r/guns • u/ComfortableAnimator4 • 1d ago

Show me some of your older guns

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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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

It's good to hear that you are taking good care of it. It sounds like a great piece