Oldest rifle/cartridge and youngest rifle/ cartridge

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Not about shotguns. Gauges have been stable for decades if not centuries. Sure some people use obscure blackpowder and muzzleloader shotguns. But the lead shot ban now decades old effectively made them wall hangers while diminishing wing hunting generally. A different thread.

So in your possession what is your oldest caliber? What is your oldest rifle, by manufacture date?

For me it's 45-70 which I believe originates from 1873. My oldest rifle is my late Uncles sporterized 1905 Ross.

New calibers, most lately seem to be developed for target, and crossover to hunting. Thinking 6.5 Creedmoor and the PRC cartridges. Still others are designed for AR15 length semi autos. Our governments laws developed by people who know nothing about firearms, again a different thread.

Probably my newest cartridges date back to circa 1968/9. Thinking 240 Weatherby and 25-06. Newest manufactured rifle probably a Weatherby Vanguard II or Browning X bolt.

Seems I favor Fudd stuff. Don't dislike new, more a obscure and reloader caliber guy. Those favor semi custom, used, old. If for example I didn't have a 300wm maybe a 300prc would be fun.

Anyways.....thoughts.
 
Oldest for me would be .22LR I guess, 1884 according to Wikipedia.

Edit: K fine, since everyone seems to be limiting it to center fire only, I guess .30-30. 1895? Oldest gun there would be a 1967 Win 94.

For newest, I'm gonna consider every cartridge I have firearms chambered in, just because. .460 S&W Magnum, 2005.

None of my guns are real old, so no interesting stories there. Oldest gun I have is a 1954 SKS.
 
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Probably my oldest shootable breechloader is a .54 Starr, although it was designed to use paper cartridges, not metallic. I don't bother with a paper cartridge, just load a bullet and loose powder. Oldest metallic cartridge would be .57 Snider, which dates to the 1860s, along with .41 Swiss. After that a number of black powder cartridges from the 1870s. 11mm Mauser, Beaumont, Murata, 40-60 Sharps Straight, .45-70. No ultra-modern, flavour of the month cartridges for modern rifles.
Lead shot ban in ml shotguns only affects migratory bird hunting, not upland game.
 
I have a .30-30 I barely shoot, but I believe that would be the oldest of my current collection as far as centerfire rifle goes. The rifle is a Stevens 325-A. Kind of a neat rifle, but not terribly accurate or desirable. Good beater gun.

Newest is a Sig Cross in 6.5 Creedmoor. Extremely neat rifle, absolute tack driver, super cool and just all around a total joy to shoot.
 
Oldest cartridge: 6.5x55 designed in 1893, barely edging out the 30-30 Winchester, or 30 WCF, as it used to be called, designed in 1895

Oldest rifle: a young Mauser 96, dated 1923.

Most modern CF cartridge: 257 Weatherby. Most modern rifle: Weatherby Vanguard S2.
 
The oldest rifle (I think) is a small ring Mauser - 1893 pattern, I think - 7x57 - marked on left side as "Mod. Mauser 1896" "Ludw. Leowe & Co., Berlin". Newest made rifle is likely a Savage 93 in 17 HMR - not sure of the year - perhaps 2021??
 
My oldest cartridge is 44 WCF (44-40) for my 1873 Winchester, 1892 Winchester Carbine and 1892 Winchester rifle.
Another old one I have is 45-90 for my 1886 Winchester.
Newest one is most likely 338 WM, pre-64 M70.
 
Oldest cartridge would be a 44-40 and a 32-20, maybe 45-70?
Oldest rifles are a Remington model 8 made in 1910 and I have a model 6 22 that was made between 1907-1909
 
Ya. Discounting shotguns, hadn't thought of rimfire. The 22's...short, long, long rifle are pretty old. The long rifle is now probably 90-95% of 22 rimfire. Is this due to it being difficult to set up semi autos to cycle both 22 short thru 22 lr. I know semi auto 22wmr often get bad reputations for cycling all manufacturers ammo due to different power levels.

Some recent rimfires have basically came and become obsolete, thinking of say 17 mach2(?). When did 17hmr get introduced, it's obviously here to stay?
 
.22 Short appeared ca. 1860 in the little S&W tip up revolvers? Flobert rimfires before that.
I have a little Browning semi auto in .22 Short. Loads through the top of the grip. Great plinker. Got it because I had 1000 rds of Short ammunition...
 
Oldest Rifle is a 1900 Obendorf M96 Swedish Mauser in 6.5 x 55.
Newest Rifle is a Zastava M70, 6.5 x 55.
Oldest Cartridge is also the .22
Newest would be .357 Magnum.
 
My oldest cartridge also is for my oldest rifle a Remington No1 rolling block 1868 in 43 Egyptian and I actually shoot smokeless powder out of it and it is a powerful rifle and bore is still good. Newest would be my Remington 700 in 6.5 Creedmoor. My next rifle will probably be a 577/450 Martini or a 577 enfield. Really liking the old stuff right now.
 
My oldest chambering for a rifle is a Powell SXS rifle in 16 bore pin fire from 1865

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Would be difficult to say for sure what my oldest chambering is. Have several from the 1870's. 11mm French revolver, 50 Army in a 1871 rolling block, 44-77 Sharps, 44-40.
Newest is a 6mm Remington that is just a year or so newer than the 7.62x51. I haven't shot either of the weird newfangled things in 20 years!
 
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