Finally! "High" Standard Thread!

[Jswiney9]

Well guys, I have finally been able to purchase one of my own personal grail guns. Its not much to many im sure, but I am now the proud owner of an in box with paperwork Hamden Hi-Standard Sharpshooter! I will post up pics after I go pick it up all I have now is a cell phone pic.

 

[Biker Bill]

Looking froward to the pics. My only Hi-Standard is a late '70s Victor

Enjoy!!

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I got a HD-M. I need to look up Hamden. I thought that was a town in New Jersey!
Got it! A town in Conn. I know a guy in Santa Fe who is sort of the unofficial Hi Standard historian.
He was up at the auction. He bought some stuff, and hauled off all the residual advertising, letterhead stationary and everything else he could stuff into his motothome.

 

[loeman]

Victor

One of the first handguns I ever bought was a High Standard Victor. I have records but off the top of my head it must have been around 1978. It has been and continues to be an amazing gun. I ran about 100 rounds through it just the other day. There is a LGS that has a "boat load" of High Standards in their display that never seems to move. I wonder why? They are great guns.

OK all you S&W fans that are lusting for a model 41, maybe you should check out a classic High Standard (Citation, Trophy Victor). You might be pleasantly surprised at what you will find.

 

[deadin]

I only own 2 High Standards. One is a Model B. Nothing uncommon except it is the 689th one made and is the 6th oldest known to have survived according to the highstandard.info database. (Shipped 7/13/33). My other is a HD Military my BIL bought when he came home from WW2, complete with box and papers.
I also have 3 Hartford M1925's which are the predecessor to the Model B.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I only own 2 High Standards. One is a Model B. Nothing uncommon except it is the 689th one made and is the 6th oldest known to have survived according to the highstandard.info database. (Shipped 7/13/33). My other is a HD Military my BIL bought when he came home from WW2, complete with box and papers.
I also have 3 Hartford M1925's which are the predecessor to the Model B.

Is your HDM US , flaming bomb of otherwise marked?

 

[Hodgin]

I have an early 60s model 103 Sportsman .22lr that's a nice shooter. Inherited it from my dad. It was the only handgun he owned.

 

[bobelk99]

Laugh if you must, but:

I want a 4" HS Sentinel. Sentimental reasons.

Anybody know of one for sale?

 

[Jebus35745]

Hope you guys decide to include some pics, HS's are nice looking guns. Larry

 

[Nedroe]

Here's My Two.......

Model HD Military:

Model 107 Military Supermatic Trophy

The finest 22LR auto pistols ever made. Hope to acquire a 10X some day.


Ned

 

[vinny77]

Supermatic Citation passed down from my father. he used this pistol to win the Camp Perry matches with the Army team back in the early sixties

vinny

 

[sheepdawg]

Here's my Sharpshooter M. More accurate than I am.

 

[Tom K]

High Standard you say - didn't Dirty Harry carry one of those?

 

[deadin]

Is your HDM US , flaming bomb of otherwise marked?

Unfortunately No. He bought it from Jensen Byrd Co. in Spokane WA in 1946.

 

[shouldazagged]

Laugh if you must, but:

I want a 4" HS Sentinel. Sentimental reasons.

Anybody know of one for sale?

I'm not laughing. I owned one briefly a very long time ago, and it was a pretty nice little shooter. Trigger was nothing exceptional, but not half bad.

I kind of wish I hadn't traded it away.

 

[max]

A 4 inch Dura-Matic was the first handgun I ever bought. Paid $69 for it in 1972 and still have it. My first revolver was a HS (Wesson) 6 inch with adjustable sights that I wish I still had. It introduced me to reloading and was a great gun.

 

[Jswiney9]

Funny thing is, I turned down a Smith M41 for this gun. Ive always wanted the 41 but figured my chances of finding a local HS in the box with all paperwork again in my lifetime was pretty rare.

 

[revho]

Here you go.

 

[Fishinfool]

When it comes to quality 22 auto pistols, the High Standard rank right up there with the Smith 41 and the classic Colt Woodsmans, especially the CT made guns.

I have owned 2 model 41's, and a Hamden made Victor. No flies on the 41's for sure, but I always shot the Victor just a little better, so it has stayed.

Larry

 

[Salty RI]

Laugh if you must, but:

I want a 4" HS Sentinel. Sentimental reasons.

Anybody know of one for sale?

I have one that I bought new in 67, it still gets about 300 rounds a week through it, wouldn't trade it for anything, I also had a High Standard ISU that I sold to a friend, big mistake.

 

[Jswiney9]

hope this works, tried to crop and shrink it. Anyway here is the cell phone pic, ill post better pictures later

 

[feralmerril]

Here is my contribution. Its a "blood gun". Friend of mine was a deputy in Colorado about 50 years ago. He caught a guy that had just murdered a filling station attendant. At first they couldn't find the weapon. Finally frank got a ladder and looked on the roof and found the HDM. He said that after the trial the judge gave him the gun! I traded him a early model 1899? savage lever in .303 for it. I later found a old set of carved ivory grips for it.
One side is a crouched mountain lion and the other a flying goose.

 

[Faulkner]

My near mint HD Military that I'm quite fond of.

 

[chief38]

Were it not for the fact that Hi Standard put a silly pull-style Magazine Release where they did and the Slide Release on the right (wrong side) side of the pistol I would have bought it over the M41. Well I could not get over that back in 1979 so I bought the M41 which I still have and just shot on Friday.

I do regularly shoot my friends and it does have a superb trigger and is extremely accurate. The trigger is actually a slight bit better than my M41's.

I do have my Dads Hi Standard Semi Auto 12 Gauge though. While it's not what I would call a "pretty gun" it is a very reliable and well made shotgun. I have taken many Pheasants with it and it has never let me down.

 

[webley green]

Well, not a semi-auto but I still have my High Standard Double Nine Longhorn revolver. Bought it used in 1970, with holster, hunter gun belt and some ammunition for about 25 bucks. Shot it a lot over the years.

Recently acquired a Sentinel with six inch barrel in excellent shape from a local pawn shop at a very reasonable price. Those of you who have shot the Sentinel know the double action has a heavy pull but single action is clean crisp and more than satisfactory.

 

[sqhead]

I have two HS,a double nine w/ a 10" barrel and a high sierra w/both 22 cyl. in presentation box.....I'm fond of the looks and history of these old 22's

 

[Ignatz]

My 103 Giles High Standard with left hand Rink grips.
Very sweet to shoot.

 

[NYlakesider]

Here's my Sharpshooter M. More accurate than I am.

I have one like yours. I purchased it in the mid 70s when I got interested in the only pistol shooting the club offered. (Bulls eye)

Got bored to death shooting that discipline and joined another club that did more dynamic type shooting. Been a safe queen for a long long time now as I prefer my revolvers for discharging .22s. At least I got some serious use out of my Gold Cup after I quit bull’s eye.

 

[Salty RI]

I didn't think High Standard was still in business, I did a search and found this.

High Standard Weapons and Arms Manufacturing Company

 

[Jswiney9]

I didn't think High Standard was still in business, I did a search and found this.

High Standard Weapons and Arms Manufacturing Company

They make(de) a petty decent ar15, one eas passed around work for a while. We almost all owned it and shot the snot outta it. Cant speak for their pistols but that rifle was a keeper