What's the oldest gun you own? Do you shoot it regularly, or do you worry about damaging it?
>>28259998
107 years old. I shoot it when I have ammo.
>>28259998
20 years, shoot it regularly, don't worry bout damage.
>>28259998
My SVT-40 from 1940, it kind of gave me a fright when the first time I shot it it slamfired.
>>28260013
Forgot picture
>>28259998
100 years old
shoot it all the time.
>>28259998
Somewhere between 100 and 94 years old
I have yet to shoot it, but plan to.
>>28260039
What gun?
>>28259998
1929, not really since it was just 150$
>>28259998
Kraig Jorgensen, or however you spell it. Some degenerate ruined her sight apetures, but she eats ammo like a sopping wet cunt.
>>28260050
m91.
>>28259998
10 years old
Shoot it all the time.
>>28259998
only about 5 years. I don't own anything old enough to care about whether I damage it. If my guns live long enough, they may get retired to keepsakes.
>>28259998
my nugget is from 1934 one spam can of 440 has been through it no issues bought it a while ago for 130 so not really worried if it blows up
1927, and yeah
This Bodeo i picked up the other day is 118 years old.Got it and a old Spanish 38 special for 110$.
Came with some old Fiocchi 10.4 Italian ammo.It shoots like dream.
I kinda want to start carrying it.
>>28260124
Is that a Webley? Which one? Thinking of grabbing either a mark IV or mark VI after I get into reloading.
>>28260161
It's a Nagant revolver
119 years old. I've yet to shoot it but I have ammo and certainly plan to.
>>28260161
this guy
>>28260172
>>28260204
I blew it.
Enfield Martini in 20 guage, originally made in 1894. I'm afraid to shoot anything in it since the stock is cracked and the crack opens slightly when using the lever.
1978 Ruger SuperBlackhawk. I run .44 Mag +P+ Buffalo Bore through that shit on occasion. Zero fucks. It's unbelievably fun until you need to use your shooting hand the next day and your palm is bruised and swollen to the point of being immobile.
my two 1917s are almost 100 years old each, but they are definitely my most robust, accurate firearms in my collection.
>>28260259
learn to shoot?
>>28259998
a Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873, ive shot it a little bit, used it for some oldfag competition.
1866 snider enfield.
sporterized, haven't even bothered to try and look for components to load .577.
>>28259998
winchester 1897 built in 1898. still shoots fine. had it reblued in the 90's. shot it last week.
>>28260245
What scatter gat is that?
>>28260487
A Remington 887. It's a rotating bolt pump gun with a 3.5 inch chamber and a 5-7+1 magazine and extension. It was a fun little gun, but I sold it to get an M1 Garand.
>>28260049
My nigga. I think mine's in better shape, no offense. I paid for it. I have the original page where the serial number were written including mine. It cost me a mint to buy and I haven't shot mine either. I have a Red 9 and an Astra for that. Cheers on the Mauser tho.
>>28260033
were all the old fudd rangemasters on top of you for having illegal machinegunning going on?
My oldest. I think it's a 1891 Mossberg & Sons .22 that come from my grandfather. I'm too drunk to think.
1901 Swedish Mauser, never shot it but would not hesitate to.
>>28260570
Dem peepers.
My oldest is a Winchester model 1897 made in 1940.
It's an old English double barrel shotgun, late 19th century-early 20tj century, somewhere thereabouts.
Came from grandpa, who inherited it from some other relative.
Never really figured out much about it: the markings indicate it was made by one of the many (at the time) London gunsmiths, but I've looked up the name and never found a corresponding manufacturer.
Never fired it and no intention to: it appears to function, one hammer is just missing a screw to hold it in so it walks out gradually
No pics on phone unfortunately
>>28259998
S&W Model 10 from 1911. It was my great-grandfather's from when he was a cop, fire it all time. If I wasn't at work I'd post a picture. The finish has almost completely worn off now.
M1903
98 years old.
My oldest is my Lee Enfield. Its a No. 1 Mk. 3* from BSA made in 1917. I shoot it whenever I have the chance since I picked up a bunch of ammo when CTD had the surplus in stock.
I also have a Steyr M95 Carbine but I have no clue when that was made, I believe it was cut down from a long rifle so it could be older then then my SMLE if I am correct but I can't find a date stamp on it anywhere.
Ithaca X-5 Semi auto .22LR from the 60's I believe. It's the best shooting .22 I own, including a custom 10/22, a stock 10/22, and a Marlin 60
Oldest i have is a single shot shot gun it was made right when they stared making metalic cartridges. it belonged to my grate great somebodys, ben in the family for at least a 125-150 years, supposedly someone in my family killed someone with it like a 100 years ago with it in self defence, wrote a long story a bout it that i still have
Thinking about selling it so i can get the new xbox one
>dont have any pics right now and dont fell like dragging it out
2 years old.
I'd shoot it, but ammo is impossible to find. Thanks Obama.
>>28260671
>Thinking about selling it so i can get the new xbox one
anon, you can't sell something that belongs to your parents still. your daddy might hand it down to you once you've grown up some.
>>28260037
Mirin'
>>28260310
It would be really neat if a company made modern reproductions of those. I've wanted one since I saw 4 Feathers but I don't want to worry about loading the special ammo for it.
>>28259998
152 years old my Civil War Springfield
>>28260037
God damn. That gun is in better shape than my 5-year-old hunting rifle.
>>28260553
think i might have you beat
I have some old ass stevens 520, only one serial on it and its in the 6000 range, probably made at the early 20th century, its barrel has been sawed to 20 inches and it has a pistol grip on it
>>28259998
S&W M1917 revolver. The serial number dated it to 1918 so it's the oldest I own. Super fun to shoot.
>>28260695
I have no intensions on selling it, just baiting like an asshole
>>28260774
Whats with the oriental markings on the barrel?
>>28260858
how is "S & W DA 45" oriental?
I have a "Stutzen" Steyr M95, exactly 100 years old. Super fun to shoot because the recoil is so satisfying.
Friggin' thing was made in 1892 and its a straight pull. Dem swiss wizards eh.
My Tok is a 1942, so it wins, but the guts of pic related could be older, what with it being ex-Finn.
>>28260948
Globeco 303?
>>28260939
Are you able to shoot the thing? I've heard that GP-11 will cause damage or cause it to blow up. I have a G1911 from 1918 that I shoot occasionally and have thought about getting one of those. Was wondering if I could just make light loads for it and still be able to shoot it.
>>28260948
bubba no
pls
>>28260960
I handload with Trail Boss.
>>28260968
I don't reload but intend to get into it someday so forgive me if my question is stupid, but is it as simple as just loading shells with Trail Boss or do they need to be trimmed down? I have really no clue how it works, I'll learn someday though
>>28260984
If the barrel on the rifle isn't marked, you can cast it with Cerrosafe and measure it against a regular 7.5x55 case.
Normally, they should be the same. Ensure your brass is shorter than maximum length (marked in reloading manual), load with trail boss and bullet of choice. IIRC, starting load was 12gr, haven't had the chance to really shoot enough to develop a real load though sadly. Trail Boss is really safe unless you compress it hard enough to break the donuts.
Pick up a reloading manual and read the shit out of it, they explain everything regardless of what manual you get. I have like 6 because comparing load data gets important for other things.
>>28261005
Thanks for the info, I'll look into it more. I love old guns but I like to be able to shoot what I buy.
>>28260954
Yep. Almost done restoring it. Just gotta tap the mount properly and see if the proper SVT lock nut thing that holds it all in the stock will work, fuck the lazy workaround they did.
>>28260965
Relax, it was sporterized right after the war by some company in Ontario. It stings, but I can't do anything about it now. It'll look good beside a proper SVT when I get one.
>LOOK AT ME, ROSE
>THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MEN TRY TO PLAY GOD
>>28260954
Yeah that looks about right.
>>28259998
An old SxS 12 gauge made by some small Polish company in the late 1800s. Dad bought it for like 5 bucks in the 70s, shot it a couple times, hasn't been shot since.
Grandfather gave it to me.
100th birthday on march/2016, one of the most smooth guns i've shot. Also killed my first moose with her in 2010.
Oh, and only front sight post has been changed at some point of time, otherwise original M95 in 7.62x53R
>>28261235
I sold my Winchester 94 and plan to get a 95 someday. I saw one at a show in 30-06 but didn't look at it because I was looking for a handgun. I regret that decision now, I think they wanted $500 for it, I dunno if that's high or low but its not like it matters now.
grandfather's 22 pistol
It's only 50 years old so not that old
>>28261252
Doesn't sound too high a price. I've seen M95's rechambered in 8.2x53R go for just a couple hundred euros, because they're nowhere close original. Usually with chopped down handguards and barrels for hunting. The 95 i have is from the shipments sent for tsar in 1916 and thus is very high valued. It even has the approval stamp on the receiver, which is somewhere around 1000$ worth
>>28261273
Ah so you're not in the US then? Yeah the rifles that were made for Russia tend to be rare and very expensive here in the US, I've never actually seen one of the contract rifles, though I own a Remington M91 Mosin, which I believe was part of the same deal with the Russians. I've seen a couple M95s locally but thats at retail hunting stores like Cabelas. They wanted like $1k or more for them and they were both in .35 WCF.
>>28259998
I have a 1892 Winchester I'm currently restoring.
I've cleaned it up real good, stripped all the trash off, and am currently in the process of trying to find replacements for the missing pins and destroyed screws.
After I get all the parts I'm going to take every scrap of metal and get it professionally blued. Still not sure what I'm going to do with the wood yet, but I have it all stripped and fairly cleaned up currently.
>>28261297
No, I'm from Finland and that's why there's a pretty good market on Winchester m95's here. Most of the shipments went to their destination through Finland, so some guns stayed here. Also when the civil war broke out, the reds were given M95's by Russia.
How can Cabelas etc ask for 1k for an M95 when they must be more common in the States than in Europe? That's absurd.
My 1918 BSA Lee Enfield, all matching. The bolts rides a bit high sometimes and catches the lip of the throat so I'm the only one who can work her properly, but she's a hearty bitch.
Turning 100 years old in two years and when that happens I'm gonna sit down and drink hard English whiskey, watch old British far documentary/films, and buy her a bayonet.
1891 Argentine Mauser
According to its serial number it was made in 1892. Haven't shot it yet, but I ordered some ammunition. It's in really nice condition, except for the crest being ground off, should make a great shooter.
1916 Spanish Mauser .308 rechamber. I have honestly never shot it. Bought it from my uncle when he was going through a divorce for next to nothing to keep in family, that was probably 12+ years ago. I asked him if it was okay to shoot, said he only shot it a couple times and said other than scratching brass it was straight.. but some time after i had it my dad and i tried cleaning it when i was younger, ran a bunch of patches through the barrel and never got one to come clean.. me being a little kid and my dad on the fudd side he decided to stop out of fear or it being corroded and fucking up the rifiling or ruing it or something and decided it would be best to oil it up and put it back until i were older and could take it to a gunsmith or something to make sure it's good to shoot.
Anybody on here have a Spanish Mauser? Lurked for years and have seen them in only a handful of threads. I have read that people don't recommend shooting hot .308 or some even saying not to shoot anything but light handloads out of it.. but i have also read people are like 'lol it's a mauser and can certainly handle .308 noprob'. Sorry, no pics, need to get it from parents house and take another look it at now that I'm an adult
>>28261442
How much did you pay for yours? I've been thinking about getting one and 7x57mm appeals to me.
>>28261619
Argentine Mausers aren't chambered in 7mm Mauser, they use 7.65x53 argentine. If you want one in 7mm I'd suggest an 1893 Spanish or 1895 Chilean.
>>28261474
Oh hey I have one of those. What would you like to know about it?
>>28261705
What do you feed it? Where can i get a sexy bayonet for mine? I need to find a leather sling and ditch the extra sks sling i threw on it
>>28260559
>shooting at a range
>>28260744
John Moses Browning made shit to last.
Do you think he expected one of his guns made for hunting would still be in 100% original working order in the year 2015?
>>28260705
Thanks, I absolutely love my Model 8
>>28259998
1892 H&R Top Break 7-shot 22 short/LR,
123 years old and works fine with CCI low velocity 22LR's
Wife's grandfather's Interarms PPKs.
I shoot and carry it
1905 Finn moist nugget.
110 years old and still my favorite to shoot.
>>28259998
1942 Lee-Enfield. at least the receiver was made in 1942. Thing's probably made from spare parts from a box and is held together by rust and British stubbornness. Not worth the money paid for it. No I don't shoot it regularly and I don't particularly care much for damaging it.
![LC1_zps5c80a1b4[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/dcjaF9S.png "LC1_zps5c80a1b4[1].png")
>>28259998
circ 1890 10 ga, I don't remember the brand (it was some dude who made guns, not a major company) but it was purchased in Ellis Island by my great great grandpa and traveled to missouri on a covered wagon, it still has the dent on one barrel from it. Got the 26in. Damascus barrel so I don't think I'll ever try to shoot it, but still it's a neat heirloom.
This isn't the same gun, but they're both pretty much just old winchester knock offs.
>>28262386
That's a "fuck you" gun if I've ever seen one.
Hurts like you're dying and may not kill you.
>>28259998
1941 No1 MkIII SMLE made in Lithgow.
Followed by my mid 1950s Lithgow Slazenger 1B.
I shoot both of them. The SMLE less though because .303 is expensive and the gun is fairly old though in good nick.
>>28259998
1900 m/96, still shoots just fine
Next would be my 1897 made around 1906ish I think, but I don't shoot that as often because its as short as possible without going nfa.
From right after the White patent expired.
Shoot it when I can find .22 short
>>28262457
Yeah its my hidden backup gun to my hicap poly-pistol.
Weighs 18 ounces fully loaded and is basically invisible when CCW.
>pic actual size
>>28259998
101 years young. Hard to find 9mm Steyr though...
>>28259998
Old S&W hand ejector in .32 S&W long.
Shoot it? Hell, I carry it.
>>28259998
1941. Obviously this isn't the kind of gun you had in mind, but after I saw the anons sks I figured what the hell
>>28262920
Dammit
>>28262414
its
so
yellow
>>28261170
SO BEAUTIFUL
>>28259998
My M1842 Springfield made in 1849.
Never shot it.
>>28260310
Great collection, shit picture
My 1943 K98k.
I shoot it only a couple times a year but it's more because of the ammo being unavailable most of the time.
M1903 mk3 from 1919. I haven't shot it in a couple years.
>>28259998
A colt pre woodsman that was great granny's wedding present.
Only shoots standard velocity 22lr. So when I have that lying around.
Guns last forever if you take care of them
>>28262414
>110 years old M39
>liar
In 1905 Finns used Mosins. In fact, in 1905 Finland was a part of Russia. M39 was adopted somewhere after 1940.
1908 colt officers .38 that is still really accurate. It's incredibly smooth.
>>28263555
The Finns reused Russian receivers. It isn't uncommon to find Pre-1898 dates on Finn nuggets.
>>28263555
you don´t really know how greentexting works, newfriend
>>28259998
73 years. I shoot it now and again, but right now it needs a new ejector pin.
>>28260728
Mr Kind?
>>28261170
Love me some paenusgun
>>28260518
Ah, probably a good trade. What shotgun are you running with now? Who made the garand?
>>28261235
I am so jealous
>>28259998
118 year old finnish capture M91, shoot the shit out of it
It's a toss up a 103+ year old double rifle from Germany; H. Leue Berlin. Got it over the summer and have shot it a few times. Without worry to function. I'm more paranoid about it rusting or chipping the carved horn trigger guard or inserts.
I also own a Meriden firearms revovler that retains about 70%+ of the original nickel plating. It's 100+ years old. Haven't shot it because it is out of time.
My oldest is 137 years old. I've never shot it because I don't want to pay for .577/450, but it's in perfect working order and the firing pin leaves a big dent on pennies.
>>28259998
113 years old.
Harrington and Richardson 38 S&W (black powder) top break automatic ejecting Second Model 1902.
Yes I still shoot it.
>>28263461
phone is a potato.
and not really a great collection. the winchesters are both gone, a couple beater .22, a beater stevens pump gun, a belgian .22 short flobert with a fucked bore, and the the snider.
the springfield .22 is a great little slamfire machine though. load 4 in the tube and pull the trigger twice and its empty.
1934 tula nugget
>not shooting the fuck out of this rifle.
>>28260161
Ya done goofed boy.
>>28260748
STOCKS FIRED. Buh dum tissss I'm so punny.
>>28261170
There's something strangely beautiful about a gun that vomits it's insides out of the receiver in order to properly cycle.
>>28263621
Teach me, o mighty master
>>28263987
>same year
>same manufacturer
mah nigga
>>28264064
>Implying he would teach you to greentext
>Implying anyone would teach a newfag to greentext
SO META
I have a M1868 Danish Remington Rolling block that was made somewhere between 1864-7. Around 150 years old basically
>>28261406
Cabelas can ask whatever they want for a gun. Its a free market. Many of the guns they sell are way overpriced.
>>28259998
100 fingers
I have shot it, don't shoot it anymore.
I won an 1854 sharps carbine. I don't have a picture on my new phone but it looks fine on the outside. I've never shot it and wouldn't shoot it without seeing a gunsmith or something to make sure its safe. It's been a family heirloom since the civil war and I don't want to damage it
An Ottoman Kubur (horse) pistol, flintlock about 200 yrs old. No, I don't fire it.
1943 Mosin Nagant.
The 3 is stamped into my receiver upside down.
What are the chances that my gun actually saw combat?
>>28264310
Its a wartime gun, so most likely.
>>28260290
>has never shot hot .44 from a handgun
>>28262041
>What do you feed it
Commercial 308 loads are too hot for it or so most people claim. I feed it ZQI brass case 7.62x51 and steel case wolf 308. The ZQI expands a little bit too much in the chamber and causes the bolt to get stuck sometimes so I only feed it a little. The steelcase is a lower pressure 308 loading and it seems to work just fine
Its not a heavy plinker of mine. Keep it around for bayonetting things and thats about it. If you want a plinker go buy another one from samco (http://samcoglobal.com/1-1916.html).
Before they were 1916 mausers they were 1893 mausers so go find a spanish 1893 bayonet. Mine is an artillery short sword from some time before 1893, its not really correct but its fucking hilarious
1917 remington m91. I've shot it, but I prefer to shoot my other beater mosins. Its turned into a safe queen
>>28259998
1917 made G11 Schmidt Rubin
>>28259998
'43 Nugget. Not really worried about damaging, just don't want to dick with cleaning it every single time I shoot.
>>28260037
I've been looking for an 8 or 81 in .35 Remington as a gift for my father. How much did yours run? I'm getting hard pressed to find anything under $700.
>>28259998
an Auto Ordnance 1911 stamped 1942 and I haven't shot it in a year or so.
>>28266533
They are very cheap in Maine
Anywhere else, you are fucked.
>>28259998
1916 SMLE. I don't shoot regularly since ammo expensive.
>>28259998
Got an old double barrel from Ireland that was old when it came stateside.
It's thought to be around ~130 years old now and I wouldn't even fire it with black powder soft loads. Also have a falling-block .22 that's about ~115 years old that I shoot a lot 'cause it's so overbuilt.
Oldest handgun I have knocking around is a Frommer M1912 Stop from the late 20's in .32ACP. Thing's got a shitty hammer spring and a beat to fuck firing pin, so it works on about 1/5 shots.
160 years old, give or take a decade.
No I don't play with it. Bought it off a friend for 350 "it was my great grandfathers, but I really want to buy a truck"
>>28266574
Nice. I'd love to see it.
>>28260307
What are you feeding it?
Custom rounds; or has it been bored for .45acp?
>>28266638
same. 1916 BSA.
>>28259998
A single shot bolt action .22 rifle with the only thing marked on it is 1906.
No clue who made it, but I have never and will never shoot it.
Inherited it when my dad passed away.
He found it hanging over the fireplace of an abandonded house him and his brothers stumbled onto during a hunting trip in pennsylvania. They said it looked like no one had lived there in 30 or 40 years, and there was no visible road or path leading away from the house, it was just out in the woods.
some old double barrel with Damascus barrels. It was my great grandfathers and it has no info on it other than a Charles Daly import stamp.
I don't shoot because the barrels and even if I was going to handload shells for them I still wouldn't because the stock is held together with metal bracing on a crack and one of the hammers is busted off.
>>28265595
So it is safe to shoot 7.62x51 nato out of it? I have always wondered if you could or not. A buddy of mine with a press want to handload some lighter .308s for it to see how it shoots some day. Thanks for the input! I have actually always wanted to use mine as a durr slayer for closer shots out of my stand
>>28263222
>>28263685
>>28264058
Got more
>>28263222
>>28263685
>>28264058
I have a 120 year old 1891 Argentine Mauser. I haven't shot it yet, but I'm planning to start reloading 7.65x53
1923, will throw centenary party for it if I still own it in 2023.
44 years old and shoot it regularly. Plan on continuing to do so.
Pic related, the smaller barreled revolver. Early 1969 model 10-5
I think this gun is around 130-140 years old. Never shot it cause ammo is like 7 bucks a pop.
It's a Gahendra rifle from Nepal. Takes the same 577/450 cartridge the Martini-Henry does.
My 10 gauge 1887 is a 1895 year production, never had ammo to shoot it
>>28266590
Dude, how much are they in Maine? I'll have one shipped to my work if I could ever find one at a reasonable price.
>>28259998
I have a milita musket from the war of 1812 that was sold off as surplus, converted to percussion and cut down to serve as a shotgun. I used to use it because the law prohibited you from having a shotgun with slugs on your person during the time that muzzle loading season and goose season overlapped. Basically you could hunt deer or goose but not both, the musket let me get around that.
My Martini-Enfield's receiver was made in 1881. It was converted to .303 in 1895. I shoot it, but only with flat base bullets as the crown is a bit worn.
Pictured with my C.96 since so many are showing up in the discussion. Mine was made late in the war, late 1917 to early 1918. I shoot this one as well.
>>28268997
>It was converted to .303 in 1895
.303 came out in 1889 you moron
>>28269130
1889 was before 1895...
>>28269130
Go sit in the corner and think about what you just said.
>>28268997
I wonder if the gunsmith in the 19th century complained about goddamn kids making a rifle all tacticool with some new novelty cambering.
>>28259998
here's my pre-1898 collection
Oldest here is the Model 1871/88 Dutch Beaumont/Vitali on top, followed by the Vetterli Model 1869-71 which I believe was made in 75 or 76
beaumont is 141 years old, I shot it a couple weeks ago and managed about a 6" 100 yard group, I'm gonna play with the bullet diameter and see if I can't get that group a little bit smaller
>>28269210
This was a military conversion. Martini-Enfield MkI rifles were made by fitting new barrels and stocks to existing Martini-Henry MkIII rifles. The 1881 roll mark is faint, but present on the right side of the receiver. After conversion a new roll mark was added to the left side of the receiver.
'94 Winchester made in 1902 and chambered in .32wsp. Shoot it once a month but no more than a full tube of six shots. The barrel heats up quickly but other than that, pretty good rifle for it's age.
>>28269233
next purchase will probably be a French MLE 1866 Chassepot needle rifle, which I fully intend to make ammo for and shoot
>>28260245
Be careful shooting smokeless. A lot of shotguns that old are only rated up to black powder pressures.
>>28269261
ammo made from 32ga shotgun shells, I'm using a 405gr bullet over 32gr 4198
I generally don't buy anything unless I think I'll be able to shoot it, luckily with the right tools, you can make ammo for damn near anything except for a G11
>>28259998
1943 nugget, no fucks given.
1960-ish Mossberg 320B, got it in bad shape and don't really shoot.
1973 Chicom SKS, no fucks given.
1977 Dan Wesson Model 15, love to shoot.
That's it for 20th century, nothing from 19th yet.
>>28269233
I've been wanting to get a Beaumont. How much did yours cost you?
>>28259998
S&W 1906 .32 Hand ejector in .32 S&W Long. still shoots fine, timing is still good.
>>28269783
forgot my shitty cell phone pic.
>>28259998
>Excuse to post the K98 my granddad picked up off a dead German in WW2 again.
Don't mind if I do. 1937 Erma, all matching.
>>28259998
147 years old (Winchester 1866 made in 1868)
No, the caliber is both obsolete and not reloadable (.44 Henry Rimfire)
Yes, I worry about damage since it's worth more than my house and car combined.
Second oldest is 141 years old (winchester 1873 made in 1874), and I do shoot it regularly since ammo is still available (.44-40). It's already in rough shape and not worth really all that much (around $3200) so I'm not worried about damaging it.
if you count the date of receiver, my 1902 finn m39. if you count manufacture of the whole rifle, my 1927 mosin nagant ex-dragoon. I Don't shoot them often but I never worry about damage when I do.
>>28259998
Stevens Model 66 C- .22 rifle.
I take it out now and again. Though the bolt is starting to remind me of a mosin, I have to figure that out and get the thing working right.
my 1895 chilean mauser, haven't shot it yet because I got it two days ago and haven't had time to get out to the range.
Just had to pull apart the bolt to fix the safety cause it was locked in the fire position
>>28259998
Late 1860s ( i think) Rolling block. Its in .50-70 and in military configuration so I think its a military one.
>>28269682
I bought mine through RIA as part of a two gun lot and sold the carcano that it came with, after all fees and expenses, my actual cost worked out to be $416, which I'm quite pleased with given that I've got a near perfect bore, the cleaning rod, AND the original sling which I've never seen on any other beaumont for sale before or since
>>28259998
My Winchester 1897 and Colt 1903.
>>28266774
I'll dig it out of the safe and take some pics this week.
Could you guys help me out, my grandfather was on the eastern front in ww2 and he came back from the war with his guns but they were sold by my uncle after he died and I was wondering if you guys would have a general idea of what he would of used/brought back.
>>28274743
Which side of the eastern front did he fight?
pre war winchester 67
>shoot in on and off stints.
>always think about selling it and then make the mistake of shooting it one more time.
>bring it to every range day and shoot the hell out if it
I don't worry about damaging a single shot bolt action .22.
>>28261406
Honestly the Russian Contract 1895's were produced in numbers that dwarfed the rest of the commercial production, combined with generations of sportsmen leaving them in poor storage or simply damaging them beyond repair and you get an oddly small supply of complete 1895's in the US. Doesn't stop me from wanting a 30-06 one so damn much.
>>28260310
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQJSNDdesEQ
Also, the ammo is surprisingly reliable. I shot a original box of it last year, it was from ~1870 and every single round fired.
>>28275309
Russian side
The ol' "widowmaker"
Truth be told I don't want to piss around with it.
>>28276239
Probably a Mosin or a PPSh. Maybe some german guns if he looted them.
>>28276239
Do you know what he did? Was he a rifleman or an engineer or something?
