Grandfathers are great. I recently received my Grandfather's 16 gauge Ranger double barrel he bought when HE was a kid. 1920s era. I hunted with it when I was a kid, and forgot all about it. When my mother brought it here, and I took it apart, it still had remnants of weeds, apparently put there the last time I hunted with it 25+ years ago. Amazing thing about it is that, when I hunted with it when I was 12, I thought it was a heavy club. Now, it's a lightweight toy... Guess I got a lot larger, while, I'm pretty sure the weapon remained the same size.
Both barrels are spotless, and despite the foliage I removed from the handguard, it is pretty clean. My grandfather also had two civil war pistols, consecutive numbered, with original holsters and powder horns that his relatives stole from his estate when he died. Sad to hear about that. They probably sold them, where I would have kept them in the family, like this shotgun. Firearms are a good thing to leave your youngins. I know I'll have some nice things to pass on. When the retirement check comes in, I have my eye on an M1A to complete my Springfield collection.
Keep that old 22, and make sure you have a will done up to insure it goes to who you want it to go to... Lesson learned here. GROG