What is your oldest air gun?

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As I've been reading posts today I started thinking about my first air rifle.

It is a Daisy model 25 which I got for Christmas in 1962 when I was 9 years old. Now, over 55 years later, it still works!

I can't even guess at how many bb's have been fired through it. After several years of me shooting it, my two nephews shot it for another 10 years or so.

Then it sat in my brother's closet until we re-discovered it during a move some years ago. 

So, how old is your oldest air gun, and what is it? 

dennis


 
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I guess a falke 90?but i did,nt get it when i was a kid.It's from the 50?
 
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Ok... so question is:
1. What is your oldest airgun that you have? 
2. What was your oldest gun? 
or 
3. What was your first airgun that you had? 

In my case that are three different airguns :) 
1. FWB 300S (year 1973) but it was not my first and it was not mine from begining
2. Webley pistol - i don't remember model and exact year but It was older than 1965
3. Old Slavia 620 somewhere close to 1990
 
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My oldest one I found in The Closet of Lost Gold. (did 2 videos with that in the title on Youtube) It's a Crosman 160 Pellgun variant one, 1955-56 vintage. The first of it's kind! In .22 caliber, denoted by the " even" model number. So it's at least as old as me. Nearest I can figure, is I bought it from an old friend of my brother, who became a family friend. He's Hungarian, and he got it from his father. I restomodded it fully, but have one more valve swap to do. The Archer XP-Tuned valve will be going in soon. I stripped, polished and reblued all the steel parts. the stain on the stock is very close to the original. Minwax #231 Gunstock.

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The next oldest I saved my newspaper boy money to buy when I was 14. Another Crosman, a 760 Powermaster variant one, build date June 1970. In .177 caliber, I replaced the original smooth bore barrel with a N.O.S. 761XL barrel that's rifled. So it's obvious that I restomodded that one too! Beautiful tiger striped wood, not sure if it's maple? I stained the butt stock with Minwax #224 Special Walnut that matched the original perfectly. The forestock is all original, just cleaned up and protected with one coat of Tru-Oil. Also custom-mounted 2.5" MOE picatinny rails to mount the Simmons 4x32 scope on Hawke low rise mounts. New seal/piston upgrade kit from mac1 added as well.



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Oldest is a 1950s era crosman 101 currently awaiting a reseal. First was a old daisy leveraction (not sure if it was a red rider or not) also from the 50s. Sold that one for $15 to get a pumpmaster 766. Not sure what happened to that one. Just found a crosman 2100 o ver at my parents. Needs a new stock and doesnt pump .but it may become a project gun
 
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Mine is a. 19th century Victorian air cane in 35 caliber...it was made in Britain, by TOWNSEND gun makers

it’s an air powered breech loader...the key show in the photos is used to cock the action.when the action is cocked,there is a small button that pops out, and is pressed for firing. Pretty darn accurate considering the sights are so tiny..it shoots 500 plus fps with the 350 ball..I charge is lightly with co2, and get 4 or 5 good shots...it’s 37 inches long assembled

it’s close to the oldest I own, and I have friends that have Airguns near 200 yrs older

Mike


 
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Mine is a. 19th century Victorian air cane in 35 caliber...it was made in Britain, by TOWNSEND gun makers

it’s an air powered breech loader...the key show in the photos is used to cock the action.when the action is cocked,there is a small button that pops out, and is pressed for firing. Pretty darn accurate considering the sights are so tiny..it shoots 500 plus fps with the 350 ball..I charge is lightly with co2, and get 4 or 5 good shots...it’s 37 inches long assembled

it’s close to the oldest I own, and I have friends that have Airguns near 200 yrs older

Mike

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Indeed a classic heirloom, thanks for sharing. Any chance your in WI ?



John
 
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Old springers are kinda my passion!

Oldest gun currently living here is a quarter-stocked Diana model 27, made in 1926. 

Oldest one I’ve ever owned was a 1906-vintage early .177 caliber BSA underlever, but I moved it along to the next guy.

My first airgun was a Crosman M1 carbine with wood stock. Being a typical dumb kid, I sold it when Santa brought the Benjamin 347 a few years later! The Benjy was made in 1968 and is still here.
 
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