I had one of these as a kid, but I inadvertently smuggled it into Canada (I was a kid a looooong time ago, I'm sure the statute has run by now) and my Dad made me sell it to a Canuck trapper (no doubt another violation) so we wouldn't have to smuggle it back.

Sorry for the ****** cell phone picture. I only had enough cashola on me to lay it away.

For the uninitiated, this is the High Standard Double Nine, specifically "The Marshal". Though it looks vaguely like a single action, it's actually a nine shot, swing out, double action. It has a wonderful 35 pound double action pull, and phony plastic stags that make Jay Scotts look high class.

Will anyone else here admit to an affection for these?

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I never had one, but I think it's cool. I've always like High Standards.

My first handgun was a Colt Frontier Scout. You gotta love the cowboy guns.

I wanted one of those soooo bad when I was in high school. Still don't have one.

My cousin Ron had one of those when we were teenagers. Mine was a Colt frontier scout. It was hard to stay up with him when we were out shooting. With the High Standard he had nine shots and a faster reload.

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My dad bought one in 1967. I have it (as he has my Ruger SS Super Single Six)

Looks just like the OP, except it has an "ejector rod and housing" It has an ejector button attached to the cylinder pin that you push forward to release the cylinder to open. I wonder if the OP's is missing that?
I have shot a many round through it. Introduced it to my wife the other day. She that "THAT WAS FUN!"

And, yes, the double action trigger is "something to behold." 35 pounds may be conservative...

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I think I am reliving my childhood a little, too. A few years age I finally got a Nylon 66 (two, actually--one beater to rehab and one minty one). It only took me 50 years to do it.

Then there was the Ruger Standard Auto that I sold to help pay for my first Colt SAA ($84). Finally found a replacement for it in 1995 or so.

Then there's the single shot Sheridan Nocabout .22 pistol ($17.95 plus postage in the late 50s) and most recently a High Standard Derringer in .22 LR.

I missed out on the 20mm Solothurn antitank rifles in the 1960s; I wonder if I could make up for lost time on those?

I wanted one soo bad when I was a youngster. Cooler heads prevailed and I gat a Ruger Single Six "Colorado Centenial" for my 16th birthday. I still think they are cool!
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When I was in High School, I had a similar revolver, a Harrington and Richardson 949, .22 double action western style revolver. Terrible trigger, inaccurate, spit lead when it was brand new....

Still liked shooting it though.

Gave it to my Mother when I left home and joined the Navy, for her home protection. Years later I gave her a .38 Special revolver to replace it, something more effective.

I'd like to know what happened to that H&R, it disappeared from her home over the years, I'm sure one of my other relatives took a liking to it.

You're right, I never noticed that. I just Googled up a bunch of Marshal pictures, and none of them had the ejector rod housing. The Double Nines all do, though.

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The only gun I was ever given. Still in the original box, with extra cylinder, never fired by me.

A Double Nine is the first handgun I ever shot. It was my dads and as a teenager I carried it everywhere while hunting. After he died I got it back but sadly my brothers had not treated it well after I moved out. I just got it back in working order, except for a grip screw. Mine has the ivory imitation grips instead of the stag.

What model is that one? I stupidly passed on one at Cabela's last year for $199.

I liked your description of the trigger and the stag grips. I never had one of those but I have shot bunch of shells in a "Sentinel". It had different grips but the same kind of trigger. I still have it. Larry

This nickle Doublenine was my first handgun. I bought it used in 1964 for $35.00. The blue one came much later at a much higher price.







Here is a rather rare Doublenine "Natchez", found at a garage sale. I gave all three to my son.

Here's my old Double Nine. A friend of mine gave it to me in pieces with some other gun parts. Works fine. I keep the .22 mag cylinder in it and pack it around in the truck. Double action is about 50 lbs.

Sorry. here's the pics.

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Yeah, I have one but mine is the "Posse" with a 3.5 inch barrel. And real tree wood grips! Also no ejector rod housing on these.

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