Take it Danny the two were purchased this side of Xmas?Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
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Take it Danny the two were purchased this side of Xmas?Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
@dannyb I've only brought 3 rifles brand new myself and only have one of them now.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
Would love to have been the first owner of some of my vintage rifles that I know were in India
I'm not sure though after the last few weeks I've had how it would be living to 170 years old
@Brian will have a Mauser 8/06 or similar he's had since The 60's.
1 either side you cheeky hua :o :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tetawa
Which if I'm not mistaken I had the chance of buying about 18 months agoQuote:
Originally Posted by nor-west
Have a Boito SxS shotty I bought back in 85 when i was 15 and a mate looked after it for me until I got my license, a Stirling 14P 22 I bought in late 87 maybe early 88.
Browning A5 I got 87- 88ish, winchester M70 lightweight 243 brand new later half of 1990.
For me a remington 1187 bought when I got my FAL and still in my safe and still reliable as the day it was made no doubt. I have .22s I grew up with and a shot gun dads had since 10 years old but the shotgun is the first one I purchased
Its a 30 06 now does that still count.Quote:
Originally Posted by nor-west
It counts even more :psychotic:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian
30 06 the world :yaeh am not durnk:
Marlin model 60, started paying it off when I was 14, Dad picked it on his licence and I then had to save and get my lifetime(?) licence as soon as I was old enough. It hurt giving it the snip a few years back. 34 years in the safe.
I've got a gecado single shot 22 an uncle gave me 61 years ago.
I was given my great grandfathers 12g d/b Ward hammergun and a .22 M1906 Winchester pump when I was 11 years old, both of which I still have 65 years later. My kids and grandkids were all taught to shoot with the M1906 and I am still waiting for the first great grandchild to teach. A lot of the guns I bought as a primary school kid were confiscated by the Police when I was 19 as they were unregistered. Colt Lightnings, Winchesters, the M1906 and other rifles I was allowed to register and keep but I lost a clump of nice handguns :-(
My 11yr old son shot his first duck and swan this season with the 20ga browning A5 that I learnt to shoot with which was my dads gun he bought new in 1951 from memory,I’m 53 later this year.
As kids we were always running around with a mouth full of pellets, that why I’m suspicious of lead poisoning by chewing:DQuote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
Ah I get it now !Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
You were a kid in the times before pockets had been invented
No, the pockets had holes in them from your pocket knife, so the pellets went in the mouth.thought everyone did that.
Not very long in the scheme of things, but my Model 2 BRNO 22 I bought in 1986. It was the first rifle I owned and can't see myself ever selling it
Mine is now double digits.
When I moved south I wasn't sure what bring. My AR came obviously but my father thought a 308 would be not a bad option.
Weatherby vanguard in the B&C stock, stainless for $800 off tardme. The gentle man who we got it off was going to turn it into a 260 at the time so that's about 2012(pre creedmore) so I've owned my humble 308 for 10 years now.
It started off with the B&C stock, 24" barrel and a Vortex 4-16x44 HST.
I Shot a few animals with it but I have changed her around a bit.
20" barrel suppressed now, threw the pachmyre pad out and put a limbsaver on, Vx5 2-10 and a Stug stock. I'd like to shorten it down to 16" or 18" but it shoots so well the way it is I don't have the heart to.
Shot my biggest stag to date with it, I've shot goats, pigs, reds( no fallow my 284 seems to have a habit of yeeting them).
It's definitely getting on in age as it needs a new floorplate spring as it doesn't always pick up the second round. Plus I'd also like to get a half cock installed.
Krico Model 300 22. Dad bought it 51 years ago & when I'm finished it'll be on to which ever son claims it. Also have a 43 year old SxS shotty that dad bought me before I could even have a gun licence. Life on the farm...great days.
It won't shoot any worse if you shorten it, I'm sure you know howa 1500 parts are interchangeable for mag springs etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Rock river arms hunter
Still have a Remington 1100 12g I bought second hand over 50 years ago. I robbed the gas ring from it last year for my sons 1187, and can't get a replacement anywhere, so have not used it this year.
In the flintlock era from 1550s until 1820s
A young man might buy a rifle and have it for the rest of his life
Frequently it would be refreshed, involving cutting the rifling deeper or reaming up and completely re rifling.
The pace of change of ignition was so slow that a rifle would easily last a lifetime
If that firearm was a tool ( as in frontier living ) it would be loaded at all times.
Unloaded and cleaned often or daily and never more than a few quick paces from its owner.
I wonder if now the state of development of the self contained cartridge has reached its zenith.
But I could safely say that there has been very little true evolution to the sporting rifle in my lifetime
Sure there has been a lot done around the edges to keep us wanting more features.
But the basic principals are so well established that we are just tinkering now ( in my opinion)
yeah I think you are right akaroa - some of the oldies ( well not that old) like 270 308 30-06 are still very popular years after development - I think the real development will be in scopes I can see light weight with built in thermal and ballistic read outs - would I buy - well thermal yes but ballistic probably not - barrels may well get a little better - and better weight saving materials used more for stocks and trigger guards but we may well be already there with those - but for me blued and walnut and likely wont change
Still have a .22 Wischo a Voere copy probably had it for close on 40 yrs also a howa .308 lightweight with a Boyd's stock from the factory about 20yrs old
Such a great thread
Pity about the picture quality
100% what we did back in the day too..Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
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...)
Put the box of wasps in the button pocket of your stubbies and a handful in your mouth. And dream about how good a magazine fed air gun would be!Quote:
Originally Posted by ONYVA
Greetings,Quote:
Originally Posted by timattalon
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.
I have my father’s Ruger m77 Mk1 from the 60’s and I’ll never sell it but other than that nothing special.
We are all keen to hear from Buzzman on this thread…….
TIKKA 595 stainless in .223 and a Marlin 795 both bought new 23-24 years ago (both slightly different times).
Have in possession a double barrel percussion shotgun that my great grandfather bought out from Scotland. He was gatekeeper on a estate there. Also served in the second Boer War. Alas his service rifle was stolen....
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I bought an SLR in 1993/94 for $75 as a teenager and i still have it despite several stupid law changes trying to take it off me.
Good point @akaroa1,Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
The .270 Win is now almost 100 years old with the very similar 7x64 a few years older. Both are still chambered today. The 7x64 is a little more flexible with its faster twist and the option of heavier projectiles but the .270 was probably one of the first mass produced non military hunting rifles available at a price that most hunters could afford. Well before our time Akaroa.
Regards Grandpamac.
Unless I'm horribly wrong the humble 22 rimfire holds the record for longest serving metallic case cartridge
Ruger 10/22 brought when i was 18 the day I got my license 27yrs ago from memory it was $250 second hand
it just so reliable and accurate for a old semi I will never sell it
10/22 is still the Semi auto king :cool:
And so it shouldQuote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
It was usually your first rifle and maybe the last one you have because of those childhood memories
The 30-40 U.S Govt went into service 131 years ago and I've just built a rifle in that caliberQuote:
Originally Posted by grandpamac
Just a click slower than a 308 Winchester
I have just done a ballistic table for it and it has enough velocity and energy to be ethical to 500m for my hunting style.
Like your 270 7x64 comparison the 30-40 should out perform the practically identical 303 British, due to the 1:10" barrel twist and better bullet selection
Got my norinco 22 when I was 16. Still have it almost 22yrs on. Second longest would have been my Browning 300wsm 16yrs ownership.
My .30-40 Martini will be putting in an appearance on the 300 yard mound for F-Class this year. The barrel has a 12 inch twist so will likely use a 165 grain projectile, 168 grain maybe. A 131 year old cartridge in a 142 year old action rings my bell.Quote:
Originally Posted by akaroa1
GPM.
PS I have had the rifle since the late 1970's and it was rebarrelled to .30-30 in 1981.
I think this is your .223. Photo taken maybe 2009?Quote:
Originally Posted by 199p
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If my memory serves me correctly in 1985, when I was 14, I sold a bull for $300 dollars. We went into the Taihape Sports Shop, sadly it has now closed (or is closing) and I brought a Kirco .22 for $360.
I still have that wonderful rifle and it has shot 1,000s of animals, birds, pine cones and some number 8 wire.
My son learned to shoot with the same model of Anshultz single shot .22 that I learned to shoot with, just not the same one. When I saw one I just had to buy it.
