(Now with pics) Question on value of a High Standard pistol

[fat tom]

I have acquired a High Standard .22 and would like to know what it might be worth. It is a Deluxe Model GE mfgd in 1949. Has the heavy barrel,Davis adjustable rear sight and Roper look-a-like checkered walnut grips with thumbrest. Condition is a conservative 95%. No box or docs. Any help would be appreciated.

Always helps when it comes with a holster. This is a Boyt style with which I am unfamiliar,but I like it!

f.t.

 

[fat tom]

I have acquired a High Standard .22 and would like to know what it might be worth. It is a Deluxe Model GE mfgd in 1949. Has the heavy barrel,Davis adjustable rear sight and Roper look-a-like checkered walnut grips with thumbrest. Condition is a conservative 95%. No box or docs. Any help would be appreciated.

Always helps when it comes with a holster. This is a Boyt style with which I am unfamiliar,but I like it!

f.t.

 

[haggis]

Bobby,

With a single barrel, a 95% G-E should bring $900-$1000 for a quick sale, although you might be able to get $1200 for it if you're patient. Not many of the first interchangable barrel models made (~3000 G-E's).

I haven't seen one for sale in a long time, so the price is an educated guess.

Buck

 

[fat tom]

Thanks Buck. I don't know squat about High Standards,but this was just too nice a gun NOT to buy.
f.t.

 

[VonFatman]

Sooo....if you bought it...where are the pics?? I see H.S. pistols for sale but never have purchased one because I know squat about the various models and have zero idea as to the value(s)....I understand some are better than others.

Bobby, congrats on the new gun!

Bob

 

[deadin]

You might want to check here: http://www.histandard.info
John is pretty much the final word on High Standards. He also has a bunch of the factory records. (Kind of the Roy of H-S.

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[m657]

Years ago I had a brace of HS for my 50' indoor competition days.

I far prefer the action and balance of a fine HS to any other, even the m41.

A (rareish) 10X will bring amazing amounts of money these days.

In the early 1990s, I parlayed my fluted barrel Citation & 10X into a sizable down payment on my office building. Later, the same collector gave me an amazing deal on a shooter grade model, in return for the box and factory target for the 10X.

If you shoot these, beware. They can become habit forming.

 

[gbrady]

In 1994 I sold a GE model for $675 and two weeks later it was in gun list for $825.

 

[judge]

If you ever get the chance to shoot a HS Victor model, it will make a true believer out of you. The finest .22 I've ever fired. Fantastic gun.

 

[fat tom]

Thanks for the info gentlemen. I'm beginning to like this gun more and more.
f.t.

Bob,I have shot the gun but don't have any pics yet. I've picked up about twenty new ones since November and haven't taken pics of any of 'em.

Most of 'em are Colts or "off brands" like the HS anyway. Wouldn't be much interest here.

 

[deanodog]

I have a friend who has an olympic commentative
in 22 short with box. A beautiful gun with the olympic rings inlaid in gold.It had been fired
with a very few rounds. I often wondered it's value in today's prices. It has the barrel weights with it also. Sorry no pics.

 

[H Richard]

I shoot a HS Victor. You are correct it is amazing. About 7 or 8 years ago I sent it to Bob Shea, (who built the 10X High Standards), and had him go through it for it's 100,000 round check up. It's like new.

 

[fat tom]

Pics up.

f.t.

 

[VonFatman]

Hey....I likey!!!

Thanks for the pics!!!!!

Bob

 

[DeathGrip]

Anybody know about the model B? Late 30's. .22

 

[yashua-p]

Well,forty years ago I had two Supermatic Citations, one with the bull barrel and the second with the longer barrel with weights and Barrel Muzzle Brake. It was the most accurate bullseye .22 that I have ever had. The second was a different barrel and I don't really remember what It was. Even the sports models are quality pistols. I fitted the long barrel with a Bushnell 1.3 Phantom scope and by hand feeding .22 shorts, It became an awesome small game gun. You truly have a very nice piece on your hands now. Enjoy it.

yashua

 

[Broker57]

I had a chance a few years ago to buy a Victor for $200, but it was one that was built after either the company changed hands or they had moved (can't remember which). My buddy bought it and says that it shoots real nice. Reports I read said that they were having problems with functioning, and the prior owner even showed us how he "fixed" the ejection problem but filing off some of the bottom edge of the ejection port. That's when I decided to take a pass.

 

[m657]

Beware cheap gun show magazines for these things. They are precision instruments that require one's attention to not wander when picking up a spare or two. I never had trouble with actual HS magazines in about 10 years of intense competition.... <STRIKE>tens</STRIKE> probably hundreds of thousands of rounds down range.

Cheap knock-offs never worked right for me.

 

[DeathGrip]

My apology. I forgot to say;"Very nice" One of these days I'll learn to post pic's on this thing.

 

[jrm53]

m657 I dont think there is any cheap magazines left for the military grip Hi Standards I have 2 one a real Hi Standard and a Mitchell stainless and only 2 mags between them.

 

[jonnyringo]

I would love to own one and if it shoots half as good as it looks you have a winner.

 

[Walter Rego]

I don't think $1000.00 is out of line on that pistol. It was High Standard's top of the line at that time. I've never even seen one for sale, although the HD Military's seem to be plentiful. They can be ammo finicky and I would only shoot standard velocity in it even if rated for High Velocity. The best books to get are High Standard Automatic Pistols 1932-50 by Charles E. Petty, and The High Standard Pistol Guide, which is more of a shop manual, by Burr Leyson.

 

[Onomea]

Don't know anything about 'em, FT, but that is a very handsome gun. Congrats!

 

[AJW]

Deathgrip, I have a model B. Same as the Model A but with different grips. Only fired it once came from my Great Grandpa. What info you looking for?

 

[s&wchad]

Originally posted by fat tom:
... and Roper <STRIKE>look-a-like</STRIKE> checkered walnut grips with thumbrest.

I believe I fixed it for you. Very nice!

 

[fat tom]

Thanks for that Chad. I have been doing a little searching for info on this gun and came across two references which stated that the grips were indeed done by Mr. Roper,or Mr. Gagne.
f.t.

 

[DeathGrip]

AJW,I'll have to get back w/pics. It's my dad's and has a broken part? I was wondering about value but first need to go see what's wrong and find out if it can be repaired or replaced. I saw some links here that might help. Thanks.

 

[digi-shots]

fat tom,

very, very nice!

Does the magazine have a curve to it? I saw a very similar High Standard recently and the magazine was very strange looking. It too, had the same style grips. I think the fellow wanted about $1400 for it.

 

[fat tom]

No ma'am. The magazine is slanted,but no curve. It is also two-tone,like the old Colts.
f.t.

 

[haggis]

Originally posted by digi-shots:
Does the magazine have a curve to it? I saw a very similar High Standard recently and the magazine was very strange looking. It too, had the same style grips. I think the fellow wanted about $1400 for it.

Linda,

The gun you saw was likely another G-series gun, the G-O First Model Olympic in .22 Short. It had a special curved magazine, hand-fitted and numbered to the gun. It was the first significant use of aluminum alloy frames in firearms. It was also the third rarest early High Standard, with about 1200 produced. $1400 is a good price for a high condition gun.

Buck