What is the oldest cartridge handgun you own that you still fire?,,,
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Driftwood Johnson
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Howdy
All these revolvers are only fired with Black Powder cartridges.
S&W Schofield, 1st Model, 45 Schofield caliber, manufactured 1875.
S&W 2nd Model Russian, 44 Russian caliber, manufactured 1875.
S&W New Model Number Three, 44 Russian caliber, shipped 1882, refinished at the factory 1965.
Top: S&W Double Action 44, Target Model, 44 Russian caliber, shipped 1895
Bottom: S&W Double Action 44, 44 Russian caliber, shipped 1881.
Merwin Hulbert Frontier Models, 44 Russian caliber, manufacture date unknown but before 1899.
Colt Single Action Army Bisley Model, 38-40 caliber, manufactured 1909, fired for the first time (by me) yesterday.
All these revolvers are only fired with Black Powder cartridges.
S&W Schofield, 1st Model, 45 Schofield caliber, manufactured 1875.
S&W 2nd Model Russian, 44 Russian caliber, manufactured 1875.
S&W New Model Number Three, 44 Russian caliber, shipped 1882, refinished at the factory 1965.
Top: S&W Double Action 44, Target Model, 44 Russian caliber, shipped 1895
Bottom: S&W Double Action 44, 44 Russian caliber, shipped 1881.
Merwin Hulbert Frontier Models, 44 Russian caliber, manufacture date unknown but before 1899.
Colt Single Action Army Bisley Model, 38-40 caliber, manufactured 1909, fired for the first time (by me) yesterday.
Northrider
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My oldest is a model 1934 beretta .380 (9mm corto).
aarondhgraham
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Again, let me say,,,
These are some awesome older guns,,,
Keep the posts coming my friends.
Aarond
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These are some awesome older guns,,,
Keep the posts coming my friends.
Aarond
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Mike Irwin
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Garycw,
You still shoot your 7mm pinfire?
Where do you get the ammunition?
Driftwood Johnson, all I can say about your post is.... Oh my.... Absolutely incredible!
Would you adopt me, change your will to make me your sole beneficiary, and then stand really close to the edge of that cliff?
You still shoot your 7mm pinfire?
Where do you get the ammunition?
Driftwood Johnson, all I can say about your post is.... Oh my.... Absolutely incredible!
Would you adopt me, change your will to make me your sole beneficiary, and then stand really close to the edge of that cliff?
aarondhgraham
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Hello Garycw,,,
I was gonna ask that as well?
Aarond
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I was gonna ask that as well?
Aarond
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I haven't shot it yet. The ammo I've found on GB is around $20 @ rnd. Yikes. I did find a reload kit that comes with everything for 5 Rnds except the powder & percussion cap for $38. I'd be happy to have just one to put in this box with it for now.
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My great grandfather's Colt SAA. It is jointly owned by my first cousin and I. My great grandfather was an interpreter and U. S. Marshall in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. My grandfather was his oldest son and my cousin and I are the oldest sons of my grandfather's two children. If you read the genealogy in the article posted below I am Charles Dwight Beagle.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdicken/dickens/s/street_wd.html
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdicken/dickens/s/street_wd.html
Mike Irwin
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That's why I was wondering, Gary. 
The 7mm ammunition seems to be more expensive than either the 9 or 12 mm pinfire rounds; probably a case of it simply not being all that popular and not a lot of the ammo survived.
The 7mm ammunition seems to be more expensive than either the 9 or 12 mm pinfire rounds; probably a case of it simply not being all that popular and not a lot of the ammo survived.
Here is a video of me shooting a 9mm Delvigne Breechloading Pinfire Deringer from the 1850s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCsONeK-Eqg
Also, here is a much later model, Belgian 12mm pinfire that I bought specifically to shoot. I have that full reloading kit of what was talked about a couple posts back and have shot it a few times. (it's like $200 with shipping for the full kit)
Also, here is a much later model, Belgian 12mm pinfire that I bought specifically to shoot. I have that full reloading kit of what was talked about a couple posts back and have shot it a few times. (it's like $200 with shipping for the full kit)
Mike Irwin
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That is quite impressive, Aaron!