Recent content by John Stimson

The T-3 was developed over three contracts beginning in 1948 and the first was a single column. The second from about 1950 was a double column version and the third was from 1952 and was a single column. There was a preminimary gun followed by four in the first design, 4 in the second...

Walter Mured was the developer of those grips and King did sell them. By the time of your gun the grips were being made by Southwest Cutlery, Montebello, Caliornia. They are a solid bakelite type material and somewhat brittle. The other commonly found plastic grips for High Standard are the...

The early steel ribs in the January and February 1971 had a smooth flat top. The later steel ribs that were used from July 1971 through the change to aluminum ribs in 1973 were cast an had the front sight cast into the rib. THere were a lot of different variations of the Victor. as described...

Here is the final design of the High Stadanrd T-3 pistols for the U. S. Ordnance Department. THis is serial number 4. Serial numbers 1, 2, and 3 are in teh Springfield Armory Museum.

My Olympic models display at the 2019 NRA annual meetings.

A scarce slant grip Victor A more common slant grip VIctor

There are about the same number of the total slant grip Victors and the total count of the Models of the MODEL 10-X. THere were 6 types of the slant grip Victors and 4 types of teh MODEL 10-X - 5 types if you count the single MODEL 10-X that was made in .22 short. A couple of the short barrel...

High Standard 30 cal. Carbine

A Model E

Here is a Connecticut 107 with the High Standard silhouette kit installed.

I am the person who, with Jim's daughter's permission, has preservred his webpages.

The original Ruger .22 pistol magazines used the magazine shell from a High Stadanrd magazine with a new bottom installed. Reference the Don Findley article in the Ruger Journal.

The Late Jim Barta's instructions for magazine adjsutment are for the later lip style magazines and are not related to the earlier finger style magazine. I have seen no equivalent guidance for the earlier finger magazines.

This is a finger style magazine Fron the era in question. There are variations.

The Riot models were made from about 1961 through February 1977. There are a lot of stories on the net and should be disregarded unless you know and trust the source. Quality degradation was basically a lower level of polish and choice of stock wood.