Show us your oldest firearm you own (not just Mosins!!)
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Wow never seen one before until the first one was posted, now there are two.....Go figure!
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There are others. Most of them don't look quite like these two, but close.These two are "Brothers".ffuries wrote:Wow never seen one before until the first one was posted, now there are two.....Go figure!
I saw it and though, I have to have that.
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LOL, that frigging insurance comercial, seen them on Antique Shows etc since the first one was posted here. Just cool that two have shown up on this forum, and the first one I've ever seen was on this forumdolk wrote:There are others. Most of them don't look quite like these two, but close.These two are "Brothers".ffuries wrote:Wow never seen one before until the first one was posted, now there are two.....Go figure!
I saw it and though, I have to have that.
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Re: Show us your oldest firearm you own (not just Mosins!!)
My oldest firearms right now is a tie. I have a Finn 1915 New England Westinghouse M91 Mosin Nagant, and a 1915 Lithgow No 1 Mk 3 Enfield.
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1918 M1912 Norwegian Krag. Passed down from my Great-Grandpa to my Grandmother to my Uncle and now to me. It's the oldest until the 1891 G88 comes out of layaway.
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There is a third handgonne that is running around that is exactly like ours is.
Someone needs to find it!!! I just have photos is all.
Someone needs to find it!!! I just have photos is all.
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You gotta be kidding me.....there's a third one in the wild, so is RMNF going to try and aquire them all?dolk wrote:There is a third handgonne that is running around that is exactly like ours is.
Someone needs to find it!!! I just have photos is all.
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I think that you all are shitting us, those things are some kind of exhaust manifold.
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S&W New departure second model, last patent date 1885. Tight as new. 55,000 out of 60,000 total production.
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That one looks too damn pretty to be old!steelbuttplate wrote:S&W New departure second model, last patent date 1885. Tight as new. 55,000 out of 60,000 total production.
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Still a nice little pocket gun, shoots like they should. $130 is pretty high for a used S&W ain't it?
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1866 conversion of 1861 musket. Cal 50-70 Gov't. Bore excellent.
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dolk wrote:
Hey, not so fast!!!!
Two can play at this game!!!!
My new toy .......Martin08, look familiar to you????
Mine might be a "darrenger" compared to yours!
Dolk
Great acquisition, Dolk.
Just to add a little backstory to mine, I was told that it was brought back from Vietnam. I cannot confirm it, though.
No words of wisdom come to mind at this time....
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Load the 8-shot " thing" with BB's and call it a VC claymore.
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The other one I posted above (not mine or yours) had the same story. Out of Vietnam.martin08 wrote:dolk wrote:
Hey, not so fast!!!!
Two can play at this game!!!!
My new toy .......Martin08, look familiar to you????
Mine might be a "darrenger" compared to yours!
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Great acquisition, Dolk.
Just to add a little backstory to mine, I was told that it was brought back from Vietnam. I cannot confirm it, though.
Does look like some sort of booby trap!!steelbuttplate wrote:Load the 8-shot " thing" with BB's and call it a VC claymore.
Also, it is really a 9 shot. I found another touch hole going to center. That is why if you look at the "supports" coming off the back of each cylinder (where the touch hole are at), one don't have a support. That is so you can touch off the center cylinder. The center barrel is covered over with rust and you can see it from the front!! Weird.
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Mine --------- Note the missing supports back to the handle. Down in there is another touch hole!
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What is the approximate age of your hand cannons/Guns, pretty neat!
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There should be Chinese vases depicting these in use, whatever the vases are dated? They are as Old as Dirt.Pahtu wrote:What is the approximate age of your hand cannons/Guns, pretty neat!
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scrolling to the top of the page, I see late 15th century, dang...that is old....Even new, I would be reluctant to fire....talk about flinch...
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When you hold one in your hand (very heavy, and feels like lead) you can "thump it" with your finger and tell that the cast iron is flaky and you get that funny "dead thump" sound. It says to me that the cast iron is not very sound anymore. I wouldn't think about even trying to fire it off. Even with a very reduced load. It would probably "crack" or worse. Pretty damn old for sure. Like I said above, there are actually 9 holes. The one in the center is covered over with flaky rust.Pahtu wrote:scrolling to the top of the page, I see late 15th century, dang...that is old....Even new, I would be reluctant to fire....talk about flinch...
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Re: Show us your oldest firearm you own (not just Mosins!!)
My oldest is a Mosin.
1896 M91. Austrian capture, sold to Finland. Finnish stock.
Purchased sling and lock ring bayonet separately. Also have correct scabbard for the bayonet.
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1896 M91. Austrian capture, sold to Finland. Finnish stock.
Purchased sling and lock ring bayonet separately. Also have correct scabbard for the bayonet.
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