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March 27, 2013
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Well, I took my sister to a new range today so she could play with her new Dan, and I ended up walking out with a Hi-Standard 22lr. 
This is a 1946 Hi-Standard 22lr with the 4-1/2" barrel. The original box, parts list, take-down instructions, sight adjustment sheet, and the original hang-tag were all included. The box is beat, but it's the right box and the numbers match.
There were approximately 150,000 H-D Military's made between 1945 and 1950. With a little research I was able to determine that this gun was shipped around May of 1946 and was somewhere around the 11,000th gun shipped in the series.
The bluing is superb, the rifling is crisp, and the internals are spotless. Unfortunately I didn't bring any 22lr with me to the house, otherwise I'd be out back shooting it right now. Here are the pics.
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June 25, 2013
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Ohhhh my wife would love that!
That style has been one of my "watching" selections for a while.
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May 2, 2009
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I have a few H-S pistols... my favorite is a scoped Sport king with a bull barrel. The HD-Mil has a unique take-down process--google will be your friend for detail cleaning it. Nice to find one with all the goodies included.
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March 27, 2013
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SHOOTIST357 said
I have a few H-S pistols... my favorite is a scoped Sport king with a bull barrel. The HD-Mil has a unique take-down process--google will be your friend for detail cleaning it. Nice to find one with all the goodies included.SHOOT
With the included original instructions and a quick youtube video I had the slide off without any issues. I haven't taken it down beyond the basic field strip, but that's not necessary at this point.
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July 2, 2011
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That is very cool and nice catch. I owned one just like this about 30 years ago. This one is in a lot better shape than was. It was a bit of beater that I always carried in the woods.
You will find it to be pretty darn accurate and just a bunch of fun to shoot.
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January 24, 2009
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That's a nice find, way to go!
And thanks for showing it off, too.
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March 2, 2008
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High Standard is pretty special to me, I've owned a few, and High Standard "grew up" in CT, a few miles from where I live.
You will find a lot of HS info here:
John is a Member here, and I stand in awe of the info he has collected on High Standards.
Not sure if this applies to yours, but it is not a good idea to shoot a lot of high velocity ammunition in many High Standards, there are some areas of the frame that be a little fragile and develop cracks.
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March 27, 2013
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I did a bit of searching through John's page. It was really nice to have so much information in one place. Most of the information I listed on the gun came directly from John's site.
I haven't seen anything regarding not using the high velocity 22lr. I will have to take a look through my stash to see if I have any regular velocity stuff for the time being. Thanks for the heads up.
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February 22, 2009
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I still have a Plinker (M-101) model HS. It was my Dad's and he handed over to me about 20 years ago. I took my first rabbit with it when I was about 12yo at my grandparent's farm. Great firearm of yesteryear. Very nice grab, congratulations.
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March 27, 2013
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Here's one more picture. I can only wish that these things sold for this kind of price today.
March 27, 2013
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I posted a note on John Stimson's page regarding my new Hi-Standard. Here is his response.
Hello Nathan,
156,165 shipped 6/8/1946 to Evans Sporting Goods Co.
For a year or two after the war ended the government had price controls. They also had a raw material allocation system.
There were probably a it less than 140,000 of these made and yours has the plastic grips left over from the wartime U.S.A. MODEL H-D training pistol. It may also be made form a left over frame in which case it will have no trigger over travel screw in the front of the frame.
When you speculate that this is one of the first 11,000 Model H-D Militarys made. Note that the Model H-D Military was not the only pistol being made in 1946 which will throw your assumption off some.
John Stimson
I didn't know the Hi-Standard serial number kept climbing with each gun produced regardless of the model. That means it's almost impossible to say how many H-D Military's were made before mine. Another item of interest is the lack of an overtravel screw which means my frame was a leftover from the official military production run. Having all this history on the gun is pretty cool.
A big thanks to John for compiling all this information and to take the time to answer folks questions.
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March 2, 2008
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John's knowledge on High Standards is remarkable.
Wishing and hoping to ever approach his level of expertise.
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