S&W 41 vs HIGH STANDARD VICTOR .22 5 1/2

[wx7b]

After being used to the M41, I didn't like the Victor safety and slide release. The Victor was a quality shooter, but I traded it fairly quickly. Was a beautiful gun otherwise.

 

[Barrie]

I have fired a High Standard but have found my 41 and 46 feel the best to me with the trigger pull and the hand grip feel is also better with these 2 guns also. The High Standards i have aaxcess to belong to my gun club and are not really taken good care of at all so that is probably part of the reason why they feel not so good to me.

 

[GF1]

Very close, much is personal preference and feel. Have had the High Standard, liked the Victor very much, but prefer by a hair my 5.5" M41 w/ cocking indicator; this gun gives me shots I should not get. That said, I like the Victor better than my other 7" M41 (and I like this one alot for field use particularly).

 

[1869]

GF1 is right, personal preference depends a lot on how a gun feels in the hand. This is only a factual thing to the shooter. I own both, shoot both, like both. My reasons for slightly favoring the M41 is that I believe it's basic design is better. Frame cracking is never heard of, and the takedown procedure is far superior. A buffer can be purchased should the shooter wish to shoot HV, as it is said, that can crack the slide. That said, I would much rather deal with a cracked slide than a cracked frame. The HS has a very weak frame, and that's scarey.

 

[k20350]

My Uncle is a .22 handgun freak and Hi-Standard aficionado. He always lusted after a41. He finally got one a few years ago. It was the jammingist gun I ever saw. It was extremely rare to run a whole mag out of it without a failure. Different mags, different ammo it just plain would not feed. He sent it down the road and continues to enjoy his HS's. I bleed S&W blue but wouldn't give you a nickel for that 41. I love my 1951 103 Supermatic Tournament.

 

[smithrjd]

I guess that I am like several others, I have owned both in the past. The 41 never did run right and two gunsmith's could not get it to run right. It went down the road. My Hamden 107 has been right for about 20 years now. I prefer the 1911 style thumb rest grips as well. If you have a good 41 I think they are equal. In the ones I had the HS had the better trigger and sights. Hard to say which is the "better", but you will not go wrong with a Hamden HS pistol. Magazines can be found from Brownell's and the HS company in Houston. they are tuned to CCI standard velocity rounds. Aftermarket mags are junk. I love S&W and may try another 41, but only if I get to test fire it first.

 

[thepianolist]

I have 2 Model 41's and 8 Hi-Standards include this first year The Victor. For me, my Victor has a better trigger but I am lucky to have had Bob Shea go through the gun, fine tuning the trigger and 3 magazines as well as replacing all the springs. I have read that the 4 1/2" barrel and steel rib are prized by collectors but I just like the fact that it shoots like a dream!

Bryant