How old is your hunting gun?

[Stony Broke]

I use a replica English sporting rifle in .62 caliber (Old Brutus) and I have no idea of the age. A good friend gave me the rifle years ago, and I have restocked it once since. It will be with me until the end...

 

[Roughneck]

RHensley, that’s a beautiful rifle!

I have a Jim Chambers 58 cal Virginia rifle that I am using for hunting. Just started using it as it’s my first year hunting with a flinter.

 

[Huntschool]

I have two main players.... first is a .54 real Hawken kit gun from way back when. Its actually a bit of a hybrid as some parts are from the old Sharon Co. and others are from The Hawken Shop (Art Ressel) in St Louis. I have been shooting this gun since the late 70's. The second is a bit of an early VA flint gun shooting a Getz Transition .40 barrel.

These are the two that have seen the most use and game to bag for the last 40 some odd years.

 

[OLD CROW]

both my .50 cal cap locks are 29 years old...lyman trade rifle and a safari arms(Toronto Canada) same basic rifle...trade rifle single trigger / the safari has patch box and set trigger...both made by investarms italy.. f.w.i.w. barrels have the AU code for 1989 and are less than 1000 numbers.apart.

I hunt grouse with a 1910 Ithaca and my centerfire rifle is a 1904 6.5mm portugeuse mauser....
recon I really need a Kodiak double front stuffer...

 

[Osage]

My totally customized Investarms/Thompson Center .54 is actually not that old, early 1990's? However the antique Wollensak brass scope is dated back to the mid 1800's. The See-Thru mounts were constructed from 1/2" key stock, while the hooded front sight was made from small steel tubing with a modified brass clock second hand. Like many here, most of my hunting gear; powder horn, powder measure, etc are homemade and I cast the bullets and balls.

 

[Einsiedler]

I honestly do not know how many deer and hogs I have killed over the years with this rifle. But I know that I have killed more with this rifle than any other I own. It was my wedding rifle in 1979. GRRW Leman trade rifle. .50 calibre. It (and the horse) did survive a bit of a tumble down a mountain in the southern Gila in ‘84. Bluff gave way. It’s a good rifle. Still going strong.

 

[Mad Professor]

Which one?

First Lyman Plains (not great plains) in .58 1-48 /.62 smooth both 15/16", early 1970s. The rifle does good with PRB or hornady GP conicals. The .62 is a straight bore, good with shot to ~ 30 yds, and decent with a ball at 50.

Next a Renegade stock, davis trigger and GM 1-28 barrel in .54 (90gr FFG wonder wad 425 GP hornady).

Then a Thompson hawken stock, NOS OEM Thompson 1-66 barrel, Davis trigger (shoots nice PRB, 0.018 patch wonder wad 110 FFg 0.530 swaged).

Another renegade in .50 1-28 GM stainless (80gr FFg wonder wad 385 gr buffalo bullet).

Another TC hawken .50 , davis trigger, 1-48 TC barrel (PRB or buffalo bullet) and 1-28 GM stainless barrel (buffalo bullet).

A Charles Daly fitted with a NOS Toledo 12ga extra full choke chromed, TC drop in barrel. It is light and sweet, only 15/16" on the flats but came with a proof sheet for 12ga barrel, ain't blown up yet. Good turkey/duck medicine.

The GM stainless barrels were a GM sale long ago, $100 each. Shoot conicals great, or PRB reduced loads. The NOS OEM .54 1-66 TC barrel came from member here, THANKS! All the thompsons were orphan stocks I rebarreled

 

[Griz44Mag]

For deer - a 6 year old Lyman Great Plains in .54
For carry backup, a 30 year old Lyman Plains pistol in .54
For smaller critters, a 60-5 year old custom Kentucky tiger maple 45 cal with a WM Large barrel on it.
All shoot PRB, all shoot really straight, all are percussion.