Show off your 100-year-old guns

[C.W. Richter]

This one is a 44 caliber percussion plains rifle first owned by my great great grandfather C. and then handed down to my great-grandfather W. who was born in 1875 and lived until the early 1970s. He was the first person to take me out hunting from age 3 until 5 when he passed away. He used this gun up until the end and I have one of his deer we took together hanging next to the rifle. The action was made by Bell in London but the barrel was replaced by a gunsmith in Wilkes-Barre PA we will just generally say the gun is 175 years old. I have been told to take the gun to the infamous Dixon's muzzleloader shop to have them go over it so that I may shoot one more deer with it in my great-grandfather's honor. Now the sad part... My family has been in America since 1630 (we'll call it British East America at that time lol). There was another but sadly I parted with it to fund a divorce nearly 25 years ago. That one was also a rifle but a long rifle with an even older nickel plated English flintlock action. I don't believe they bought that one I believe they took it from an ailing gent in a red coat c.1770s. I had to decide between the two this one my great-grandfather and I hunted with and the other one it was worth more money. That's their hunting cabin in the late 1800s my great-great-grandfather is standing holding this rifle and my great-grandfather is the boy in the doorway. We still own that property.

 

[Kdgj]

Built in 1898 and still shoots well.

 

[C.W. Richter]

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Almost 100. Made 1927. Parker Trojan 16 ga

that appears to be in perfect condition! my first shotgun-a 16 ga (i MISS that full choke for longer shots on big birds!!)

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Not a sporting firearm, but I EDC (Every Day Carry) a Webley & Scott Model 1921 in .32 ACP ever since the Indo-Pak war of 1971.

Officers were allowed to purchase their own sidearms during the war from the firearms depository in Gilatola military cantonment.

It still shoots sharp & straight.

 

[fourfive8]

Have hunted with a few 100+ year old guns. The oldest have been these two. Never popped a musket cap with either while hunting- an original 175-year-old 54 caliber M 1841 "Mississippi" rifle and an original 161-year-old 58 caliber M 1863 Remington "Zouave" rifle.

Also shown is an original US Peace flask that was correct issue with the M 1841.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Winchester Model 1890 .22 Long. Serial number shows this rifle was made in 1892. 132 years old. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Marlin 1881 in 40-60. I haven't hunted with it but did load a box of ammo for the range using a period Ideal tong tool. My WWII Springfield took a respectable muley buck just behind the gunsight gap in that photo.

 

[Pondoro]

My Purdey game gun 12/65 made 1896..still tight as a bank vault..

 

[Red Leg]

I have quite a number of older military weapons, but I'll list a few of those with which I have actually hunted or used in tower shoots or the Pigeon ring.

1912 Westley Richards 318 takedown.

C. 1920/22 Cogswell & Harrison 318 WR

16x16x57R Guild Drilling

C 1900 9.74R double rifle

William Evans 12 bore Paradox

Lindner 2 7/8's inch 10 bore wildfowl gun

Pre-WWI William Cashmore 12 bore pigeon gun

Circa WWI Atkins & Son 20 bore

 

[Pondoro]

Top to bottom..Manton hammer top lever .470NE 1910 vintage, Joseph Lang .450/400 3.25NE 1906 vintage and Lyon & Lyon .577BPE 3" made 1900

 

[Pondoro]

Midland Gun Co. .475NE ca. 1914..it came with a second barrel set in .280 Flanged Nitro Express, both barrel sets equally numbered.

 

[Pondoro]

Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54mm by Charles Lancaster late 1906..

 

[Altitude sickness]

Keep them coming guys.

 

[Trail Rated]

A pair from opposite sides of the First World War, reborn as sporting rifles: Top is my Springfield 1903 made at Rock Island, and bottom is a Steyr-Mannlicher 95/30 made in the old Austria-Hungarian Empire.

 

[John Wasmuth]

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[pacific]

Puku shot with my 1903 John Rigby 275 in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia in 2019.

 

[Certus]

Certus, .450 nitro, 1905:
Winchester 1892, .25-20, 1910. Bores pretty scruffy on this maybe get relined in future. Need to check how it shoots but needs a taller front sight (.35 current).

 

[Sourdough]

1914 Holland & Holland .375 H&H

1910 WJ Jeffery .475 No. 2 Jeffery

1820ish English Double 20 bore. I have shot it in both Flintlock & Percussion mode. A very unique firearm.

Revolutionary war. Carried by a French officer. Two double .50 calibers. One barrel's breech is substantially eroded indicating lots of use. He must have been a good shot and didn't need the other three barrels very often.

When I'm hunting with muzzle loaders this is my hunting outfit. I've got one of the 50's in a holster on my Baldric, along with a French hunting sword circa late 1600's, and a Bowie knife. An axe and another smaller knife on the back of my hunting bag.

My oldest, 300-400 years old (probably closer to 300). Fully functional except the wheel doesn't spin fast enough for the agate to throw sparks. I need to find someone that is very knowledgable on Wheellocks. then she goes hunting.

 

[yumastepside]

Savage '99 Hi-Power is 1919 and '92 Winchester 44-40 is 1897...

 

[MS 9x56]

Left is MS model 1905 101 years old right is remington model 14 103 years old. I reload for and hunt with both of them. The craftsmanship is amazing.