Oldest Mil-Surp you shoot on a REGULAR basis.

[schutzen-jager]

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

the type 99 Arisaka was not produced till 1939 , could it be a type 39 ? - is it 6.5 or 7.7 ?

[freakonaleash]

M1870 Spanish Peabody. Made in 1870-71. Gun was shipped to France in 1871 and captured by the Germans in the Franco-Prussian war. Chambered in .43 Spanish. Fun and accurate gun to shoot.

[littlejack]

That would be my Springfield 1898 Krag. Manufactured in 1903.

[Tall]

Mine is a Colt New Army / Model 1901 made in 1901. I shoot it regularly.

[paknheat]

Springfield 03-A3.


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[atfsux]

Not exactly a milsurp, by the strict definition. It is indeed a Korean War production receiver and parts, built into a T26 "Tanker", which I then added the scout scope arrangement. But I love this thing. It's heavier than many other options I COULD take on my long walks along the Arizona border. But it works wonderfully and is capable of handling anything I might task it with.

[TheAbe]

Currently the oldest regular for me is a 1900-built M91 Carcano Calvary Carbine. The Italians used some rather nice looking wood in that era.

[quack1]

The only milsurp I own is a 1898 Krag made in 1899. My oldest gun and a blast to shoot. The barrel is mildly pitted, but it shoots pretty good anyway. Main reason I bought it, other than a really good price, was the fact it had a Lyman #34 receiver sight mounted on it. I use Lyman 311291 and 311299 bullets.

[415m3]

Oldest rifle I shoot regularly - 1883 Trapdoor (Springfield)
Oldest pistol I shoot regularly - Model 1900 Parabellum (Luger)

Shot them both yesterday actually.

[poppy42]

Boy I’m almost embarrassed to post in here. But the oldest mil surp I shoot on a regular basis, and as a matter fact carry also, is a Polish Radom P 64 Chambered in 9 x 18 . Manufactured in 1975. I could only wish I had some of the rifles you guys are mentioning!

[K43]

It's a mil-surp and you shoot it so it counts!

[jimb16]

Took the M1917 Colt to the range today. I'm amazed at how accurate that pistol is. With almost all of my wide variety of loads, it is nearly dead on shooting dbl action. Recoil seems so mild that the pistol hardly seems to move in my hand when fired and these loads make the 1911a1 bounce all over the place. I figured that bullets of different weights would shoot to very different places, but that doesn't seem to be the case. These loads were with bullets ranging from 115 gr up to 255 gr. Some were RNs and others SWC. At 25 yards, POI varied only about 2.5 inches! I think I now have a new favorite .45 cal. pistol. I outshoots my 1873 Colt .45 colt by quite a bit. I might just have to take it deer hunting this year.

[gnoahhh]

Oldest milsurp rifles I shoot regularly are a U.S. Krag Carbine and a 7mm #5 Rolling Block, both about the same age. Oldest military handgun I shoot fairly regularly is a 1910-vintage DWM 9mm Luger.

If sporadic use counts then it would have to be a M1861 Springfield, Bridesburg contract gun, followed closely by a 4th Model Brown Bess and a M1842 Harpers Ferry.

[WILCO]

No. 5 Rolling Block in 7mm with mint bore.

Noah

I love the 7mm Spanish.

[Ajohns]

It's probably more like the usual one I grab, but shoot more on occasion than regularly
1895 Steyr 6.5x54r

I've had a lot of fun with it

[Eddie Southgate]

Swede 96 1899