Oldest Firearm You Still Shoot

[SAJohn]

Mine is a Winchester Model 90 pump action .22 born in 1906. It was my Grandmother's first firearm when she was a child. I might not be here but for that rifle. They were living in the then small town of Tucson, AZ during the 1930's. When my mother was about 6 years old, she walked out into the front yard only to be confronted by a wound up and hissing Rattle snake. My Grandmother saw what was happening and stepped outside with her trusty Winchester. She made a head shot on that snake only inches from my mother to be.

My second oldest firearm is a Belgium 12 gauge A-5 made in 1929. The barrel was long ago cut down to 18.5 inches. It has the old suicide inside the trigger guard safety. I keep it loaded with 00 buckshot for home defense. You just stick your finger inside the trigger guard then push forward to release the safety then pull back to start launching five rounds of hell on earth.

John

 

[Heliman]

S&W 1917 45 ACP revolver. Mfg 1918.


Winchester Model 71, .348 Win. Mfg 1939.


Dave

 

[tom black]

86 Winchester made in 1894.
Tom

 

[Cholo]

1920 I frame S&W .32 Long. What a work of art!

 

[SAJohn]

So far Tom Black is the winner.

Heliman, I believe I have I have .348 Winchester reloading dies but no .348 rifle. If you can use them PM me. I my even have some bullets and brass.

John

 

[Snake45]

A 1926 Colt 1911.

 

[Heliman]

So far Tom Black is the winner.

Heliman, I believe I have I have .348 Winchester reloading dies but no .348 rifle. If you can use them PM me. I my even have some bullets and brass.

John

John, thanks for the offer. I no longer reload and have about 30 of my late Dad’s handloads and 80+/- factory loads. I use this rifle for heavy timber, short range elk hunting. Thanks again! :wink:

Dave

 

[lowwall]

1885 Winchester Low Wall made in 1887

 

[krw]

Ithaca double 20 Flues. Dont know year

 

[nvbirdman]

1899 Savage 25-35 made in 1912.

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

Wow, mine's just a youngster: L.C. Smith 20 ga SxS, built 1930.

Rick C

 

[Captain America]

1920(ish) Iver Johnson side by side. It was a gift from my father in law right before he died, it was his father’s duck hunting gun and was passed onto him as a child. We never discussed guns and I had no idea he had it but when he got his cancer diagnosis he said he wanted me to have it. It hadn’t been shot in 50 years, it was beautiful but well worn and I was truly touched when he gave it to me. He thought it would make a great display piece and it does, I cleaned and function checked it when I got it and it looked good so I took it out and shot some clay birds with it. The gun is quite accurate and is absolutely the most punishing gun I’ve ever shot, my shoulder hurts just talking about it. Every year on his birthday I take that gun off the wall and the wife and I go to the range and run some shells through it for her dad Ralph.

 

[Rook]

I've used my great grandpa's Marlin 1889 .38-40 lever action rifle with octagon barrel that was made in 1893 to shoot in SASS matches. I inherited it along with the rest of my family guns back in the late 90s and it's as accurate today as it was 127 years ago when he bought it. I didn't even have to adjust the sights on it. It was dead on at 50 yards.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

I guess that would be my Mk. 5 No. 1 "Jungle Carbine" circa 1945.

 

[sfhogman]

1935 S&W Super Police .38.

 

[Colonialgirl]

My Grandfather's Win 94 Saddle Carbine in 30/30 from 1927 which I inherited.

 

[vortecMax]

I have a Winchester 12ga model 11sl that shoots. My grandpa bought it new around 1920.

 

[Del J]

Winchester model 37 16 ga. shotgun.

 

[SBH4628]

First year Trapdoor 45-70

 

[Rumrunner]

I have and shoot an 1892 Winchester. It is a 44/40 and was made in 1895. I have a Ruger Vaquero in same caliber to go with it.

 

[Mega Twin]

Mossberg model 152. AKA "boy scout rifle" Made some time in the '50s.

 

[SAJohn]

SBH4628, I assume your Trapdoor is the Springfield Model 1873. The first year (1873) serial number range is between 1 and 1946.

http://gun-data.com/springfield_trapdoors.html

 

[toysoldier]

All from the early to mid '30s: Remington Model 12 .22, S&W M&P .38, Model 1896 "Bolo" Mauser pistol, Remington Model 10 12ga.

 

[SBH4628]

SBH4628, I assume your Trapdoor is the Springfield Model 1873. The first year (1873) serial number range is between 1 and 1946.

http://gun-data.com/springfield_trapdoors.html

SAJohn,thanks for the link
My mistake
The serial # starts at 12xxx,so I guess that would be the 2nd year 1874
It's not a carbine

Daniel

 

[GunnyGene]

'39 Savage 6A gets used quite a lot for small critters in the yard.

 

[Dan in MI]

1900 Colt SAA - 45 Colt, 1927 Winchester 92 32-20 converted to .357, 192x Winchester 97 12g, 193x Remington 341 .22

 

[trebor44]

Trapdoor Cadet, 1893 45-70 mint condition.

 

[bobski]

1917 16ga model 12 shotgun.

 

[Mag-force]

Bridge gun company 410 ga single shoot.

 

[RSIno1]

My oldest was a 45-70 trap door Springfield rifle. But I never could bring myself to shoot it. It was brand new I got it from a friend who was curator of an arms museum. It was in a group of 100 guns he had to buy to get a couple the owner of the museum wanted. Sold it to a friend who had no qualms about it staying unfired.