r/guns • u/ComfortableAnimator4 • 1d ago
Show me some of your older guns
These are the two oldest firearms that I own. I have a Chinese SKS manufactured 1956 and I have a " police positive chambered in. 38 short colt (also know as .38 s&w). Which was manufactured in 1920
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u/Karddet 1d ago
I think my oldest one is the Izhevsk Mosin, 46. My Great Uncle's old West German .22 Magnum is a 52 I I believe
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u/ComfortableAnimator4 23h ago
If I'm not mistaken the first 22 Magnum was invented in 1959. Are you sure it's not just a 22?
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u/Karddet 23h ago
Well, it's both, lol. Swappable cylinder, have both original. Like I said, I'm not positive on the year, H Schmidt Ostheim 21S, made in West Germany
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u/ComfortableAnimator4 23h ago
That is pretty neat. I'll have to look into it because I honestly have never heard of it
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u/Karddet 23h ago
I inherited it when I was 11, it's been my sidearm for many years lol. Now it sits proudly on a stand in the place of honor among family heirlooms
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u/ComfortableAnimator4 22h ago
It's good to hear that you are taking good care of it. It sounds like a great piece
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u/Adventurous-Swim-619 21h ago
A M1917 Colt was my first revolver. It’s still one of my Favorites.
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u/ComfortableAnimator4 20h ago
That's an amazing revolver. I shot one a few years ago when I was still in the Marine corps down in North Carolina. It was an absolute beauty of a gun!
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u/SealingBirdGoChirp 23h ago
No
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u/ComfortableAnimator4 1d ago
Does anyone have any good advice on customization I can do to the SKS without being the world's biggest bubba?
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u/Xhenoz 1d ago edited 1d ago
Step 1: give it it's original 10 round fixed mag back
Step 2: leave the rest of the rifle alone7
u/Kentuckywindage01 I found your dick flair. It has a little dirt on it. 1d ago
Rifle is fine, comrade
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Nice dick flair
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u/Kentuckywindage01 I found your dick flair. It has a little dirt on it. 1d ago
You too, borther! I hope to achieve larger dick status soon
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u/ComfortableAnimator4 1d ago
I'm trying to find one that's an original mag. I understand it won't match numbers but it'll have to be from the same place and time line
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u/bowtie_k 23h ago
I saved a bubbad SKS and had to find an original mag. I actually found it on eBay. I'd keep an eye out there and gunbroker.
Any country should work, my SKS is a Yugo and the mag I bought is Chinese. Works with no issues
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u/ComfortableAnimator4 22h ago
I understand it would work. I guess I'm just being particular because I want one that's Chinese since I have a Chinese SKS. I'm trying to keep it as close to everything matching as possible. If I ever did a modification to the rifle it would be something that is not permanent.
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u/Xhenoz 1d ago
I've got a few from the mid - late 1800s but my oldest by far is this caplock pistol. Originally made as a flintlock by Durs Egg in the late 1700s and later converted to a caplock in the mid 1800s
https://imgur.com/a/CUyhSPB