What is the Oldest Rifle You Actually Hunt Big Game with ?
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Michael Case
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I actually have a 1937 Winchester 22 single shot, smooth bore, as I understand made for farmers, for critters close in.
shrapnel
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Winchester 1894 takedown in 32-40...
44hunter45
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That's in great condition. I have a 1920's Champion that looks like it has been through the wars. I do not know where my dad acquired it. The cylinder bore makes it pretty sweet for doves. I started dove hunting with a Winchester Model 41, full choke .410 bore. Of course I never got any birds. (Deadly on rabbits though.) Then my dad let me take the Iver Johnson to the dove shoots and things got better.
elkchsr1
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This one is a first model Newton chambered in 256 Newton. I have one just like it chambered in 30 Newton that is my favorite elk rifle. I’ve also shot deer with a Model 1920 Savage in 250-3000 and an old Whitney rilling block in 40-65.
tarheel
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A model 1908 Brazilian Mauser by DWM made sometime between 1908 and 1914 sportered to a 280 Rem.
Howie
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A 12 ga. Iver Johnson Champion mfg. in the early 1920s
Marlin 336RC in 30-30 mfg. in the early 50s
Winchester model 88 in .308 ... 2nd year production in 1956
Marlin model 25 .22LR. Late 1960s mfg.
Thompson Center Hawkin in. 50 cal. Kit built 1975
Marlin 336RC in 30-30 mfg. in the early 50s
Winchester model 88 in .308 ... 2nd year production in 1956
Marlin model 25 .22LR. Late 1960s mfg.
Thompson Center Hawkin in. 50 cal. Kit built 1975
Howie
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Ain't they just the sweetest shotgun to carry around? I love mine and the kick let's ya know your shootin a gun.
