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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Shooting Sports => Topic started by: Wingnut on October 04, 2020, 11:41:01 pm

Title: Oldest Fire Arm you own.
Post by: Wingnut on October 04, 2020, 11:41:01 pm: Sadly we had to place my father into an Assisted Living Facility and to do so sold our/his home. When that happened I took possession of his 1942 Walther P-38 and and his fathers Colt Lightning rifle .32-20.

The P-38 has some issues and my dad says he hasn't fired it since 1952. The Lightning is a beauty. I remember my grandfather using it back in the 60's to kill vermin.

Anyway been a sad month.
Title: Re: Oldest Fire Arm you own.
Post by: mystery-ak on October 05, 2020, 12:05:47 am: I own my dad's single barrel shotgun that he bought in the 50's...he used it to skeet shoot..my son has cleaned it and shot it a couple of times..

New England Firearms
manufactured in Gardner, Ma

Pardner Model
12 Ga 3" Mod
Title: Re: Oldest Fire Arm you own.
Post by: Cyber Liberty on October 05, 2020, 12:10:24 am: Sears and Roebucks, .22 single-shot. Don't know when he got it, some time in the 50's.
Title: Re: Oldest Fire Arm you own.
Post by: Elderberry on October 05, 2020, 12:12:16 am: I'm sorry to hear that. My grandfather's handgun was a Walther P-38.

I don't know which is my oldest Fire Arm I own. It is either my Colt-3rd-Model-Thuer-Derringer in .41Rimfire or my .577/450 Martiniâ€“Henry. I'm thinking its the Colt.
Title: Re: Oldest Fire Arm you own.
Post by: GtHawk on October 05, 2020, 01:19:29 am: My guns aren't too old, my dad wasn't a shooter he and mom spent money on us kids and our home......gotta respect them for that. My oldest guns are a 60's era Browning Hi Power and a Colt Trooper MkIII in .357 and both are a pleasure to shoot. Now if my BIL passes away( no hurry :whistle:) my FIL had a lot of guns that were family going back to 1800's as well as many he bought.
Title: Re: Oldest Fire Arm you own.
Post by: Idiot on October 05, 2020, 01:25:03 am: Quote from: Wingnut on October 04, 2020, 11:41:01 pm
Sadly we had to place my father into an Assisted Living Facility and to do so sold our/his home. When that happened I took possession of his 1942 Walther P-38 and and his fathers Colt Lightning rifle .32-20.

The P-38 has some issues and my dad says he hasn't fired it since 1952. The Lightning is a beauty. I remember my grandfather using it back in the 60's to kill vermin.

Anyway been a sad month.
I'm sorry @Wingnut . My mom is in her 90's and I'm about in the same situation you are. Praying for you buddy.....
Title: Re: Oldest Fire Arm you own.
Post by: Victoria33 on October 05, 2020, 01:47:41 am: Quote from: mystery-ak on October 05, 2020, 12:05:47 am
I own my dad's single barrel shotgun that he bought in the 50's...he used it to skeet shoot..my son has cleaned it and shot it a couple of times.. New England Firearms
manufactured in Gardner, Ma Pardner Model 12 Ga 3" Mod
@mystery-ak @Cyber Liberty
@sneakypete

I have this Civil War rifle: Springfield Model 1861
It is in excellent shape.
It is so heavy, I can barely lift it, could not hold it long enough or high enough, to fire it.
Title: Re: Oldest Fire Arm you own.
Post by: mountaineer on October 05, 2020, 02:25:33 am: Father's Navy-issued .22 High Standard semi-auto pistol, c. 1944.
Title: Re: Oldest Fire Arm you own.
Post by: Elderberry on October 05, 2020, 11:07:00 am: I love those High Standards. That's what I used in my Pistol Marksmanship Class at the U of H back in the late 70s.