carbonfibrebob
Single-Sixer
The oldest that I still own. Bought new in '80, 44 year old 44. Serial number under 1000
What firearm have you owned the longest?
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NukeRef
Bearcat
This is the one I have owned the longest, since 1977.
Technically, an 1898 Krag-Jorgensen 30-40 Krag. When I bought it, it had been sporterized. I paid $47.50 for it at a Milsurp store. Paid for it with my strawberry picking money in 1962. It is currently on loan to my brother for a backup.
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See!! I was going to say that!!
Interesting the number of Nylon 66 rifles mentioned here.
Anything with real ivory is epic!!!I bought this Ruger NM Blackhawk 357 new in 1976
Sometimes it wears real ivory grips
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Sometimes it wears simulated ivory grips
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GasGuzzler
Hunter
10/22 circa 2010 bought new
.357 Blackhawk circa 2011 bought used
Got a late start. Oldest gun(s) is a pair of 1951 Marlins ... 39A peanut and 336RC .30-30 waffle top, both with Redfield peep sights.
.357 Blackhawk circa 2011 bought used
Got a late start. Oldest gun(s) is a pair of 1951 Marlins ... 39A peanut and 336RC .30-30 waffle top, both with Redfield peep sights.
IKE
Single-Sixer
Purchased my 12 ga. Browning "Humpback" A5 new in 1978.....it still loves to go duck hunting.
Stevens .410 bolt action shotgun I received in 1961 for my 4th birthday. My dad cut the stick down to fit me and now it belongs to my 2 year old grandson.
bocash3
Bearcat
First was Remington 514 given to me in 1957 by my grandfather. Stupidly traded it for partial payment toward a $100 dollar rusty oil- burning 1953 Dodge when 16. But I have its twin today and holding on to it.
Longest I've had same gun is pre-34 Smith Kit Gun given to me by grandfather in 1958. I was 9. Long story- it was stolen by a drunken stepfather my mother finally divorced and by miracle, I recovered it 35 years later! Pretty little thing gets to shoot cans and marshmallows at least once a year.
I've had it back for 24 years now.
Y'all have a great weekend!
Longest I've had same gun is pre-34 Smith Kit Gun given to me by grandfather in 1958. I was 9. Long story- it was stolen by a drunken stepfather my mother finally divorced and by miracle, I recovered it 35 years later! Pretty little thing gets to shoot cans and marshmallows at least once a year.
I've had it back for 24 years now.
Y'all have a great weekend!
Hankus
Blackhawk
I have my grandfather's Stevens falling block .22 LONG (NOT LR!). I also have my father's Winchester Model 12, 1953 vintage, bought when he returned from the Korean War, and his sloppily sporterized 98k that was captured during WWII. It had, at one time, a slip on butt pad with the US Army Ordnance Corps symbol molded into it. The butt pad was lost when my brother used it for deer hunting in the 80s. I also have the first revolver bought for me, a Bearcat that dates to 1971 when I was 7.
My first pistol was a Ruger Single Six combo that my parents gave me for Christmas 53 years ago. I still have it today and it's in very nice condition. Since I don't count the guns my parents and grand parents had that were handed down to me since they were hand down to me over the years.
I have my grandfather's Winchester 22 caliber pump rifle that shots both 22 short and 22 long cartridges. My grandfather said he bought the gun after returning home from WWI. He gave me the gun when I was 5 years old in 1953. The patent on the gun is in the 1890's. I will pass it on to my grandson in the future.
bigbillyboy
Buckeye
My first gun is a savage 16 gauge single shot. I was eleven years old . A summers worth of grass mowing and "yard making " for the funds . My pap took me to the shop to get it . Cost was $35 dollars as I remember, I had forgot about the sales tax, my pap gave me the tax money that day . I killed a lot of small game With it 
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Bearcat
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Buckeye
That is a "beauty "I bought this Ruger NM Blackhawk 357 new in 1976
Sometimes it wears real ivory grips
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Sometimes it wears simulated ivory grips
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redfernclan
Bearcat
My Marlin 444. I bought it new when I was 13 years old in 1977. I wanted to have something big enough to hunt anything in North America. Still have every piece of brass that has gone through it. A few years back I had a friend load up some 300gr hollow points for blowing stuff up. They do.
Like a couple of other posters, my first gun is a Stevens Model 22/410. There is no serial number, so the manufacture date is not determinable, but this model was made between 1938 and 1950.
This was the very first gun I ever shot. My grandfather, who owned the gun, took me plunking in the Trinity River in South Dallas in 1952 (I was 4), and created for me a vivid, very happy memory. He later gave me the gun, and I'm keeping it to give to my eldest son someday.
My other "oldest gun" was a Colt Model 1902. My uncle willed it to me in 1990. His father purchased the gun, new, in 1923 and gave it to my uncle in 1940 when my uncle enlisted in the Navy. I've given this pistol to my son, and he occasionally shoots it. Parts for this pistol are hard to find (especially magazines) so my son is reluctant to fire it often.
Neat family histories for both weapons.
This was the very first gun I ever shot. My grandfather, who owned the gun, took me plunking in the Trinity River in South Dallas in 1952 (I was 4), and created for me a vivid, very happy memory. He later gave me the gun, and I'm keeping it to give to my eldest son someday.
My other "oldest gun" was a Colt Model 1902. My uncle willed it to me in 1990. His father purchased the gun, new, in 1923 and gave it to my uncle in 1940 when my uncle enlisted in the Navy. I've given this pistol to my son, and he occasionally shoots it. Parts for this pistol are hard to find (especially magazines) so my son is reluctant to fire it often.
Neat family histories for both weapons.
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