What is your oldest gun?
What is your oldest gun?
Mine is a Hopkins and Allen 12 gauge break-action single shot. According to my Flayderman's guide the company went out of business in 1914, so it is at least 94 years old.
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Re: What is your oldest gun?
Nowhere close to that, but my K31 is from 1936. Makes it about McCain's age.
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Mine is my grandfathers Husqvarna rifle and shutgun. I have no idea how old they are, and dont know where I can find out either, but I've always thought they were from the 1940's or so, give or take. The guns were old and wellused when I was a kid...
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Springfield 1903, manufactured in 1917(well, at least the receiver is).
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Mine is an 1897 Winchester shotgun made in 1907.
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Wow...
I have googled this before, but for some reason I decided to try again now. And I must have hit the perfect phrase, because I found a list with the serial numbers and year.
The Husqvarna 9.3x57 rifle I inherited from my grandfather was made in 1938! It's 70 years old now
I have googled this before, but for some reason I decided to try again now. And I must have hit the perfect phrase, because I found a list with the serial numbers and year.
The Husqvarna 9.3x57 rifle I inherited from my grandfather was made in 1938! It's 70 years old now

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Re: What is your oldest gun?
Iver-Johnson Champion in .410. Made either in 1919 or 1920.
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Re: What is your oldest gun?
WWII era S&W M&P. Blue steel .38 special with a tyler t grip.
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My oldest is a K98 from 1942, the oldest in the family I'd shoot (though with a light blackpowder handload) is a really old shotgun with exposed hammers and damascus barrles, not sure how old it is but probably pre-WW1 at the least, the oldest we have in the fam is one from the French & Indian war.
And we have a krag carbine but I think that might be younger than the shotgun.
And we have a krag carbine but I think that might be younger than the shotgun.
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Re: What is your oldest gun?
Probably my family's old .20 ga break action single shot. Age and make are unknown- it just says "White Powder Wonder" on the barrel.
My Mossberg .22 training rifle, High Standard .22 pistol, and Baby Browning are also of unknown age- pre '68 is very likely for all of them.
My Mossberg .22 training rifle, High Standard .22 pistol, and Baby Browning are also of unknown age- pre '68 is very likely for all of them.