-Miller and 12gr Unique, it's a tack driver. I've been shooting that regularly for over 25 years.

[Some_Mook]

A couple of 1967 M39s with 1905-dated receivers (1 Tula, 1 Izhevsk) shot often. Oldest shot frequently a 1929 M91-30 (Izhevsk). Rarely shot is a 1916 Berlin production GEW98, all matching serial numbers except for the cleaning rod but it does have an authentic action cover on it to make up for that shortcoming.

[fgd135]

I regularly shoot Russian Berdan II's, the oldest one I have made in 1878, a British Snider made in 1869, several Martini Henrys, all manufactured in the 1870's and 80s, and a few other black powder military rifles dating to that time frame from other countries, i.e., Italy, Holland, and of course the ubiquitous Springfield 1884 Trapdoor. And by regularly, I mean weekly for some, and at least monthly for the others. It's fun, and it makes shooting "modern" rifles like Krags and Mosin Nagants seem positively space-age by comparison.

[ukrifleman]

Model1889 Schmidt Rubin circa 1892.

[Washington1331]

1868 Springfield Trapdoor. I get surprising accuracy from the old warhorse.

[303carbine]

For me it's my 100% all matching No5Mk1 (Jungle Carbine) in 303 British, I shoot 200 yds with the irons on rocks across a big pit.
I flip the rear sight up to 200 and bounce numerous 180 RN Speer Hot Cor bullets off of it, it's nice to tell when you get a direct hit compared to when you hit the clay bank.
At the far end of the pit there is a rock right at about 300 yds about the size of a deer body, I can hit that every time. I dial up to 300 yds and take a prone shot and rest the rifle on my canteen.
Back in 1988, I shot a huge bull moose in northern British Columbia, one shot with the old 215 grain Dominion ammo and it was in the freezer, I gave it two in the boiler room just to make sure he didn't run off.
The big Dominion round nose slugs pancaked out to about the size of a dime, picture perfect mushrooms.
For the really dense bush here on Vancouver Island, the little No5 is hard to beat, a lot of my shots are around 75 yds.
The only unintentional Texas heart shot I ever made was with a 303, the deer ran out in front of me and just as I squeezed off the round he turned directly away from resulting in the Texas heart shot.
None of the meat was wasted, it was a perfect hole in one so to speak, all I could find was a lead smear in the deer's hoo hoo.

[OptimusPanda]

SMLE Mk3* BSA 1916. Still shoots great.

[K43]

Keep it up!
This isn't a contest, it's just out of curiosity and to get new ideas about old firearms.
OMG! I read on another forum we are all going to blow up, be blinded, die, and are irresponsible for exposing others at the range to these bombs waiting to go off. And don't even mention pistol or shotgun powder in a rifle case - the comments on SEE will make you die of laughter.

[muskeg13]

1870 Swedish Husqvarna rolling block 12.11x44R (converted to .50-70)

[Leadmad]

1889 Schmidt Ruban made in 1892 and 1895 Chilean Mauser 7 x 57 both as issued and in good condition shooters not safe queens

[georgerkahn]

With "note" I, at least once each summer, take out and shoot my U.S. Rock Island Arsenal Model 1903 S/n 118,xxx which was made in 1907. My "note" is I have never shot military ball ammo in it -- its quite low serial number makes it, according to many, "unsafe to shoot." However, a 76-year-old kid at heart -- I put on my WW1 hat, grab my coffee-can of '06 cast bullet (2400 powered) hand-loads, and fire off a dozen or so rounds. (Vis the weight of it, I still have retro-respect for all the GI's who carried and employed one of these in the trenches! From the back of my pick-up truck to bench, ~6 feet distance -- is "enough" -- 'specially when (I gotta' do at least five or six rounds) shooting off-hand!).
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[desi23]

Have to really think about this........... Have a number of old timers I shoot, some several times a year, some maybe once and some might sit a while before they get out again. Certainly, don't shoot nearly as much as I would like, maybe after full retirement? Muzzle loading milsurp are an 1842 H. Aston pistol and an East India Company Model F musket that get out at least once a year. My 1869 Springfield Trapdoor 50-70 probably gets more use and I just recently got a Snider Cavalry Carbine in 577 (1870's production I believe though the lock is older than the rest of the gun) that I am still playing around with different loads for.