What's your oldest firearm?

A Older Canadian Made Gun

It might be one of the best rifles Canadian made, as it was banned from Bisley around 1913 after winning for three years in a row. I have owned many many guns but this one feels better in your hands than any I have owned a American shooter Chuck Hawks wrote a story on this gun, he called it
A Fast Shady Lady and if you ever see one at a show or friend has one pick it up and you will know what I mean
Ross .280 Sporter 1910 made in Canada

http://www.chuckhawks.com/ross_rifle.htm
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The fellow you can see in corner on folding stool, Alain Marion shot this gun last summer for the first time in over 65 years and shot a V bull the first shot at 300 meters, he fired two more shots but both where hang fires ammo was very old, Alain has probably shot more V bulls than any Canadian shooter but he got a new handle the other day hunting The Old Fox Grazer
 
manitou210 said:
It might be one of the best rifles Canadian made, as it was banned from Bisley around 1913 after winning for three years in a row. I have owned many many guns but this one feels better in your hands than any I have owned a American shooter Chuck Hawks wrote a story on this gun, he called it
A Fast Shady Lady and if you ever see one at a show or friend has one pick it up and you will know what I mean
Ross .280 Sporter 1910 made in Canada

http://www.chuckhawks.com/ross_rifle.htm
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The fellow you can see in corner on folding stool, Alain Marion shot this gun last summer for the first time in over 65 years and shot a V bull the first shot at 300 meters, he fired two more shots but both where hang fires ammo was very old, Alain has probably shot more V bulls than any Canadian shooter but he got a new handle the other day hunting The Old Fox Grazer
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That's a beauty of a rifle!
Mr. Al Marion could likley shoot Vbulls at 300 with an airrsoft!:D
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Martini Enfield converted to .22 made from 1877-1889
Lee Enfield RF short .22, receiver dated 1895
Lee Enfield Mark 1 dated 1897
Quackenbush .22 made 1886-1922
1903 Springfield 1905
Ross 1910
BSA model D airgun 1912
Stevens Crackshot made 1900-1913
Stevens Visible loader made 1912-1915
Winchester 1904 made 1904-1931
 
A Swede 1909 and an old single shot 12 gauge from my father that is probably a 1900 or something.

Also a Spanish 1895 carbine but I don't really know the date of manufacture, a Ross M-10, Enfield P-14 and US Model of 1917 from WW1 and a Winchester Model '94 from 1927.
 
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Probably som ePOS Lee Enfield I have kicking aroudn, somewhere...

Oldest one I hae owned is a mossberg 500 Shotgun, bought it when I got my first FAC. It is very well worn.
 
Hmmm, no idea really. I have a Savage 340C in 30-30 which is probably mid- '60's.

I've got a '54 polish M44

I also have a P-14 based custom gun, but I have no idea when it was manufactured. It probably doesn't count as it bears zero resemblence to the original, and contains almost zero original parts.

Then there's an 80's 788 and model 70. Everything else I own is post 2k.
 
I have an old Stevens 16 gauge singleshot shotgun that belonged to my Great Grandfather that is probably the oldest in my possesion now. Probably made around 1914-15
I did have a 1894 in 38-55 that was made in 1898 that I sold,quite a little while ago.
 
pharaoh2 said:
That's a beauty alright, but if I recall the ross killed more Canadian shooters with that bolt than they did germans! :D
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If you'd said it jammed worse than a pin head punk on crystal meth, maybe.
But that had everything to do with extremely crappy ammo, and I mean truly shocking stuff that was WAY outside design specs, and tight tolerances.
Undoubtedly there were more than a few Ross rifles that did chuck a leg out of bed due to incorrect assembly but no more than the amount of SMLEs that people overloaded and blew up and there were plenty of them. :rolleyes:
A lot of the "dangerous, blow-up" hype was generated by the USA.
The Ross, because of it's tight tolerances and accuracy, remained the rifle of choice for a number of sniper corps through both world wars and was even used as a sniper rifle by the British in the early days of WW2 before the No4 Mk1T was developed and issued.
So have a little pride in possibly the best Canadian arm ever invented, eh? ;)
 
troyski2 said:
Don't mean to hijack, but where can I get one and how much?
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Hey, I don't care, hijack away! :p
Are you familiar with the Ross action at all?
If not, most were military rifles in 303 British.
The Canadian military placed such little worth on them that they were sold off early on and most have been bubba'd.
A good military example with full wood is, I believe, around the CAD$500 or CAD$600 mark and may go up from there.
There are bubbas around if you're interested in picking one up.
Original Ross sporters in 280 or 303 are rare birds indeed and I couldn't even estimate a price Manitou probably can.
280 Ross however is almost impossible to get brass for and the bore is .287". As such jacketed bullets could only be had from Woodleigh, who make a 160gn and 175gn Protected Point (like a mag tip), or custom makers.
What sort of bullets/brass are you using Manitou?
 
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