hi-standard usa model h-d

[ezlazyfish]

i have just came in contact with a hi-standard usa model h-d serial number 523xxx.with silencer,looks like it,s in great shape,i have fired it and it shoots great.could anyone tell me what year this gun was made.and what the going price is for one of these guns.thanks.

 

[wilkersk]

I believe it would have been made prior to 1950. If I can find my reference book, I might be able to narrow it down more. Those early serial numbers are not as easily traced as the later ones, beginning in 1950

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Neither of my books (James Spacek, or Tom Dance) have serial number or production info on pistols prior to 1950. The little bit of info I do have comes from Dance's book, "High Standard: A Collector's Guide to the Hamden and Hartford Target Pistols." It basically says the HD-Military and the USA HD Models were so popular, they were made in relatively large quantities for the time. They were spin-offs of the earlier D models, in that they had "exposed hammers". And, both were produced through the 1940's, even overlapping the later G model.

Just an aside, I'd use the "standard Velocity" ammo in those older models.

 

[ezlazyfish]

thanks for your help,i,ll keep looking.