Any opinions on the High Standard Camp gun? The .22LR edition in particular? Prices seem to be all over the place when you can find one. They seem well made and have a reputation for accuracy. Tell me what you think.
High Standard Camp Gun
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I’m going to tell you right off they don’t approach a S&W Kit Gun in either quality or accuracy. Further more from what I have noticed, the quasi collector prices they are asking for Hi-STD Camp Gun puts the money right up with a used S&W 34. As a matter of fact all Hi-STD rimfire revolvers are priced as collector guns, because they ain’t made no more. The Double-9
series is same kind of comparison to a Ruger Single-6. Not even close. The
High Standard line of Target auto loaders were top shelf, the revolvers get buy on their coat tails.
series is same kind of comparison to a Ruger Single-6. Not even close. The
High Standard line of Target auto loaders were top shelf, the revolvers get buy on their coat tails.
sigp220.45
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Is the Camp Gun just a Sentinel with a longer barrel and cooler grips?
I bought this one on the cheap three years ago because the place thought it was broken due to the ejector rod not snapping back when released. They didn’t know that High Standard was so cheap they didn’t bother to put a spring in there, though later they did.
Its an ok gun. It was in my tackle box until I replaced it with an even cheaper H&R 929.
I bought this one on the cheap three years ago because the place thought it was broken due to the ejector rod not snapping back when released. They didn’t know that High Standard was so cheap they didn’t bother to put a spring in there, though later they did.
Its an ok gun. It was in my tackle box until I replaced it with an even cheaper H&R 929.
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That’s exactly what it is SIG
No, I know it’s not an S&W. But I’ve never heard anything bad about them. In my mind it’s a 4door Chevy sedan. The S&W is the drop top Cadillac lol. Just wondered if they had the same following as the H&R 22s.
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I've seen a lot of damaged ones from people trying to close the cylinder with the ejector out. Leaves a nasty scar on the left side of the frame behind the cylinder. It's quite common.
That, along with the pull-the-extractor cylinder release, makes them kind of funky. The newer ones are a bit better but still they seem like a cheap revolver.
I like the newer ones (the MK IV's) even less in one sense in that they have an ejector rod shroud, which might not be the best idea when it's also the cylinder release.
Not saying I wouldn't buy one, but I'm not giving "collector" prices. I'm kind of turned off on old guns as shooters. They like to break and parts are a problem and expensive.
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I had one with their strange nickel finish. I still have a Double 9. Everybody has told you how they aren't up to S&W standards. I disagree! When a company is going down the drain, they do anything to stay alive, INCLUDING dump guns that were returned for warranty issues and assembly line rejects. (Those will be bad!) However, my few guns shot fine. I cannot replace the Double 9 with anything I trust for the money they cost (normal pricing-everything is currently at some sort of panic pricing!)
I also get a lot of nasty comments on my RG 10 4" 22 with a pot metal frame and an exposed barrel sleeve. It is a very poor copy of a Kit gun/Model 34. I've had it for 30 years and it shoots great. "Knowing" that 34's are so much better, I was very disappointed when I picked up an early 34-2 and it shot no better! (neither is a Model 17 or K-22, but most likely there are many guns that shoot as well, just not famous for it!)
The answer to your inquiry about the Hi Standard Camp Guns is: You won't know until you try and try with different brands and velocities of ammo.
It used to be, brand new: S&W revolvers first, Colt revolvers second and all others a distant third. More modern guns and quality control have proved this a thing of the past! (The $100 Heritage SA revolvers are proving to be the best bang for the buck currently.) Good luck finding an affordable/accurate revolver!
Ivan
I also get a lot of nasty comments on my RG 10 4" 22 with a pot metal frame and an exposed barrel sleeve. It is a very poor copy of a Kit gun/Model 34. I've had it for 30 years and it shoots great. "Knowing" that 34's are so much better, I was very disappointed when I picked up an early 34-2 and it shot no better! (neither is a Model 17 or K-22, but most likely there are many guns that shoot as well, just not famous for it!)
The answer to your inquiry about the Hi Standard Camp Guns is: You won't know until you try and try with different brands and velocities of ammo.
It used to be, brand new: S&W revolvers first, Colt revolvers second and all others a distant third. More modern guns and quality control have proved this a thing of the past! (The $100 Heritage SA revolvers are proving to be the best bang for the buck currently.) Good luck finding an affordable/accurate revolver!
Ivan
Owned a couple Sentinels over the years. They have their quirks, like the extractor on the early models, but were generally decent guns for the money. Not Smith or Colt but not priced like them either. Current market is all over the place and has been for several years. The snubbies seem especially popular. And yes, the factory grips are excellent, to me at least.
When I was kid a friend down the street had the 3" short barreled High Standard Sentinel and it had about the most comfortable grip of any revolver I ever fired. I also remember in college at Stillwater, OK my roommate worked nights in liquor store and the cash register gun was a long barreled Sentinel with eight rounds in it and the first shot chamber was empty, you had to pull the trigger twice to fire the first round. I guess the liquor store owner thought college kids needed an extra margin of safety.
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One of my favorite guns to bring to range is a nickel double nine I bought for $175 in 2017. It's very accurate and fun to shoot with kids or grandkids. Its not on par quality wise with some of the target models offered from High Standard. Just a fun shooter you don't have to worry about the finish getting a scratch.
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Quality about the same. Generally same type of accuracy, only H&R did have couple target grade models many held in high esteem. Not me, I fell in with the wrong crowd about age 5 and became a gun snob.
DRM50, me too. But there’s something about the old magazine ads for the H&R Sportsman’s and as I’ve recently discovered the High Std Camp gun that suck me in to days of old. Men in Duxback and Carhartt brown field pants ,bird hunting with a .22 on their hip. Like something from a 60s or 70s LL Bean catalog. Simpler times for sure……… you can probably tell I’m big on nostalgia. My friends call me Elmer Fudd when I break out the Woolrich plaid at deer camp.
I have two that are decent to good shooters. I paid $120 for one and $200 for the other on GB a decade or more ago. One had a nail filed close for a pin and arrived at the PO with the barrel sticking out of the box. Shipper asked me for a review so I gave him one.
Both have finish issues but are great to bang around in the woods with. One is a 103 the other a 105 and I am amazed at the differences between them. Very few parts would interchange including the grips.
Both have finish issues but are great to bang around in the woods with. One is a 103 the other a 105 and I am amazed at the differences between them. Very few parts would interchange including the grips.
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