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Old December 3, 2009, 04:46 PM   #26
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1874 Springfield Sharps 2 band 50-70
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Old December 3, 2009, 05:58 PM   #27
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A Trapdoor Carbine - about 1873-1875. Not sure.
Or...a Mk.IV Martini-Henry 577-450 from about the same period, maybe 1877.
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Old December 4, 2009, 04:38 PM   #28
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M1884 Trapdoor made in 1890.
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Old December 5, 2009, 07:03 PM   #29
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I don't have that many, only seven but I would say my k31 is the best made and shoots the best. My No4MkII Enfield would be best in overall condition.

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Old December 5, 2009, 07:33 PM   #30
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My New England Westinghouse Mosin Nagant. Probably made in 1916-1917.
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Old December 6, 2009, 08:16 PM   #31
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The 1942 LE #4/1.

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Your rifle is a foxy babe, and the collection of additional parts makes a nice photo.
A guy near here named Phil who has a very small gun shop might still be asking about $699 for a near-mint Longbranch from the late 40's or 50's, which looks (from what I can see) exactly like yours.

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Old December 29, 2009, 05:30 PM   #32
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A Swiss Model 1911 manufactured in 1916.
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Old December 29, 2009, 06:20 PM   #33
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M1 garand

made about november 1944.
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Old December 29, 2009, 06:46 PM   #34
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My French Gras Mle. 1874 M80 was made in 1876.
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Old December 29, 2009, 11:55 PM   #35
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An 1884 Springfield Trapdoor made in 1887 with original bayonet. non-shootable:


1887 Martini_Henry Mk IV:


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Old December 30, 2009, 12:27 AM   #36
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1913 BSA Enfield
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Old December 30, 2009, 12:33 AM   #37
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French Mle 1873 revolver, dated 1876.
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Old December 30, 2009, 12:55 AM   #38
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Just some 1873 Trapdoors. I just cleared house on some old musket conversions.
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Old December 30, 2009, 12:55 AM   #39
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1946 Mosin Nagant rifle. Not old compared to some weapons in this thread, but the oldest I have.
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Old January 3, 2010, 02:30 AM   #40
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I have a 1906 Obendorf Gew98 barreled action the previous owner had installed a Williams receiver sight on... The barrel has the "S" marking to identify it as the "new" .323 bore.

So the oldest pristine milsurp is a 1934 m28/30 Finn.

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Old January 3, 2010, 10:47 AM   #41
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1809 Prussian Musket (sorry no pics). Interesting piece though. It has markings on the butt indicative of American Indian carvings.

1873 Trapdoor Carbine


Commercial:
1865 Spencer Carbine:
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Old January 3, 2010, 10:58 AM   #42
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Oldest milspec?

Original Civil War era Remington (1863) .58 caliber rifle. I believe it is a Zouve model, (was told by expert). I have had it for many years and was passed down through our family since back in the '30's.
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Old January 3, 2010, 12:42 PM   #43
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1773 (as best we can determine) Charleville musket, carried by an ancestor of mine in the Continental Army. The provenance we have indicates that this musket was with him during the winter of 1777-'78 at Valley Forge. It's fully functional; the last time it was fired (as best we can determined) was in 1928, when my father, as an ill-behaved 10 year old, took the powder out of a shot shell he "borrowed" from his father, loaded the musket with it with no wadding or ball, thank God, tied it in a tree, and with a string set it off. I heard the story a million times before my dad passed, but he wouldn't tell me how hard my grandfather kicked his butt for risking the most prized of our family heirlooms.

1942 Winchester M1 carbine, carried by a doctor in Patton's army in North Africa who was my father's best friend for 70-odd years.
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Old January 3, 2010, 06:44 PM   #44
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A very accurate 1941 mauser k98 and then a 1945 mosin nagant m44 with all matching numbers
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Old January 4, 2010, 09:33 AM   #45
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1898 Krag It was free found it in the closit at grandma's house when she moved out, "Quite cool"
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Old January 22, 2010, 01:18 AM   #46
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milsurp

probably my civil war burnside, smith and maynard. Then Springfield trapdoor and a little more up date a December 1940 M1 garand (pre-war)
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Old January 22, 2010, 01:32 AM   #47
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I have a few from the 1930s and 1940s....

My favorite is the K31 for the style and straight pull, the Mosin for the economy, the Mauser for the rugged toughness, and the Garand for the patriotism/pride/semi-automatic rifle ahead of its time.
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Old January 22, 2010, 04:51 AM   #48
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I have a 1877 Sharps Borchardt Chinese contract
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Old January 22, 2010, 09:25 AM   #49
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All matching Swiss K31 with bayonet and frog/scabbard, sling, and muzzle cover made in 1936.
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Old January 24, 2010, 10:37 AM   #50
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Two at 100 years

My two oldest:

First is a 1910 Production Ross Mk II 5*



Second is a 1910 Enfield No. 1 Mk III
(well, started out as that - converted to .22 No. 2 Mk. IV* in 1924)

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