At the same auction I glommed a new S&W 1905 model Hand Ejector revolver at, I also got this High standard .22 target pistol.
Are High standards known in the UK.
Calfed wrote:Are High standards known in the UK.
Keef wrote:
banned all pistols in 1997.
Hornet 6 wrote:But they are not banned, just restricted to someone who can show a need for one.
Neil.
Keef wrote:From memory they shot very well (as long as it wasn't me shooting them) although our range was fairly short being located in the attic of a five storey German barrack block.
My main memory of them is running an interest session for the wives club and nearly being shot by the first woman to shoot!
flintlok wrote:Yeah, I've one of those too. The trigger is very light and delicate. You will need to use a high quality thin gun oil if you oil the action. Long before I knew better I used WD 40 as a lubricant and that gummed up the action on my pistol so much so that the trigger wouldn't reset after firing. Also don't trust the extractor to remove a chambered round once the bore gets a bit dirty, The extractor will merely slip over the cartridge's rim and remain in the chamber. That a problem common in the Victor and possibly other High Standard pistols. The magazine can be problematic. I had to slightly bend the feed lips on mine so it wouldn't stove pipe. Other than that the are great guns fun to shoot, and reliable as all get out, Just be sure to visibly check the chamber before calling the gun safe. I like the gold plated trigger, slide release, and magazine release. They're pretty.
flintlok wrote:The grips are after market. I don't know why anyone would change them. The factory grips we nicely contoured and checkered.
Calfed wrote:Keef, where did you serve in Germany? Lived in Weisbaden myself for three years about 50 years ago.
Calfed wrote:flintlok wrote:Thanks, Flinty. I have a Ruger MKI target pistol that I plink around with, but it has never been real accurate. I'm hoping that this one will be. ..
Keef wrote:Calfed wrote:Keef, where did you serve in Germany? Lived in Weisbaden myself for three years about 50 years ago.
I was in North Rhine Westphalia - Osnabruck 1966 to 1967, Munster 1967 to 1968, Minden 1971 to 1973, Bielefeld 1975 to 1977 and back to Munster 1977 to 1979.
I did a lot of moving around in 30 years, all told I had 17 different military addresses! I think the longest I did anywhere was two years, the shortest six months.
flintlok wrote:Calfed wrote:flintlok wrote:Thanks, Flinty. I have a Ruger MKI target pistol that I plink around with, but it has never been real accurate. I'm hoping that this one will be. ..
It's boringly accurate and it will spoil you as you will be forever looking for a 22 pistol that handy, lighter, but it will never be as accurate. At one time I use to shoot an empty 55 gallon drum at 200 yards with a little Kentucky windage.
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