New purchase--Hi Standard H-D Military

[criticalbass]

Bought it today from a pawn shop. No bargain, but in nice shape. Been looking for one of these for a long time. Sorry for the crummy pix. It's better than 95%, despite the way the pix look. CB

 

[guns are dumb]

Hahaha, the digital noise makes it look rusty, if you have an all-in-one scanner/fax/copier/printer, you can lay it on there and scan it and see if the picture looks any better.

Anyway. I see these at the gun shows a lot and have heard there are particular models that are very good and ones that are very bad, seems like maybe the ones made in Texas were the good ones? Can you elaborate?

 

[criticalbass]

Hahaha, the digital noise makes it look rusty, if you have an all-in-one scanner/fax/copier/printer, you can lay it on there and scan it and see if the picture looks any better.

Anyway. I see these at the gun shows a lot and have heard there are particular models that are very good and ones that are very bad, seems like maybe the ones made in Texas were the good ones? Can you elaborate?

This one appears to be pretty old. Made in New Haven Conn. I think the Houston guns are the newer ones. The military models have a pretty good reputation for reliability, but the word is to stay away from the souped up .22 ammo like stingers, etc. since they did not exist when these guns were built.

Only possible issue so far is that the trigger seems a little heavy. No creep or overtravel, but needs to be lighter. CB

 

[T.R.]

Nice find! Have you checked with the folks over at www.rimfirecentral.com? There are probably a few folks over there who can tell you anything you might want to know about it.

 

[ldp4570]

Yep, thats an old one!! Been awhile since I've seen one with the exposed hammer. Only ones I've handled and shot have internal hammers. As far as the trigger goes, she may just need a real good cleaning.

 

[Honeybee]

Mine is a model D and it has an internal hammer. Most accurate target pistol you can find under $1000

 

[guns are dumb]

This one appears to be pretty old. Made in New Haven Conn. I think the Houston guns are the newer ones. The military models have a pretty good reputation for reliability, but the word is to stay away from the souped up .22 ammo like stingers, etc. since they did not exist when these guns were built.

Only possible issue so far is that the trigger seems a little heavy. No creep or overtravel, but needs to be lighter. CB

I've probably got that backwards, I think that the older ones are supposed to be the better guns, so maybe the Houston guns are the ones that are to be avoided. Either way, I think those are cool blasters.

 

[tyromeo55]

After shooting Andy's I'm a believer. But before I bought one I'd have him check it out. He seems to know quite a bit about the different versions

 

[Jam Master Jay]

My brother and I share one exactly like that. It's the best shooting .22 pistol I've ever seen. I now have a Hi Standard DuraMatic and it's a not-so-close second with buckmarks and rugers a very distant 3rd and 4th.

They're pricey, though. I've been looking for one for myself so the one I currently have can be put on shelf duty, as it's an heirloom. People want around $800 for a less than ideal example.

Mind telling what this one cost?

Mine:

 

[ronny]

Those Military models are very good semis. I can vouch for the ammo issue - use standard velocity.