I have a High Standard D100 Derringer, this is a two barreled DAO .22lr made in Hamden, Conn. The barrel block is steel, grip frame is non ferrous presumably aluminum. It's a thin gun, many folks remove the grip panels to get an approx 1/2" maximum width. With the panels on, it's about 7/8" wide. Weighs about 10.5oz on my dial scale.
Generally derringers are derided for being not so fun to shoot, and often wildly inaccurate due to variances in the regulation of the two barrels. Plus, only two shots. I've owned a few derringers over the years, including the Bond, and found this mostly to be true....stiff triggers, nastyish recoil in a decent center fire round like .357mag (my Bond was .357mag) and accuracy past 21ft or so was uninspiring. I know, lofty expectations for a belly gun.
The High Standard has stuck around, though. It defies such derision by having a good DAO trigger that's easier to use than the stiff awkward triggers on more 'traditional' stack barrel guns. It's smooth, evenly weighted and pulls straight back- it's is long, maybe a little longer than a typical DA revolver, but very even and predictable- something you don't get with stiff 'back and down' triggers on other single action derringers.
It's accurate. The barrels are regulated very nicely on this gun and two shots using the same point of aim will impact within 3-5" at 50ft. The sights are very shallow, but usable enough to enable winning bets against tiny auto pistol or snubby fans. It's shootable.
Despite not being the more popular .22mag chambering, it gets good performance from its 3.5" barrels, even plebeian Blazer 40gr averaged mid to high 900fps velocities over the chronograph, very close and often equal to typical .22mag numbers in 40gr from guns of similar size like the NAA Mini. I have yet to chrono a decent load like the Velocitor or Stingers in this gun.
I took it to the range a few days ago, shot it all the way out to 25yrds. I circled the groups made by the upper and lower barrels, it's very consistent, the ammo was Armscor 36gr jhp. Each circled group was five shots from each barrel.
The last group of the day was lower right, taking what I learned of the barrels' regulation, I adjusted my POA about an inch and a half down for the top barrel, enabling the two to overlap into one tighter group at 21ft for 6 shots. The small 'X' marked the POA I used.
While not a target pistol by any stretch, it can shoot pretty well using a single point of aim and all but the last group were done that way. In the past, I have been able to hold 6 shot groups into 4" at 25yrds when adjusting for barrels. In this case, I would hold top of these target rings for first shot, bottom of ring for second shot and have a good chance of keeping them all in there if I did my part. Not bad for a derringer.
Generally derringers are derided for being not so fun to shoot, and often wildly inaccurate due to variances in the regulation of the two barrels. Plus, only two shots. I've owned a few derringers over the years, including the Bond, and found this mostly to be true....stiff triggers, nastyish recoil in a decent center fire round like .357mag (my Bond was .357mag) and accuracy past 21ft or so was uninspiring. I know, lofty expectations for a belly gun.
The High Standard has stuck around, though. It defies such derision by having a good DAO trigger that's easier to use than the stiff awkward triggers on more 'traditional' stack barrel guns. It's smooth, evenly weighted and pulls straight back- it's is long, maybe a little longer than a typical DA revolver, but very even and predictable- something you don't get with stiff 'back and down' triggers on other single action derringers.
It's accurate. The barrels are regulated very nicely on this gun and two shots using the same point of aim will impact within 3-5" at 50ft. The sights are very shallow, but usable enough to enable winning bets against tiny auto pistol or snubby fans. It's shootable.
Despite not being the more popular .22mag chambering, it gets good performance from its 3.5" barrels, even plebeian Blazer 40gr averaged mid to high 900fps velocities over the chronograph, very close and often equal to typical .22mag numbers in 40gr from guns of similar size like the NAA Mini. I have yet to chrono a decent load like the Velocitor or Stingers in this gun.
I took it to the range a few days ago, shot it all the way out to 25yrds. I circled the groups made by the upper and lower barrels, it's very consistent, the ammo was Armscor 36gr jhp. Each circled group was five shots from each barrel.
The last group of the day was lower right, taking what I learned of the barrels' regulation, I adjusted my POA about an inch and a half down for the top barrel, enabling the two to overlap into one tighter group at 21ft for 6 shots. The small 'X' marked the POA I used.
While not a target pistol by any stretch, it can shoot pretty well using a single point of aim and all but the last group were done that way. In the past, I have been able to hold 6 shot groups into 4" at 25yrds when adjusting for barrels. In this case, I would hold top of these target rings for first shot, bottom of ring for second shot and have a good chance of keeping them all in there if I did my part. Not bad for a derringer.
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