High Standard 22's are tack drivers!

[Blackcloud2]

I've managed to stumble upon two of these over the years, buying them for very low prices, they're certainly not youngsters to the world; the Model 102 (with holster) somewhere from 1958-59, the shorter barrel Sport King from '51-'52, a surprising find at Cabelas of all places! I intend to gift the shorter barrel Sport King to a teenage granddaughter as her parents have finally decided to enroll her into a safety/shooting class at a local indoor range. She of course can't own actually own it until she's old enough, but she always can use it with her folks at the range and it can rest here in my safe until she can take it legally. I'm sure by then we'll have her pushing and carrying higher caliber defensive shooters like our oldest grandgal. Anyway, I've shot them both and could push golf balls across the desert floor with ease, great shooters!

 

[hittman77]

My experience is they're every bit as good as the Ruger MK2.

Wish I could find another one here locally!

 

[Rpg]

Those are delightful little pistols.

Hard to come close in quality with contemporary fodder.

 

[moosedog]

Yes, the Hamden built High Standards are right up there with the S&W model 41's and Colt Match Targets.
Those three dominated the Bullseye circuit for many years.
This is a timely post for me as I just bought a HS model 103 Citation, 8 inch space gun with the weights which is presently in route to me.
I always shot the model 41 in matches but find that I like the Hamden High Standards better.

 

[Gene L]

Got a used HD Military I'm fond of. It might be a tack-driver, but not with me shooting it. To me. it's a utility .22

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[JayCeeNC]

We had a little Sport King around the house when I was a kid, I loved shooting that thing.
I have no idea where or when my Dad got rid of it, but sure wish I had it now.

 

[Zarr]

I have my Dad"s Sport King. Great firearm, your grand daughter will love shooting hers! The problem is my dad only had two mags for it, and they need to be replaced. All the usual places to look for replacement mags are "out of stock" as expected, as they have not been manufactured in decades. Are there any after market magazines that are halfway decent? I bought some for him, but they are unreliable junk.

 

[BB57]

I have a couple High Standard 107 Victors.

Wonderful pistols, very accurate, superb triggers.

 

[Drm50]

I have a 4” HD Military that I’ve had 50yrs. It is a tack driver and no pistol I’ve ever shot has a trigger that comes close. That includes S&W 41, Colt Woodsman Match and Browning Medalist as well as the top of line HI -STD pistols. I also have a 6.75” but haven’t shot it much yet.

 

[Jimmyjones]

There is/was a pistol range on Main Post Ft. Riley near our com shop. I'd go over at lunch, check out a HS Military and 100 rounds, make a ragged hole. Got to do that a couple times a week.

Loved shooting them!

 

[Fishinfool]

High Standard made a variety of guns over the years, but were always best known for their well made and accurate .22 pistols. My Victor, pictured below, is probably the most accurate .22 handgun I have owned, at least in my hands. It was a real small game getter, back when I could hunt with a semi-auto .22 pistol. Not here in PA, unfortunately..

Larry

 

[4barrel]

High Standard made a variety of guns over the years, but were always best known for their well made and accurate .22 pistols. My Victor, pictured below, is probably the most accurate .22 handgun I have owned, at least in my hands. It was a real small game getter, back when I could hunt with a semi-auto .22 pistol. Not here in PA, unfortunately..

Larry

I have your twin-about 95%.

 

[Andyd]

High Standard made some serious Bullseye pistols, the three guns pictured below were the choices of the American rimfire competitors for a long time.

 

[jeffrefrig]

OP, I've never even wanted to learn to golf until you gave me that idea!

 

[Ray]

As a companion to my 1956 Colt MT and 1958 S&W mod 17 lives here a 1947 mint 6 3/4 HS HD Military. It can not get better than that. Apart for its somehow crude adjustable rear sight the HD is a very accurate and reliable gun, at least with the original finger magazine.
With the two others I bought from Gun Parts not so.
Regards, Ray

 

[gfors]

High Standard is the only US handgun to ever win an Olympic Gold Medal, back in 1960. Great guns, but the magazines can be finicky, as they are effectively the feed ramp, of the system. It can take a bit of bending, on the lips of the mag, with a fine point needle-nose pliers, to get things "just right". My Supermatic was out of commission, for a few months, after my sister slammed the magazine into the well, and bent the lips. Even my gunsmith couldn't get it to work right (and he grew up shooting High Standards for Bullseye). I finally got it fixed by tweaking the mag lips a bit more. My gunsmith, an NRA High Master, now shoots a Marvel 1911 conversion for the .22 portion of Bullseye. He says HS were the most accurate guns he ever shot, but he stopped using them years ago, because of the temperamental magazines.
Mine is a tack driver, and the most accurate handgun I've ever owned (in these tyro-hands). Yes, I shoot it weak-side, when it's wearing its ambi-grips (it came with these right-handed target grips with a thumb-rest).

 

[NYlakesider]

I have a "Sharpshooter" Purchased new about 1973. Used it to shoot .22 in 3 gun Bullseye for a couple years. Three gun was very popular at my club and we had a bunch of people that held regional titles and some shot Camp Perry. (great instructors for a newbe)

Now it just occupies space in my safe.

 

[OLDSTER]

High Standard made some serious Bullseye pistols, the three guns pictured below were the choices of the American rimfire competitors for a long time.

For sure. When I shot serious bullseye years ago, those three ( S&W,Hi Standard, and Colt ruled production class.

 

[max]

In 72, I bought a DuraMatic from Western Auto in Rantoul, IL. I put it on layaway and paid it off in installments. It was $69.00 and I didn't have that kind of money to spend on a gun.

I have put many thousands of Mini-Mags (used to be $.99) and other .22's through that gun. It taught me a great deal about shooting a handgun. Last year the plastic grip began to crumble and I got a replacement from Numrich.

I still shoot it from time to time and always enjoy it.

 

[jrm53]

I got my first HS in about 1972, a friend with a FFL got me the next one. I got my FFL then and not very long before they went under I got a letter from then saying they were having a hard time staying in business and if most of the FFL holders would buy one they thought they could make it, I have regretted not buying one then. My next new HS was a stainless one made by Mitchel arms in Texas. They are my favorite pistols, I dont shoot them much as a botch job on my right eye has ruined my shooting. Jeff