Hunting with Antiques

[WR1894]

Sitting on a deer stand this week got me to thinking of the guns i use for hunting. I live i a area were white tail deer is our only big game and we can use either shotgun or muzzle loader
This year i had a gun without external hammers which is uncommon for me, i was using a 1901 Holland & Holland Paradox
I have used modern muzzle loading guns but mostly antiques is what i have used for deer hunting

1839 Joseph Egg & sons 12 bore ball gun
1849 Westley Richard 12 bore rifle
1851 Westley Richard 12 bore double rifle
1863 Powell 16 bore pinfire rifle
JSF Bortha 8 bore rifle
8 bore double rifle using a 3 1/2 inch shell these last two are a little heavy for deer
Even my first new T/C Hawken is 45 years old

Anybody else using there antiques for hunting

 

[tokguy]

1894 Krag in 30-40
1891 Argentine Mauser in 7.65 x 53
1894 Winnie in 38-55 ( 1901 I think man'f)

 

[Lookingforantiques]

Thanks for sharing, I love hearing of people still carrying oldies around.

 

[oldrodder]

I sat on my moose watch with a 9.3 X 74R.

 

[canuck]

While not officially an antique, I hunt with a Remington Model 8 thats over 100 yrs old

 

[iron cat]

Not too sure just how old my drilling is but I am hunting with it this year
16x16 over 9.3x72R
Cat

 

[tiriaq]

Never hunted big game with an antique, but have taken everything from geese to hares, rabbits, grouse and ptarmigan with a fine 14ga Birmingham made percussion double.

 

[chasseur]

I m currently hunting deer with my BSA Lee Speed

I also use my greener martini for rabbit hunting

 

[Stephen Nash]

Both for grouse, a 16-bore single-barrel hammer gun, Thomas Seymour of London (1841-1844), converted from percussion to centre-fire; and an early centrefire 12-bore hammer gun, Charles William Lancaster of London, 1864.

 

[fingers284]

I generally make any rifle that spends a night or more in my place earn it's keep by putting some venison in the smoker...doesn't mater if it is a bonafide antique or replica of one ( the exception being some toggle actions that I wouldn't shoot anything more than plinking ammo through).

some of my 1800's rifles have killed more than one deer each but I have an 1886 45-70, a Marlin 38-40 and a couple 45-90's yet to "make them pay their way", this year the 86 will probably get the nod.

 

[9.3 Hunter]

43 Mauser carbine, my Moose bush gun