Surprised at the age of my Winchesters

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

I am in the process of "lettering" as much of my collection as I can.  I recently got my Winchester letters, and I was rather surprised to learn just how OLD my guns are.

I have 3 antiques, 9 guns made between 1903 and 1905, 3 made in the teens, and an outlier made in 1930.

 

I never realized how old most of these guns actually are.  I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, I mean, everything pre-64 is almost 60 years old now, and even pre-83 stuff is at least 40.  Still, it was a surprise to me.  I figured it was all pre-WWII, but I never thought most of it was made prior to WWI.

Just goes to show you that you'll never know what you'll find when you start researching the history of your guns.  

And no, nothing special or unusual came back on any of my Winchester letters, or the Parkers and Rugers.  I don't expect anything unusual on the Brownings, but I was surprised at how much info I got back on some of my Webley revolvers, including a copy of the bill of sale for one of them to the government of Israel.

We'll see what happens with the S&W's and Colts next. 

I wish other companies offered this service.  

[Trailrider #896]

What's really surprising is how old some of us have gotten to be, right along with the guns! 

[Phantom, SASS #54973]

Really????

 

Uhhhhh...letters aren't really needed to know the basic age of your guns. You sure this isn't another cry for attention?

 

Phantom

[Warden Callaway]

Got a couple of old highwalls.  Flat sping models.

 

 

Got an 1887 made first year. 

 

Got an 1873 third variation that's pretty old. 

 

 

1892 that's at least 100 years old. 

 

[Phantom, SASS #54973]

aaaannnnd...here come the pictures

 

Did ya'll know that you can Google these things and see all sorts of pictures?

 

 

Phantom

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

2 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said:

What's really surprising is how old some of us have gotten to be, right along with the guns! 

 

Oy...   Ain't that the truth!