Herbert Schmidt 21S Info?

[NaOH]

I just saved one of these from being turned in for destruction. It's a single action revolver with 22 and 22 mag cylinders. S/N is 773###

I can't find out much about it online. What can you tell me about it or can you point me somewhere that can?

 

[foxytrapper]

I had the exact same pos herbert schmidt, it was a poor performer. Out of alignment all the time, spent more time in the shop spent more on it then it was worth. Then I got a Ruger single six, a real wheel gun.

 

[pjt]

I have a few of them and they are a fun plinker. Have been advised not to use the 22 mag cylinder due to possible frame breakage and I have listened. Here is some info I picked up from another site

, i need some more help on this revolver, and some the info i had before was incorrect. so if anyone could help identify the model. Maker is Rohm I believe

on the bottom of the handle it is stamped, "F.A.B. SACRAMENTO, CAL"

on the side of the barrel is "Cal. .22 LR"
and on the bottom of the barrel, "GERMANY" and then the serial number.

on the side of the frame is three stamps, i am not sure but the first might be an eagle obove an "N". the second looks like a shield with a simple '#####-cross' pattern. and the third is kinda like a shield and has "68" inside it.

the cylinder is stamped with a buffalo.

the two piece black plastic grips have a bullalo on both the right and left grip.

on the handle under the grips is "HERBERT SCHMIDT" and the other side has "0 601"

now i found that Rohm is still in the firearms business, but thier website is completely in german and i dont remember enough german. http://www.roehm-rg.de/index.php?fil=si ... d=0&lang=d




Pistolero Post subject: Re: help
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:40 pm


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Location: Missouri Your revolver was manufactured by:

Herbert Schmidt Waffenfabrik
in Ostheim/Rhon, West Germany

It was imported into the U.S.A. by F.A.B. which was located in Sacramento, California.

The first stamp you described is the West German definitive nitro proof mark (smokeless powder).

The second stamp is a West German Proof Mark, put on the gun by the Munich Proof House.

The third stamp is the year of manufacture/proof, which is 1968.

The combination of these three proof marks show that it was proofed with a smokeless powder cartridge at the Munich Proof House in 1968.

The model maybe the "Buffalo Scout". But you should know that Herbert Schmidt made many .22 western style revolvers, giving them such names as Buffalo Scout, Buffalo Frontier, Bison, Texas Scout, Pony Scout, ect...

Beginning in about 1972, RG Industries began importing Herbert Schmidt revolvers and the model Buffalo Scout was renamed the model 21S. Model 21S's continued to have a standing buffalo on each side of the black plasitc grip.

 

[cyclone]

I had the exact same pos herbert schmidt, it was a poor performer. Out of alignment all the time, spent more time in the shop spent more on it then it was worth. Then I got a Ruger single six, a real wheel gun.

I just bought a beautiful (but older) "buntline" .22 LR-only Herb Schmidt from Wild-Wild-West (and excellent guy to deal with here on CGN ).....it's an incredibly fun single-action six-shooter that has a knack for putting shots wherever I aim...........the alignment on it seems fine to me , but then again it predates those .22LR/.22 Mag versions with the swing-out cylinders........oh yea, forgot to mention, real wooden grips!