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What Is Your Oldest Firearm?
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 4:09 am
by oklahomaman
Mine is the Remington Rolling Block that is photographed in the 'Exhibition Forum'. I think it is 126 years old (1877).
Feel free to post photos or links.
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Oldest gun
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:17 pm
by guntotingmonkeyboy
An 1871/84 Mauser from 1886.
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:36 pm
by Tom-May
1839 percussion conversion of an 1816 Indian Brown Bess (prototype for the 1842 pecussion musket?).
Martini-Henry
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:25 pm
by PeterN2
My oldest gun is a Martini-Henry MkIV dated 1887.
Regards
Peter.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:36 pm
by spearedum
1888 Chinese .318 Gew Kommission rifle. The wood is in great condition, but the finish has turned black. I have a large oval cartushe on the butt stock with four Chinese charactors inscribed in the oval.
I would like to clean up the wood, but I do not want to destroy any value to the mil surp! What do you think about my cleen-up idea?
Thanx Dante'
oldest
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:42 pm
by lmc1016
1890 Spandau Commision Rifle... and will still shoot with anything I have!
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:36 pm
by riptidenj
M1884 Trapdoor made in 1890.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:19 am
by stripperclip
welcome and do you have a pic of it?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:47 pm
by keithreid
two of them are tied. 2 gew 88 commission rifles. one was made at danzig, the other at loewe berlin. most of the other rifles i have collected are model 1891's, from one country or another. that sure seems to be a popular year to have adopted a new rifle. y'all have a good day, Keith
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:42 am
by Karl/Pa.
Mine is a .72 cal. Prussian "Potsdam" smoothbore musket, Model 1806, made in Danzig in 1835 as a flintlock and arsenal converted to percussion in 1845. I had the barrel relined in 2001 (now .69 cal.) and it shoots beautifully, tho a bit hard on the shoulder.
Lots of these on the competitive line at
www.n-ssa.org
