New vs Old Guns

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doubleh said:
I just like guns, old, new, and in between.
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I have guns from the early 1900s all the way up to the last couple of years ago when I got my most recent.

If I'm buying a pistol, then I prefer modern features, Revolvers , I can go with either old or new.
I'f I'm buying an AR style, it will obviously be newer, but other than that, I prefer rifles designed quite some time ago.
 
Love the old and the new but there is something about the older guns. I have several that I would never part with. Old S&W Mod 28 from late 50's that still shoots like a dream, a worked over 29-2 that I had a partridge front sight with McGivern bead added in around 1980. That sight still works great with my aging eyes. Also have a 1952 Savage 99 with a Weaver steel k2.5 on it that I love to shoot. Still feels great walking in the woods with that rifle. Lots of rifle and guns I bought new in the 70 and 80's that are old now i guess.

But the new stuff is a lot of fun too, I have a RPR in 308 and 4 black rifles in various calibers and configurations plus some plastic wonder guns for duty use and daily carry. Guess like most of us there is a lot of fun and satisfaction in both the old and new.
 
KW-HD Rider said:
Love the old and the new but there is something about the older guns. I have several that I would never part with. Old S&W Mod 28 from late 50's that still shoots like a dream, a worked over 29-2 that I had a partridge front sight with McGivern bead added in around 1980. That sight still works great with my aging eyes. Also have a 1952 Savage 99 with a Weaver steel k2.5 on it that I love to shoot. Still feels great walking in the woods with that rifle. Lots of rifle and guns I bought new in the 70 and 80's that are old now i guess.

But the new stuff is a lot of fun too, I have a RPR in 308 and 4 black rifles in various calibers and configurations plus some plastic wonder guns for duty use and daily carry. Guess like most of us there is a lot of fun and satisfaction in both the old and new.
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KW, what caliber is your Savage 99?
 
tark said:
My oldest gun is a Remington #2 Rolling block. It was made shortly after the end of the Civil War. My newest is my Bushy AR-15. I'll be 70 this year and about half of my guns are older than myself. Plastic is for toys, and aluminum is for airplanes and beer cans. My Bushmaster is the only gun I own that that has aluminum and plastic in it's construction. Having said that, I grudgingly admit that both materials can be used in making some very fine guns.

But I prefer older guns made out of carbon steels and good ole' wood.
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Aside from magazine followers, baseplates, and grips, the only plastic pistol parts I own are the mag release on my S&W 422 and the left side safety lever on my Beretta M92.
If you exempt my AR and Taurus Carbine, the only plastic rifle bit I have is the McMillan stock on my Weatherby.....lol. I think the upper handguard on my long SKS is Bakelite.....;)
 
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