Thread: Longest continuously owned firearms

Originally Posted by timattalon

While the oldest one in my contimous possession would be a Norinco JW27 I got in the mid 90s so nearly 30 years....However, The sxs shotgun was bought by my Grandad in the 1930s and was with my father since the 60s before I got it, in the last few years and the 22 long Stevens was about WW1 (thats right one) when grandad got it as his first rifle....I think I have a picture around here somewhere of him holding it and a billy goat he shot that is estimated to be just prior to ww1 when grandad went to war. He looked a lot older when he returned just a few years later (post ww1- I dont know how long he was over there..but it was long enough to find a wife to bring home but not long enough to get shot...)

Greetings,
You can find your grandad's records on line. The records do not show which battles the fought in but once you know which unit they were in you can put it together. I've looked up my Grandpop's records and those of other family members plus others of interest. A couple were killed and a lot more were wounded, some more than once. Some also lied about their age in both directions.
Grandpamac.