Show us your oldest firearm you own (not just Mosins!!)

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Show us your oldest firearm you own. Every model, every country. All types!!!


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As Lotema mentioned above not that old in firearm years (101) years young, but my favorite pistol is this Colt 380 cal. in full patina. It still shoots like new.
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Argentine Cavalry carbine, believe these were built in late 1890's.
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1860 Colt New Model Army Revolver, which is a family heirloom. It belonged to my Great Grandmother. Picture granny from the Beverly Hillbillies, except a northerner of Dutch heritage, and that was her. She used it to chase ne'er-do-wells off the family farm.

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1882 Martini Henry
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This is my oldest. .32 rimfire Hopkins and Allen from the 1870s.
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My oldest is also the newest to my collection. P1853 Snider Enfield (1863 dated lock-plate, Oct 1866 dated barrel). If the old girl could talk the stories she could tell. She spent a long hard life in Afghanistan.
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1875 M1870/87/15 Italian Vetterli-Vitali
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What's that contraption on the side of that 1892?
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steelbuttplate wrote:What's that contraption on the side of that 1892?
I'll be the third one wondering what it is!

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Found it, it's apparently a cavalry school carbine. Learn something new everyday!

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Schmidt-Rubin 1896/11. 1901 manufacture Model 1896 no way to tell which year it was converted (there were 135K 1896's converted to 96/11's between 1912 and 1920).

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My 1891 LOEWE BERLIN GEW 88.
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1873 Trapdoor is my oldest. I can't remember the actual year of production.
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1913 Nagant Revolver
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thughes wrote:Schmidt-Rubin 1896/11. 1901 manufacture Model 1896 no way to tell which year it was converted (there were 135K 1896's converted to 96/11's between 1912 and 1920).

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That is a beauty. My oldest is also a 96/11. Receiver was made in 1899.
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I suppose this is my oldest. 1891 Argentine Cavalry Carbine s/n indicated 1892 production date.
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qz2026 wrote:I suppose this is my oldest. 1891 Argentine Cavalry Carbine s/n indicated 1892 production date.
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Oldest Mosins...
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Springfield Model 1842 Musket. Manufactured in 1852 with a Percussion lock.

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1891 Spandau GEW88 with light Turkish markings on bolt
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Yes. On the 1892 mosin the metal part on the side is gor the bayonet that goes with the St Petersburg Cavalry carbine
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