Whats the oldest firearm you own?

Terry_P · 09-04-2011, 01:34 PM

With me it is a Colt Police Positive Special that was made in 1929. I can remember my dad kept the revolver in his bureau while I was growing up and was the only handgun he owned for a long time. We went across country in 1956 and he had in in the glove compartment of our 56 Pontiac. Down into Mexico all over. I don't think he realized the number of laws he had broken until one of his brothers told him.

I still take it out and shoot it once in a while and it still is a shooter.

tx gun runner · 09-04-2011, 04:58 PM

These are to 2 oldest guns I still own . The scope I float between the 2 guns , the same with the iron sights .

gunman42782 · 09-05-2011, 02:34 AM

Right now, I don't own any real old. I have owned a few Old Model Rugers, probably the oldest one I ever owned was a .357 Flattop from sometime in the 50s, can't remember the exact year. Have owned a couple of pre-64 Winchester 94s from the 50s as well. Owned a Colt Target .38 that was pretty old.

Tom W. · 09-05-2011, 07:41 AM

I have an old Marlin Model 93, in .32 Winchester special...

claybird · 09-05-2011, 08:35 AM

I have my Dad's only gun he ever owned. Its a 12 ga. single barrel. Brand name is Oak Leaf,made I beleive in NY, for many different dealers. Its disassembled now in a box , No bluing left, a cracked stock and lots of rust inside . but is has killed many rabbits ,pheasants and two deer. I'm thinking that it has to be over 80 years old.

XLCH · 09-05-2011, 09:40 AM

The oldest working firearm I have is a Sauer & Son 1926 Export Model, made between 1926 and early 1929.

Terry_P · 09-05-2011, 01:05 PM

Here's a pic of my Colt:

XLCH · 09-06-2011, 05:56 AM

Nice

Ornery · 09-07-2011, 09:52 PM

Still looks to be in good shape, the stories that gun could tell if it could talk.

Terry_P · 09-08-2011, 05:00 AM

When I got it from my mom a few months after my dad passed away it was rusted up pretty good. I couldn't get the rust off without taking the bluing off it so I had it refinished/reblued. I knew I would never sell it so figured I would rather own something to remember that looked nice instead of a piece that was a mess. It still drops em right in there at 25 yards.

Ornery · 09-08-2011, 08:23 AM

I can understand that I have a Model 10 that I bought looked really bad and I have the gun smith re-finish it as well. Sure turned out nice and I love shooting it too. I have a target trigger on it that really made a difference is the action.

b.roberts · 09-08-2011, 08:50 PM

Oldest gun I have is a win 94 made back in 1930. I love that gun.

tx gun runner · 09-09-2011, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Terry_P

With me it is a Colt Police Positive Special that was made in 1929. I can remember my dad kept the revolver in his bureau while I was growing up and was the only handgun he owned for a long time. We went across country in 1956 and he had in in the glove compartment of our 56 Pontiac. Down into Mexico all over. I don't think he realized the number of laws he had broken until one of his brothers told him..

A friend of mine in the 80's seen a sign at the gate on Mexico side that said "no firearm" he stop at the gate in a motorhome and said to the guard he needed to return to USA how can he flip a u-turn to go back to USA , they ask him why and he said I have a gun . BIG MISTAKE he spent over a month in jail and never seen a trial yet , it cost him over $10,000 in payoff's to get released from jail , lost the motor home and everything in it and still had to made the payments on motorhome to the bank . So your dad was very lucky , since a 38 spl is a military cartridge which is serous charge too boot in Mexico . . . And a nice looking Colt

jimbo1096 · 09-21-2011, 08:28 AM

This old guy- I think it was made 1909 -

Also a '59 FT Blackhawk and an Australian marked Martini Cadet from the teens.

BlkHawk73 · 01-07-2012, 04:08 AM

There's a 4 digit ('66 or '67) OM Blackhawk in .41 mag here and a 10/22 International from that same time frame. My father on the other hand...lots of Civil war and REvolutionary war muskets and rifles at his place.

Nutty Ned · 01-07-2012, 05:54 AM

1898 Russian rifle brought home by an observer from the Russo-Japanese war.

Terry_P · 01-07-2012, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Nutty Ned

1898 Russian rifle brought home by an observer from the Russo-Japanese war.

Hey thats the war that they settled by Teddy Roosevelt with a conference at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in NH (actually it's in Maine but long story) in 1905.

countrygun · 01-07-2012, 09:38 AM

My Dad bought a few "old guns" when my Mom and Grandmother owned an antique store. I have a half-stocked percussion rifle of unknown make and a Snyder Enfield that was brought in in way before the armory in India was found and is in better shape than those relics. There are a few others as well.

303Lithgow · 01-07-2012, 06:59 PM

U.S. Army Model of 1911 made in 1917, a No 1 Lithgow made in 1917 and a Pattern of 1917 made in 1918. All WWI weapons. Next come my WWII rifles and pistols -M1, M1 Carbine, 03A4, several Enfields and a few Nagants, all 1939 to 1944.

Bustah_c · 01-08-2012, 07:01 AM

My Dad picked up this old boy at an auction.
Fully functional, trigger guard missing
not a clue of its age, but I believe it's French.

09-04-2011, 01:34 PM	#1
Terry_P Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: NH Posts: 4,281	Whats the oldest firearm you own? With me it is a Colt Police Positive Special that was made in 1929. I can remember my dad kept the revolver in his bureau while I was growing up and was the only handgun he owned for a long time. We went across country in 1956 and he had in in the glove compartment of our 56 Pontiac. Down into Mexico all over. I don't think he realized the number of laws he had broken until one of his brothers told him. I still take it out and shoot it once in a while and it still is a shooter.

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XLCH Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Michigan Posts: 6,043	The oldest working firearm I have is a Sauer & Son 1926 Export Model, made between 1926 and early 1929.

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Terry_P Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: NH Posts: 4,281	Here's a pic of my Colt:

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XLCH Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Michigan Posts: 6,043	Nice

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Ornery Senior Member Joined: Aug 2011 From: Texas Posts: 208	*Still looks to be in good shape, the stories that gun could tell if it could talk.*

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Terry_P Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: NH Posts: 4,281	When I got it from my mom a few months after my dad passed away it was rusted up pretty good. I couldn't get the rust off without taking the bluing off it so I had it refinished/reblued. I knew I would never sell it so figured I would rather own something to remember that looked nice instead of a piece that was a mess. It still drops em right in there at 25 yards.

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Ornery Senior Member Joined: Aug 2011 From: Texas Posts: 208	I can understand that I have a Model 10 that I bought looked really bad and I have the gun smith re-finish it as well. Sure turned out nice and I love shooting it too. I have a target trigger on it that really made a difference is the action.

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b.roberts Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Gig Harbor, WA Posts: 1,909	Oldest gun I have is a win 94 made back in 1930. I love that gun.

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