High Standard Sentinel Deluxe

[GatorFarmer]

I have a chance to get one of these in very good condition in trade. I have shot it and it seemed accurate. It is a 4" blued 9 shot .22lr revolver. These were made well before I was born. How good is the quality on these guns? Note that this one is labeled High Standard and not J.C. Higgins.

What is a reasonable value for one?

 

[ronnie gore]

22

I have several of these, 4 inch and 2 inch barrels, they are excellent guns.
new with the box and papers $350.00, used no box very good to excellent ,$250 to 300.

 

[DocB]

They are great guns. I started carrying a 6 inch model when I was 14 back in 1960. . .still have it today. I used it for rabbits and squirrels and snakes and turtles. I could do head shots on the snakes and turtles out in the lake all day long.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I have owned several of the snubbies and 4" versions, High Standard/Western Auto Revelation/Sears J.C. Higgins marked guns. Note that the early guns did not have a return spring on the ejector rod, it is a "push-pull" thing.

These are nice guns but IMO not worth the $300.00+ prices they command in my area. The one below cost me around $125.00 in 2008.

 

[GatorFarmer]

My single shot H&R .45-70 and two boxes of ammo would get me the High Standard, an ugly but functional Enfield No4 Mk1 sporter, and half a box of .303 ammo

 

[BigG]

My single shot H&R .45-70 and two boxes of ammo would get me the High Standard, an ugly but functional Enfield No4 Mk1 sporter, and half a box of .303 ammo

I think you're better off with what you've got.

 

[Armybrat]

The Sentinel is a good camp plinker. Inherited mine from a family friend. I first shot it on his Oklahoma ranch in 1956:

 

[tops]

I don't think they are as good as my 4 screw K22 but they don't cost as much either. I have a couple and I think they are well worth $2-300. Larry

 

[lebomm]

I have 2; a 3" R-101 (one-piece grip, no extractor spring), and a 6" R-106 with 2-piece grips of a slightly different shape, and a sprung extractor. I love 'em both !

Larry

 

[CajunBass]

I've owned a couple of them, both 4" barrel models. I'm sort of sorry I sold them, but in both cases, a fellow who "wanted it for my daughter" got to me. I got a soft spot for daughters who want to shoot.

I paid about $200.00 for each of mine. They seem to bring about $300.00 these days in excellent condition, which is the only way I'd buy one.

I consider them to be one of the most useful 22 revolvers ever made. About the size of a K-frame, they'll fit in most holsters made for a Smith & Wesson. They're as light as a feather, which is great for carrying around in the woods all day, and they're easily minute of tin can/pine cone accurate.

 

[GatorFarmer]

An old ad that I came across suggests that the Sentinel sold for around $50 in 1961. I imagine that was around half the price of a K frame .22 at the time?

 

[Erich]

Do you have Amazon Prime? Mas' Greatest Handguns of the World (Volume 1), built from a series of articles he did for The Accurate Rifle magazine has an entire chapter on the High Standard Sentinel, and it's worth a read. It would be free on Kindle if you have Prime (I don't - I have the book).

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And just a caveat: don't get the idea that this book is an attempt to catalog and discuss all great or important handguns. Instead, the book makes a reader feel like he went to gun shows/stores/museums with Ayoob for a year, and then hung out in his living room talking with him about all the neat stuff.

Anyhow, the Sentinels are held in pretty high regard by many - only you can say if the trade is worth it to you.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

H&R 45-70 say $200 plus two boxes ammo at 35 each that's $270. FOr a Sentinel Deluxe AND a functional Enfield with half a box on ammo.......I'd do it.

 

[ColbyBruce]

Larry Koller's "The New Book of Guns", 1955, lists the Hi-Standard Sentinel at $34.95 and the S&W Kit Gun at $65.60, S&W CM at $71.00.

 

[wundudnee]

I just never see any High Standard sentinels or Double Nines at any gun shows anymore. I would buy another if I found one that was slightly reasonable. I had three, but gave them to my son. There many styles of the same basic revolver. They are a really nice little revolver for the price.

 

[27 Man]

I have a High Standard Durango with the brass blackstrap. Neat little gun with a hefty DA pull.

 

[eyegots2no]

I have one. I have used many times to take out sick birds that would not leave and were faster than my broomstick, possum, racoon and a couple of squirrels.

I keep mine loaded next to the back door with a mixture of shot, super colibri low-low noise, and standard velocity--so-- the nine chambers is handy.

They are NOT near as accurate as ---say a Smith, but they are ok for most things. The price is commensurate percentage wise now as they were umpteen years ago---about 50 to 65% the price of a Smith.

 

[mtgianni]

Not a bad deal. I have a deluxe 5" I bought 2 years ago for $89 with issues and a 4" franzite gripped 106-3 I paid $189 for in 2012. Bluing was poor on both. The 4" has a tendency to put one shot 1 1/4" right at 25 yards the others go into less than 1 1/2" with cheap bulk winchester ammo. If you like 22's they are a nice cheap shooter that if it falls out of the canoe into the river you won't regret it for decades.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Obligatory bad Kindle pic attached...

I got it today. The final trade was my .45-70 with sling, two full boxes and 18 loose rounds for the High Standard R 107 Deluxe, which is inexcellent shape, and a beater Enfield Sporter with 86rds of current factory brass cased ammo. I also swapped a flare gun for a Bryco 9mm for my Saturday Night Special fix.

 

[tekarra]

I had one back in the 1960s. The trigger was not the best but it was worth the money.