1. My Ruger standard, 1911, and others would heartily disagree. They may not get shot as much as they used to but it’s me that doesn’t work that well anymore, not them.

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2. I have pictures of myself firing a gun from the 1940s. I wonder if he realizes just how long a gun can last even when it isn’t properly cared for.

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3. I… I can’t even start to begin…

   BTW — does this mean he’d be fine with us all having M2s?

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4. My Enfield No4 Mk1 would beg to differ. And I even load my own rounds for it.

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5. i have a .410/.22 over/under that i still use occasionally. Made in 1966. Dad bought it for me the year i was born and gave it to me on my 10th birthday.

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6. I would love to hear why Goober thinks a firearm made in 1968 doesn’t “work that well”.
   And if he doesn’t care about stuff made before 1900, maybe the time is right to crowdfund that C98 Mauser repro…

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7. An interesting question would be: how many guns currently on the market (new from active factories) are designs that have any substantial content newer than 1968?
   One that comes to mind: the Boberg pistols (now sold by Bond Arms), though even those have bits that are way older.
   Any others?

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8. Good God. The Stupid flows freely.

   Pretty much most of my safe is pre-1968, most of it pre-1945, some over 100 years old. All of it gets out of the safe for shooting. And, yes, I’d rely on some of them for daily carry. I don’t, of course, because they are historically significant and valuable, not because the don’t work reliably. I have no doubt a Victory S&W revolver, or a 1911, or a P-38, would work perfectly – but why would I carry a piece of history daily?

   As noted – a well-designed, well maintained firearm will last, for all intents and purposes, forever.

   He’s a moron.

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9. Do you think Mr. Missing-His-Nuts meant to say 1900 both times, instead of 1968? Probably not, since typing that would be a stretch to say you oopsied it, but even if Lacks-A-Willy meant pre-1900 guns don’t work, I’d venture a guess ze’s never heard of the Colt Navy, the Swiss Schmidt Rubin, Smith & Wesson, Remington, Sharps — good Lord. It would be more safe to say no one is using those due to their antique value rather than their inoperability. I’d say Sir Needs-A-Girlfriend should practice the art of shut-the-fuck-upperism.

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10. AR-15, 1964.

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11. My FAL lower is 1966….It was imported and rebuilt in the US sometime in the Clinton administration.

    Come at me! : ]

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12. Just got a Lebel in the store… The Model 1886 build in 1893.
    The first “smokeless” powder rifle build.

    Works like a charm.

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13. I have an 1858 Remington New Model Army. I shoot it regularly. (Ok, so it’s a reproduction. So what?)

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14. I have a 120 year old double rifle that still shoots point of aim at 100 yds from both barrels… So yea

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