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Got it. Much cheaper to shoot and practice with.22 LR
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Got it. Much cheaper to shoot and practice with.22 LR
I bet a mod. 34 in 22 lr. not 36.It's not a 9-shot, but it's an Iver Johnson "Super 8"- yeah it sounds like a motel chain... top-break. A friend had a 9-shot H&R DA that looked like a "cowboy gun" and I really liked it and wanted one but never found one. So, I bought the IJ many years ago as a light-weight carry while in the hills picnicking, fishing, or what-not. Actually I do like it quite a bit.Almost never use it as I found a preferred S&W 6-shot .22 model 36 (i think it's a 36, it's ringer for my model 36 .38spec).. In the event, I never carry THAT either, it slumbers in my dresser drawer.
This was my first revolver owned in 1965. As I recall, it had a die cast or aluminum frame. But I remember it well as being a good value and it worked as it should. I think it was a four inch.My 9 shot High Standard 'Sentinel'.
This is an early R-103.
These have an interesting history and are really great guns that were ahead of their time in design.
I highly recommend to anyone who finds one (especially 4" or shorter) and the price is right to take it - as these have really started 'drying up' in the last few years.
Especially like these - with no frame screws.They sure don't make 'em like they used to...
The Double-Nine should be a steel frame. The Sentinel probably alloy. High Standard switched frame material around a lot.Here's a picture of my Dad's High Standard Double Nine (top) and my Grandpa's High Standard Sentinel Deluxe with the holsters they carried them in. the Double Nine was the first handgun I ever shot. No idea when these were purchased, but I remember my Dad's pistol from about 4 years old, so at least mid to early seventies, if not earlier. My Dad used to tell stories about Grandpa shooting jackrabbits around the farm from the hip with his Sentinel. No idea if true. The triggers are long and heavy, but I imagine you learn to shoot what you have. I am not good shooting these at all. I will never part with these guns. They are a part of my family history, where I really have very little from a couple of the finest men I have ever known.View attachment 1205840
TY, you are correct, of course. I actually dug it out, and under the crane it is marked "Mod 34-1". My mistake and my bad for not actually checking it BEFORE I posted!I bet a mod. 34 in 22 lr. not 36.
Very hard to find them these days. A good find on your part and a keeper for sure!TY, you are correct, of course. I actually dug it out, and under the crane it is marked "Mod 34-1". My mistake and my bad for not actually checking it BEFORE I posted!
I consider myself fortunate to have acquired almost all the firearms Ive wanted in my life. So many guns, so little time!