Just finished this HDM

[wired]

Turned out pretty good. I love it when a plan comes together

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[Member 34319]

Very cool! My dad has/had one over at @Velzey to get reblued and it should be a great heirloom once he is finished. Great pistols. This one I bet is a bit more enjoyable to the ear to shoot!

 

[wired]

 

[Alexx1401]

Another of the few guns I really kick myself that I did not keep. LOVE those pistols. That is a damn nice looking job on that one!

 

[Member 34319]

Question is, how many magazines you got for it?

 

[wired]

Question is, how many magazines you got for it?

There was a time when I had 10 NOS mags. Still in the wrap I bought for 60 bucks a piece. . That was 12 years ago and unfortunately, I sold them all. The good thing is I have 5 Hi Standards and 7 mags now. A's , USA H-D's and HD Military all take the same mag. E's do too but Im not allowed to own one of them.

 

[Member 34319]

There was a time when I had 10 NOS mags. Still in the wrap I bought for 60 bucks a piece. . That was 12 years ago and unfortunately, I sold them all. The good thing is I have 5 Hi Standards and 7 mags now. A's , USA H-D's and HD Military all take the same mag. E's do too but Im not allowed to own one of them.

5! One will stay original right?

 

[wired]

hahahahhaaahhhaaa

Thats why I can't have an E

No one has any idea what Im talking about

 

[titsonritz]

"Wild Bill" Donovan would be proud.

 

[wired]

"Wild Bill" Donovan would be proud.

I actually registered a trademark under "wild bill's silencers" once. Didnt use it because I didn't want legal action from Donovans family.

 

[wired]

( Maybe not so ) interestingly enough Luther Mitchell , who was the Horder Extraordinaire of Hi Standard stuff recently passed away and his widow is flooding gunbroker with Hi Standard parts and guns right now. Im in the process of sifting though his stuff .

I also fully expect my wife to dump everything I own the day after I die onto the front lawn for a garage sale the likes of which will be legend at the ATF for decades. .

 

[P7M13]

Very nice.
When I discovered how much I liked mine, I bought all the mags I could get a hold of.

 

[wired]

Just picked up this one for a good price. Thinking of doing a distressed look suppressor for it.

 

[wired]

Separation anxiety

 

[wired]

Just bought 200 of these little jewels

 

[Member 34319]

Just bought 200 of these little jewels

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So all 200 for this one pistol then right?




Right?



Just kidding!

 

[Member 34319]

 

[flydipper]

( Maybe not so ) interestingly enough Luther Mitchell , who was the Horder Extraordinaire of Hi Standard stuff recently passed away and his widow is flooding gunbroker with Hi Standard parts and guns right now. Im in the process of sifting though his stuff .

I also fully expect my wife to dump everything I own the day after I die onto the front lawn for a garage sale the likes of which will be legend at the ATF for decades. .

Luther's stuff has been for sale for quite a long time. He has/had a guy (Justin) who worked full time for him just selling his guns of all makes. He is the guy who admin's the HighStandardCollector on GB. A good bit of it is pretty much worthless except to a guy like you and that will still be fairly limited. TruAimTactical is also selling Luther's stuff. It will be interesting to see if the prices come back to reality now that he has passed. I'm good friends with the guy who found a lot of the High Standards for him and Luther overpaid for a lot of them. At one point he had 800+ HS guns.

All total, both types in both barrel lengths for the model E is about 2600 production!
I have about 300 original mags of the various types. I don't sell original mags any longer, they are too hard to replace, especially the slant grip .22 short mags. When I built my Olympic display I put a spare mag with each gun and that put a real dent in the .22 short mag dept.

 

[wired]

Luther's stuff has been for sale for quite a long time. He has/had a guy (Justin) who worked full time for him just selling his guns of all makes. He is the guy who admin's the HighStandardCollector on GB. A good bit of it is pretty much worthless except to a guy like you and that will still be fairly limited. TruAimTactical is also selling Luther's stuff. It will be interesting to see if the prices come back to reality now that he has passed. I'm good friends with the guy who found a lot of the High Standards for him and Luther overpaid for a lot of them. At one point he had 800+ HS guns.

All total, both types in both barrel lengths for the model E is about 2600 production!
I have about 300 original mags of the various types. I don't sell original mags any longer, they are too hard to replace, especially the slant grip .22 short mags. When I built my Olympic display I put a spare mag with each gun and that put a real dent in the .22 short mag dept.

He had some sears and bolt catches that will come in handy. The safeties are sometimes problematic and I picked up a few

 

[flydipper]

He had some sears and bolt catches that will come in handy. The safeties are sometimes problematic and I picked up a few

Oddly the safety's are more often than not a problem to find. You would think with as many of the HDM's as they built there would be a flood of parts out there. Guys' take them apart and lose the detent ball. If you don't have one to reference then they can be difficult to get. I have quite a nice parts collection so if you ever get in a real bind don't be afraid to ask!