100 year old plus guns

[.300RUM]

I'll start off at the century plus mark, some might still be in use, maybe noy. Or like mine, in the reserve section of the gun collection. I only have a few and they are likely low end to some of the more affluent folks, but here goes.

A model 1911 dated at 1918

The second is an 1887 Winchester model 1887 manufactured in 1893.

 

[.300RUM]

Also have a Parker VHE in 16 gauge that is 1919 vintage. It's in need of a good restoration, one of these days I'll be able to afford that.

 

[Grumpy gumpy]

1865/71 Remington no.1 in 45/70(breach seating to be 45/100), 1820-39 14guage muzzle loading Proctor shotgun, 2 x 310 martini cadets (one BSA, one a Greener) 25/35 martini cadet, 32/35 martini cadet( as a schutzen rifle) another martini cadet action, a large frame martini Henry in 450/400 2 3/8, 1916 savage mod99 in 22H.P., two 1860’s pin fire revolvers, a Winchester thumb trigger 22lr, 1907 model 92 baby saddle ring carbine Winchester in 32-20
Gumpy

 

[Red Leg]

I use several regularly. Among my favorites, the Lindner hammer gun bellow, circa 1880, is my favorite waterfowl gun. It has taken geese and ducks in Canada and all along the Eastern seaboard for almost twenty-years. I particularly enjoy using it in the company of the good old boys with their 3 1/2 inch plastic stocked semis. I have never felt the least under gunned.

Both of these .318 WR chambered rifles date to just before (the WR takedown) and just after the First World War (the Cogswell & Harrison). Each has taken deer and feral hogs in this country.

This 9.3x74R double rifle was built in Suhl just after the turn of the last century. It has taken one bear in Canada and several feral hogs here in Texas. It is an elegant little thing and is as accurate (likely far more so) as any modern creation by Heym.

And of course my WWI era William Evans Paradox that has been to Africa and taken two warthog for bait and created a small mountain of sandgrouse from the same waterhole one afternoon in Namibia.

 

[Grandpa Moose]

Ball and Williams 44 Henry Ballard
Merrimack 38 rimfire Ballard
Brown Ballard 44 long rimfire
Marlin no2 Ballard 32 rimfire
2 Remington Smoot no3 38 rimfire
Remington Smoot no4 in 38 rf and 41 cf
2 Colt 1877 Thunderers
1899 model 94 Winchester 30-30
Jamisson open hammer 12 gauge
1873 Winchester 44-40
All are shootable and have been personally fired and enjoyed

 

[Datchew]

Oh my... I'm going to love this thread.
Will dig out my webleys for pics in next day or so.

 

[Grandpa Moose]

Forgot my model 1892 Marlin in 32 caliber with reversible firing pin rf/cf

 

[yamoon]

25 or so 100 year old rifles, most are German Schuetzen rifles, of the ones I hunt with.
Brno 21f, 8x57, proofed 1948
Orberndorf Mauser commercial action 8x57, serial number dates to 1912
Mauser 8x57, proofed 1932
Mannlicher 1910 9.5x57, full stock, proofed 1914
Mannlicher MCA full stock, 243, proofed 1963
All are double set trigger. I won’t begin to list the schuetzen rifles.
Mike

 

[skydiver386]

Also have a Parker VHE in 16 gauge that is 1919 vintage. It's in need of a good restoration, one of these days I'll be able to afford that.View attachment 633276View attachment 633277View attachment 633278View attachment 633279

No need to restore that Parker, I like it just the way it is.

 

[Neophyte]

 

[eyedok]

 

[eyedok]

 

[eyedok]

Many others, just no pics on my phone, i hunt dove, ducks, deer and pigs mostly with 100 yo guns, oldest was 1874 45-70, hunt alot of birds w a couple damascus barreled shotguns, also w 1896 Armstrong

 

[yumastepside]

A mod.99 Savage hi-power from 1919, Winchester "92 lever action 44-40 from 1898, an LSA No.1 Mk111 from 1903 in 375x2 1/2" FNE, 1904 Portuguese Vergueiro now in 7.65x53 and assorted .22 single shots from the early 1900's

Roger

 

[Grumpy gumpy]

A mod.99 Savage hi-power from 1919, Winchester "92 lever action 44-40 from 1898, an LSA No.1 Mk111 from 1903 in 375x2 1/2" FNE, 1904 Portuguese Vergueiro now in 7.65x53 and assorted .22 single shots from the early 1900's

Roger

I didn’t include my vergueiro as it’s 1904/39 in 7.92x57, should have because of the original build date
Gumpy

 

[Clodo Ferreira]

Hi,

A 7mm Mauser DWM Sporting factory made. Around 1897. With the original rust blue. Still in action!

 

[Altitude sickness]

I use several regularly. Among my favorites, the Lindner hammer gun bellow, circa 1880, is my favorite waterfowl gun. It has taken geese and ducks in Canada and all along the Eastern seaboard for almost twenty-years. I particularly enjoy using it in the company of the good old boys with their 3 1/2 inch plastic stocked semis. I have never felt the least under gunned.
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Both of these .318 WR chambered rifles date to just before (the WR takedown) and just after the First World War (the Cogswell & Harrison). Each has taken deer and feral hogs in this country.

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This 9.3x74R double rifle was built in Suhl just after the turn of the last century. It has taken one bear in Canada and several feral hogs here in Texas. It is an elegant little thing and is as accurate (likely far more so) as any modern creation by Heym.
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And of course my WWI era William Evans Paradox that has been to Africa and taken two warthog for bait and created a small mountain of sandgrouse from the same waterhole one afternoon in Namibia.
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Red Leg, what could you compare the 10 gauge recoil with. With the 1 1/4 shot and number 2’s
No recoil pad

 

[Red Leg]

Red Leg, what could you compare the 10 gauge recoil with. With the 1 1/4 shot and number 2’s
No recoil pad

This gun is chambered for the old 2 7/8" 10 bore 1 1/4 ounce load. It is built quite heavy as a traditional waterfowl gun, so perceived recoil is about like a 1 1/8 ounce 12 bore field load from a SxS or OU. The goose load is 1 1/4 ounces of No. 2 bismuth and the duck load is the same in No. 4 or 6. Those brilliant gunmakers almost 150 years ago knew a thing or two.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Yes Sir they did. I see the RST shot is available at a reasonable price also.

 

[wesheltonj]

Yes Sir they did. I see the RST shot is available at a reasonable price also.

Good luck getting any shells from them other than 2 3/4. I’ve been asking for 2 1/2 paper, paper for about 4 years. The answer was they doubt they ever make it again.