What is the oldest firearm you own?.....Post it!
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Oldest firearm you own?
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I have a double barrel pistol from the cap lock era, probable early to mid 1840's, no pics at this time, but I will see what I can do later. The bulk of my collection is States War up, BP and smokeless cartridge rifles, I only have flinters I can shoot, and they are reproductions.
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1890 erfurt Gew88. Not as old as your stuff but pretty old to me. 
Whoops not a balck powder either.
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1935 91/30 tula hex.
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At the moment my first Krag rifle, serial dates it at 1897. This will be replaced very, very soon, I need to pick up the one to knock the Krag to second place, a Swiss Vetterli Model 1869/71. The Swiss is paid for, I've just had no time to make the trip. 
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I guess it would have to be this one; a 1918 SHtLE. I don't have any really old guns.
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Don't have to be black powder. I just put it here because we don't have a "general forum".
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OK, it's hot, got into the 90's today and I am beat, all I have out just now that I can lay hands on in a few seconds is one of my 1873 Springfield's, this one made in 1885. Maybe in a few days I will dig out something older, but for now this is it.
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My 1918 SMLE III* is a near twin to yours except mine has its stock shortened. I got it that way 18 years ago from a FFL dealer in Butte Montana for cleaning the cosmoline from 5 Turk Mausers. (They were the dirtiest, most heavily cosmolined rifles I have ever seen.)tjtM38 wrote:I guess it would have to be this one; a 1918 SHtLE. ....
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My oldest is an Ithaca Flues 12 ga made in 1911
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Nice Ithaca, I had one under the counter in the shop for years before replacing it with a Mossberg pump in 1993, now it's the Old Mans house gun.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Oldest.....hmmmm?? 
This is my Khyber-Pass 1861 Enfield that my son brought back for me from Afghanistan recently.
I'm not sure it's really my "oldest" ....KWIM?
My honest-to-goodness-oldest would be my 1895 Tula M91
It's in a Finn stock, but no [SA]...
.....& technically it's not that old either, the tang says 1917
This is my Khyber-Pass 1861 Enfield that my son brought back for me from Afghanistan recently.
I'm not sure it's really my "oldest" ....KWIM?
My honest-to-goodness-oldest would be my 1895 Tula M91
It's in a Finn stock, but no [SA]...
.....& technically it's not that old either, the tang says 1917
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Has finn sight markings on it too. Nice enfield 
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Now that is one interesting pistol
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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It is probably this little pistol, but the rifle is the oldest date.
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I have a Marline 22 leaver action 1800 something can’t remember the exact date would need to look it back up.
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K. Mod. 71 Mauser Cavalry Carbine, built in 1876, in service date of 1877. Black powder cartridge, 11X60mm.
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Oh ya that is way nice. I definatley like the lines of the 71-71/84s 
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