Tired iron heading to the Happy Hunting Grounds next weekend.

[gophergunner]

So who's carrying an older gun next  weekend?  We've got 5 guys in the woods next weekend, and there will be a 7mmx57 Mauser, another Model 98 chambered for 30-06, and two Savage  Model 99's, both well over 50 years old.  The old stuff still goes boom, and the deer still seem to drop.  Lots of great stories behind these older guns.  My dad used to look at an old well worn gun sitting on a rack at a gun store and say, "Son-every one of those scratches were EARNED."  Good luck guys, and keep the old tired iron in the woods where it belongs.

[mike89]

mine would have been  870 wing master with slug barrel.. from the late 60's it was bought...   dang good shotgun!!! 

[deadeye]

I'm using a Remington Model 721.  "The Model 721/722 was introduced in 1948. Model 721 production ended in 1961"  The S/N indicates it was manufactured in mid 1953. I guess that makes it around 65 years old, almost as old as me. The gun comes with some history.  I got the gun 45 years ago from my wife's father.  His father, my wife's grandfather, used the gun to shoot buffalo in the movie "How the West Was Won"  My wife's father was born in Custer SD so that makes sense to me.  On a side note, every single deer I killed with a firearm, was shot with this rifle.  Good thing I didn't put a notch in the stock for every deer I shot or there would be no stock left.   

[beeker]

I picked up a ruger no.1 in 270 caliber at an auction last year this will be my second season with it. It was manufactured in 1976 and has a tribute to the bicentennial engraved on it. Not as old as some are talking here but I’ll make some stories for it. On another note I just picked up a 1917 enfield that was sporterized.. has a low serial number... if that gun could talk I would listen...

[gophergunner]

mine would have been  870 wing master with slug barrel.. from the late 60's it was bought...   dang good shotgun!!!

Good old shotguns.  I converted my dad's 12 ga. 870 to a dedicated slug gun and it's very accurate out to 100 yards, and this with rifled  slugs. It's got a smoothbore slug barrel I had silver  soldered to the frame and wears an old Weaver K 1.5-4.5 in a Leupold base and rings. 3" high at 50 yards puts it 3" low at 100.  Federal 1 oz Foster  slugs produce 1" groups at 50 yards, and about 2 1/2" groups at 100.  Those big ol' flying ashtrays are bad medicine on whitetails!

[HD]

My grandfather didn't hunt deer, just ducks. My father never hunted at all.

I am the first generation in our family to hunt. I purchased a Winchester 30-30 in 1980, used (cause that was all I could afford) and been using it for deer season ever since.

My kids all deer hunt here at the family farm, so they all have newer guns than me. They got to pick out what they wanted when they became of age.

BUT......the old cowboy gun still puts venison on the table.

[ray634]

My first rifle, a Marlin 30 30 lever is still being used by the neighbor I sold it to. My replacement was a Remington Model 76 pump in 3006. Purchased in 1985, it has taken a lot of deer and 1 moose. It will be my gun on opening day this year. My father's gum is a Remington Model 81 Woodmaster in 300 Savage. It has no scope so it sees little action.

[LPS]

I am going to hunt with my ol buddys down in slug zone.  That is where I grew up and we used to use our 1100's for deer hunting too.  Then in the 80's we got Ithaca Deerslayers.  Rifled barrels and a 1.5-5 power scope.  Man we thought we died and went to heaven when we got them.  We had to get used to actually aiming at a spot on the deer instead of just shooting towards the middle of the deer like with our smooth bores.  Now the slugs usually go right through the deer. 

[glenn57]

I started out with a 30 Remington. what a piece of junk. bought myself one of them marlin 30-30's. like that gun but had a top eject so no scope. now its a spare in case of gun malfunction. I hunt now with a 30-06.

[markn]

I'll start out with my Savage 99, but Great Granddad's Model 94 always spends a day or two in the woods every year. He bought it in "52". Sweet shooter. You know you have the sights lined up correctly when the empty brass lands on the top of your head.

[Rebel SS]

Lugging around an early 70's model 12 Winnie and a Browning in my young pup days tired me out even then!  Felt like lugging a BAR at the end of the day......when  I switched to the 870's and 1100's, it was like heaven. Then I borrowed my buddy's Franchi.... 

[Steve-o]

I've got a Model 1917 (WWI bolt action 30.06) that I'm thinking about taking out.  It turns 100 this year.  Its heavy, but I don't have to carry it far.

[Rebel SS]

I've got a Model 1917 (WWI bolt action 30.06) that I'm thinking about taking out.  It turns 100 this year.  Its heavy, but I don't have to carry it far.

 

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[Steve-o]

That's a good idea, Reb.

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[deadeye]

Good to see I'm not the only one carrying a gun almost as old as I am. 

[Glenn_S]

My son will be using his Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk2 and I'll have my No.4 Mk1/3 as a backup. Both have shot many deer.