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1871 38 rimfire rolling block
only have one bullet!
my grandfather bought it in the 60s on
the side of a country road...it was displayed in a huge moose rack..
I remember that day like it was yesterday...
Edwin Wesson .44 cal. muzzleloading target rifle, made in 1846-48.
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1842 Springfield Musketoon made in 1847 in 69 caliber. It was probably used in the Mexican War, then rifling was put in and it was used in the Civil War. After that It was probably sold to a civilian or taken home by a soldier. Then stolen by a Comanche or Kiowa. Then taken back by a pioneer family during a fight with Indians around Goldthwaite, Texas. That is the story I got from a family in Goldthwaite. It had been in their family for over 100 years.
These three. A double barrel 50 caliber pin or teat fire pistol. A old collector friend gave it to me 40 years ago. No makers name or any proof marks. Must date to 1840s. My buddy thought it might have been a "boarding pistol" for pirate or sailor as it has a couple screw holes for a clip for a sash. The S&W american dates to 1870, has had the barrel chopped back. It was found in a old barn being tore down in montanna at a old stage stop. The 1858 new model remington probley dates in the late 1860s.
Carl Gustav 1894 Swedish Carbine in 6.5X55....1898 manufacture. My Grand Dad bought it back in the 50's, still in the cosmoline, but my Dad chopped at it a bit.
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S&W #1 .22 short, made in the late sixties, 1860's. Still works great and I shoot it from time to time. I've had older ones.
Rihmfire, I can find you some 38 rimfire ammo--I believe I have a few laying around. pm if interested.
BTW, Targetmaster has an exact duplicate RRB of yours for sale except its a 32 rimfire.-------Sixgun
An old Hopking Allen Forehand 12 guage single-barreled shotgun, made soemtime between 1902 (when Forehand Arms weent belly-up and became hopkins Allen Arms) and 1914 (when Marlin absorbed Hopkins Allen, bringing an end to the long line of companies originateing with Ethan Allen),
Big Daddy bought this old shotgun ninth or tenth hand back in the late 1930's or early 1940's, he paid the grand sum of $5.00 for it. He gave it to me when I was 17 or 18, FWIW, it was the first shotgun I ever fired and it kicks like a mule.
The old scatter gun has a 32" barrel and walnut stock with surprisingly good figure. Finish is non-existent and the bore is badly pitted and the stock is cracked at the wrist. Value? Probably about the same as it was when Big Daddy bought it over 60 years ago. But I'd not swap it for a stack of $100.00 bills as tall as the shotgun is.
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The average age of my modest collection of guns is just over 100 years old. My oldest rifle is a Winchester Model 1876 made in 1886. My oldest (and only) sixgun is a Colt SAA built in 1882 and my oldest shotgun is a side by side hammerlock made by Clabrough and Bros. around 1882 plus or minus a bit. My newest rifle is a Winchester Model 94 made in 1954.
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1851 Adams blackpowder double action pistol. I'll bet you think S&W had the first DA but they didn't. This revolver was made in London, England and used by the British Army in several conflicts.
rangerider7 wrote:1842 Springfield Musketoon made in 1847 in 69 caliber. It was probably used in the Mexican War, then rifling was put in and it was used in the Civil War. After that It was probably sold to a civilian or taken home by a soldier. Then stolen by a Comanche or Kiowa. Then taken back by a pioneer family during a fight with Indians around Goldthwaite, Texas. That is the story I got from a family in Goldthwaite. It had been in their family for over 100 years.
Sixgun wrote:S&W #1 .22 short, made in the late sixties, 1860's. Still works great and I shoot it from time to time. I've had older ones.
Rihmfire, I can find you some 38 rimfire ammo--I believe I have a few laying around. pm if interested.
BTW, Targetmaster has an exact duplicate RRB of yours for sale except its a 32 rimfire.-------Sixgun
About 10 years ago i spotted a couple boxes at a gun show.....
100 bucks for a sealed box of 50 I'll pm you
The oldest working gun I own is an 1863 Purdey 12b that belonged to the Earl of Sefton. The oldest gun I have overall that I wouldn't shoot is a pistol from the Ottoman Empire that is dated to the early 1700's ,that was discovered in an excavation in what is now New Egypt in 1976. It is something around a .69 caliber with a percussion ignition that goes back to the infancy of percussion. The curator told me it would have belonged to an Officer or someone of royal decent based on the embellishments with brass, copper, bronze, silver and gold. The action still cocks and the hammer falls when you pull the trigger!
Nothing I currently own is all that old. The most aged would be a Winchester 1886, caliber .38-56 WCF, that was made in 1890. Despite being a rifle that was undoubtedly fired with highly corrosive powder and priming the bore is in excellent condition, a testament to the care it received from the previous owners.
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I think the oldest guns I have are an Allen & Thurber Pepperbox (.31)and a Sharps Pepperbox (.22 short) I just picked up. Both date back to about 1860. But, the oldest guns that I own that I currently shoot are:
An 1873 Springfield Trapdoor in .45-70:
An 1884 Springfield Trapdoor also in .45-70:
And, one of my favorite shooters, a Winchester Hotchkiss Model 1883 Magazine bolt action in .45-70:
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fknipfer wrote:1851 Adams blackpowder double action pistol. I'll bet you think S&W had the first DA but they didn't. This revolver was made in London, England and used by the British Army in several conflicts.
fknipfer
Actually, Colt had a DA revolver as far back as the early 1840's, I believe it had Paterson markings. The one proto-type I've seen in photos had a long two or three finger trigger to cock the piece and rotate the cylinder, and it had a built in cutlass blade, probably about 16-18" long, a la Elgin Cutlass Pistol.
needless to say, Colt never put this reolver into production.
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"Just" 1917, in the form of a great ol' Winchester 1894 saddle ring carbine, found at a pawn shop on a ten-degree day on the Western Slope in Colorado. Nicely used--but not abused--as the well-kept working ranch gun it probably was. It turned out to be a completely issue-free gun other than some dry wood easily rectifiable without "risking" a refinish.
Perhaps more interesting, however, is a find for a friend at a small local shop: a Colt SAA ca 1880. I saw it in the case, noted some finish problems (beyond the typical expected), but also noticed it was blackpowder era, so it was an old one--and raised interest further. I said nothing to the clerk. When my friend and I returned, we examined the gun further and decided it needed some faurly considerable work to make it into a silk purse,...but was still a steal, realizing fixing its "issues" might ultimately make it less so. Turned out it had been re-blued, but poorly--almost painted black, with major flake off sections--looking like an early post-64 Winchester. A subsequent visit to our Coltsmith also revealed a buggered up cylinder retention screw, actually requiring a re-tap/thread, but the fix cosmetically unnoticeable. Some internal clean up and adjustments, external de-finishing, basically further "antiquing" of an antique, and installation of appropriately worn--but not gone--period-correct hard rubber grips resulted in this stellar piece of history....and his (and my) favorite among many otherwise "superior" Colts in his collection. We haven't (yet) lettered the gun...more anticipation! .
I don't have any pics yet, but the oldest I have is a Fox Sterlingworth that was made in 1917. Still does a number of rabbits and birds, but 2.5 in (12 ga) shells have been a challenge to come by.
Digger wrote:I don't have any pics yet, but the oldest I have is a Fox Sterlingworth that was made in 1917. Still does a number of rabbits and birds, but 2.5 in (12 ga) shells have been a challenge to come by.
That comment caught my eye. Do you mean 2.5" 12ga shells that are safe for this particular shotgun or literally 2.5" shells?
Old Time Hunter can you post a picture of the Colt Walker. From what I've read, not many of them survived??
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I dont own any truly old firearms. My oldest would be a Smith and Wesson Victory Model 38. It was shipped in early 1943.
My oldest rifle is a 1962 marlin 39A.
I love looking at the photos some of you guys post of beautiful antique rifles.
I will have to line up my 99s one day and take a pic of them. My oldest rifle would be my 1906 made 303 savage 99 then it would be a mod 54 Win that when I bought it was a .30 Newton I think it is spelled that way? I had it re barreled to 308 Norma mag as the bolt face was already modded.
S&W American, Russian first model, a reject from the 1st Russian contract. (Old, Old Model) shipped in September 1872.
Next is a Walther P38 made in February 1943 ac over 43 in excellent condition.