Oldest bit of kit you are still using

[sh1kar]

My Scout sheath knife - does picnic basket duty

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[waterford103]

I had forgotten this , an old brass telescope made by TT& H , broad arrow stamped ,dated 1915 , marked Tel. Sig(Mk111)also GS . Used until recently when I acquired a 1970's Greenkat scope .

 

[levigsp]

I have a Manton 11 bore hammer gun I believe from 1850, I use it on geese once a year.
A late 1800 Holland& Holland 410 hammer gun. use it 4-5 times a year.
A 1940s BSA .22, used a lot.
I still use a pocket knife made by my father in 1953,

 

[TH4]

A Tikka 55 and a Tikka 65 both over 40 years old, done tons of work and still shoot perfectly

 

[rms364]

I bought my gaiters when I was about 18, and they're still going strong 30 years down the line. They've had a few repairs, mind you!

Aye... bit like Trigger’s broom!

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

An old what looks like an american army coat but isnt camo jkt,by jack pike it was part of a suit pants an all but he sold me the coat for thirty quid mice chewed through the back of it once as it was my rabbit jkt and doesnt get washed just rinse and go job i cut the hood out of collar for a patch ,perfect ,still going strong but i use it for summer stalking as it has removable quilted coat inner, i dont go in for expensive tat you will never need or use.

 

[hybridfiat]

Martini Henry actioned 35 Whelen made in 1886. Also my 1914 Martini Cadet in 223R.
My spotting scope is a single pull Signalers telescope in 20x (W.Ottway).

 

[enfieldspares]

The piece of ground at the back of my house. Where this year I'm growing aubergines I reckon give or take a decade or so it's about at least four and a half billion years old.

 

[Freeforester]

Father's Sako Vixen in .222 from the mid 1970's ditto his roe sack, one of the first ones of many hundreds we made back in the day, and still going strong. Blaser is of 1993 vintage, ditto (before they and their owners became so widely derided, lol! ).

Have also a lovely alloy Ross glass from the early 1900's which still gets a whirl, and a Swarovski 25-40/75 spotter for looking at roe from a distance to assess their heads. Still recall the morning the latter arrived well over thirty years ago, it being a major investment of my meagre wages; I took it out to the garden (then in middle of town) for a quick spy at the 'near' hillside some 2 miles or so distant, and my eye landed on a roe which I was able to sex as a doe - this left me with a lifelong lasting impression as to the value of quality glass!

 

[User00040]

Father's Sako Vixen in .222 from the mid 1970's ditto his roe sack, one of the first ones of many hundreds we made back in the day, and still going strong. Blaser is of 1993 vintage, ditto (before they and their owners became so widely derided, lol! ).

Have also a lovely alloy Ross glass from the early 1900's which still gets a whirl, and a Swarovski 25-40/75 spotter for looking at roe from a distance to assess their heads. Still recall the morning the latter arrived well over thirty years ago, it being a major investment of my meagre wages; I took it out to the garden (then in middle of town) for a quick spy at the 'near' hillside some 2 miles or so distant, and my eye landed on a roe which I was able to sex as a doe - this left me with a lifelong lasting impression as to the value of quality glass!

I agree %100 about the value of all the things mentioned here, pack, rifle (maybe not the blaser ) and glass.

Worth spending the money and investing in something that will last and even be passed down. If its old and hasn't broken yet it is either well made and/or had a careful owner, both of which are good things!

 

[Freeforester]

Re the Blaser - one day, Harrison, one day

 

[VSS]

Aye... bit like Trigger’s broom!

No, no there's a bit more of the original left than that! I've replaced the elastic once, the hooks that clip to boot laces twice, and the instep tie cord numerous times. The canvas is as good as the day I bought them, and the original zips are OK still but looking worn.

 

[Alistair]

I used a nice outcrop of Granite, likely Silurian in origin, as a substitute bipod on my last excursion to the Highlands. That's got to be 400 million years old or so. Worked very nicely too!

As far as more portable kit goes, I've a 16 bore hammer gun of slightly uncertain vintage, likely dating to somewhere around 1910-1920 which I use occassionally for game. My rifle is probably of early 1990's poduction, which makes it slightly older than I am!

As for kit that I've had from new, I still use a set of Le Chemeau waterproof gloves that I got as a Christmas present from my Godfather when I was 11. At least they fit me now!

 

[enfieldspares]

Oldest gun I now own is this.

Bought, new, his initials impressed on the lid of the case, for my father, by his father, on my father's twelfth birthday in 1919.

12 Bore Boxlock Ejector, Henry Clarke & Sons, Leicester.

 

[Cottis]

Probably some swivels i had on an airgun in my mid teens. Many slings have come and gone but jesus, those swivels have never failed. I assume they made them properly back then.

 

[North Stalker]

Deerhunter Realtree Hunter Jacket and Trousers.
Bought 2007, can see through them but good for summer use.

 

[Robin]

William Evans 12 b d/b 1897 lovely straight stock with the slimmest wrist closes with the quietest snick.
Cogswell @ Harrison 12 b d/b 1903 again straight stock the barrels appear lower due to the very deep middle rib. Beautiful walnut stock.
I use both during the season have done for yonks.

 

[Fosbery Holster]

1970’s ‘Y’ fronts still just as comfortable as when they were bought, but the colour at the front has changed from white to subtle yellow, which I find quite strange really.

 

[Brno2e]

I have just added up the combined ages of the contents of my cabinet and it comes to 1000 years or there abouts.

 

[Freeforester]

Bit like the McMillan cabinet back in the day