Your oldest firearm?

[indy1919a4]

1862 Sharps & Hankins Navy carbine - can't shoot it though, as no one makes No. 56 Spencer rimfire cartridges any more.
1862-63 Spencer rifle (with modern centerfire block - see avatar).

I have always love the Spencer, One has to love those transitional firarms..

Please what you mean by Modern centerfire block...????

 

[msirelan]

I have an old break open 1# gauge my grandpa gave me and he aways said it was older than him so that puts it no newer than early 1900s

 

[Loganwildman]

I have a Stevens double barrel with the dog ear hammers that belonged to my great grandad. I also have an Essex single barrel 12 that was my grandfathers and was my first hunting gun. Sucker was brutal to shoot, but I loved it anyway lol.

 

[canoeman]

Old gun

I have a Belgium made double barrel with wire wound barrels, silver and gold inlays, Cercasian walnut stock and black powder shells only. pre 1860

 

[covert justice]

I have a J.P. Saur & Sohn Suhl cal. 7.65 or .32ACP. I think it was made in Germany between 1900 and 1930. I got it from a great aunt who can't tell me when my great uncle acquired it.

 

[walt o]

i just picked up a smith & wesson mod 1,second issue that according to the s/n was made at the start of the" war of northern aggression".No history but could have been carried in the war. It is a 22 cal. and i intend to shoot it when ii can find sone 22 Cal.BB rounds. As a side note i bought it at Cabelas , they thought it was broken and a wall hanger.All it needed was some T.L.C. and adjustment paid $65.00 for it .

 

[RobbyMaQ]

Nothing antiquey... but it means the world to me. Hand-me-down from my great uncle, to my father, to me... 1960's Ithaca 16 guage shotgun with trap barrel... I love it.

 

[nicajack]

I believe my oldest is a Remington No. 2 Rolling Block in .22 cal made about 1878. I shoot it some. I love the old stuff!

 

[Classic]

Handgun: I have a Colt Army Special in 32-20 W.C.F. caliber that I believe was manufactured in 1933.

Shotgun: New Baker, 12 ga., side-by-side, manufactured between 1892-1895.

 

[Mechy]

Not nearly as old as some of the others here. But the oldest I've got is a J.P. Sauer and Sohns 12 ga side by side, was given to me by my grandpa. I'm not sure of the age, but it's stamped "West Germany" so it's not new.

 

[mike8170]

Mine is a Persian Flintlock. Thought to be late 1600's to early 1700's. It is rifled, but the rifling is cut straight so that it could be fired more without cleaning. The barrel bands are made of silver (yes, they are tarnished), and the inlays are all ivory, silver and brass. I couldn't get a pic, but there is some awesome engraving on the flint action itself. I haven't really found anyone that can tell me much about this style or period.

 

[Sarrsipius]

1971 Remington 742 Woodsmaster

 

[Chrisgunfighter]

I have a 1912 20ga LC Smith double barrel

 

[kjf48197]

I have a winchester 1897 from the from the early 1900's it belonged to my great grandfather next is a winchester 22 from 1954 both in good shape and ready to go.

 

[indiucky]

Mine is a Persian Flintlock. Thought to be late 1600's to early 1700's. It is rifled, but the rifling is cut straight so that it could be fired more without cleaning. The barrel bands are made of silver (yes, they are tarnished), and the inlays are all ivory, silver and brass. I couldn't get a pic, but there is some awesome engraving on the flint action itself. I haven't really found anyone that can tell me much about this style or period.

Actually the straight rifling was to enable the weapon to be able to function with shot as well as ball. It was believed (rightly so I think) that straight rifling would allow the shot pattern to behave less erratic if the shooter opted to load buck or even smaller shot. I would date as late 1700's/early 1800s as rifling came out of Germany and the US adopted earlier than most due to our frontier culture. England followed suit with the experimental "Ferguson Breechloader" and later adopted the Baker rifle in the Napoleonic Wars. It's a very nice piece and the rifling shows that your rifle was made to use and is not a "tourist trade" gun that folks often see for sale. It appears very well made. Congrats on a fine piece of history. I am thinking that it is Spanish made or at least the lock is a copy of a "miquolet lock" which is a Spanish design. I would bet that it was made in the Basque Region of Spain and was made as a trade gun. It's a beaut. If you ever make it to Clarksville stop in the shop and we will peruse a couple of books I have regarding early flintlocks. There is alot of junk out there made for the tourist trade in the Victorian era (Look Chives...I bought this from a bedouin on mine and Lilliths Middle East tour this summer.)

Yours is not one of those weapons. Congrats.

Rick

Falls City Firearms

 

[tacmedic]

Remington 742 made in 1960.

 

[dhisle]

'03 springfield. a collector looked at it and according to his books it was made in '05 and by the stamps was arsenal reworked after WWI.

 

[Elkrock777]

S&W model 1

 

[spencer rifle]

I have always love the Spencer, One has to love those transitional firarms..

Please what you mean by Modern centerfire block...????

The original breech block is rimfire and shot the same round as the Sharps & Hankins - No. 56 Spencer. Since I still wanted to shoot this and use it for reenactments, I got a centerfire block from S&S. The blanks used for reenactments are resized and modified 32 gauge shotgun shells with 40 grains black powder. The live rounds are cut-down 50-70 Government cases with cast lead bullets.

 

[tacmedic]

I picked up a Springfield '03A3 today stamped 1941.