High Standard Sport King

[Greasemonkey]

Yeah.. I'm still alive..and nothing has changed..still an addict A week or so ago, I ran across a High Standard Sport King for a killer price, with 2 magazines, which are by no means cheap from the manufacture. And the aftermarket magazines I found....just flat suck, I just don't have any other words to describe them. It shows some faint rust spots, but cleaned up very nicely for it's age, it was made in 1951. It also does a parlor trick not many .22 semiautos do.









Now the parlor trick. it totally comes apart.




And yup... I have another High Standard hidden as well I picked up a while ago, thats how I know about the magazines.. which these two pistols, the mags are interchangeable..WIN!!!.. and like the Colt Targetsman/Huntsman/Woodsman I have(there is an eerie resemblance too), I've found these old High Standards are some seriously sweet shooters too.

[Phosphorus32]

Nice!   

If having a sort of duplicate with pedestrian wood grips bothers you then I’d be willing to accept it. I’ll shoot it and keep it clean so it knows it’s loved 

[carls sks]

nice find, don't see any around here. thanks for sharing. 

[Greasemonkey]

Nice!   

If having a sort of duplicate with pedestrian wood grips bothers you then I’d be willing to accept it. I’ll shoot it and keep it clean so it knows it’s loved 

But... it's clean and loved here   besides, you would put your eye out with it..    the pedestrian wood, I don't mind at all. 

[Larry D.]

Nice.
I've had a couple over the years, and you're right about them being sweet shooters.

[Greasemonkey]

Carl Gustav Swebilius the Swedish designer of these guns and High Standard was a quite impressive guy with his designs and modifications. Some of his designs and other modifications,  I'd say as a gun designer, he is somewhere up there in the ranks with Thompson, Henry, Spencer, Garand, Johnson, even possibly John Browning and Colt, yet he is way under the radar when compared to the others..

History of Carl Gustav Swebilius and High Standard... http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1128

And I could find nothing tying why they resemble the Colt, but dang if they don't

[Phosphorus32]

Interesting information I didn’t know anything about Gustave Swebilius or the High Standard story. Always happy to learn about intelligent and inventive Swedes 

[Larry D.]

Carl Gustav Swebilius the Swedish designer of these guns and High Standard was a quite impressive guy with his designs and modifications. Some of his designs and other modifications,  I'd say as a gun designer, he is somewhere up there in the ranks with Thompson, Henry, Spencer, Garand, Johnson, even possibly John Browning and Colt, yet he is way under the radar when compared to the others..

History of Carl Gustav Swebilius and High Standard... http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1128

Wow!
Great article. I never knew any of that.

[astronut]

Nice buy and nice handgun!   

[Direct Connection]

Nice piece of surplus gm. 

[Bob_The_Student]

GM, nice looking piece there. I see them, but don't know anything about them. Now, I want one to see if they are "sweet shooters" as you say. Independent testing needs to occur, of course! I'm going to read that article about Gustav also appreciate the info and share.

[Greasemonkey]

GM, nice looking piece there. I see them, but don't know anything about them. Now, I want one to see if they are "sweet shooters" as you say. Independent testing needs to occur, of course! I'm going to read that article about Gustav also appreciate the info and share.

If they shoot anything like the two I have... you will not be disappointed. 

[Direct Connection]

What kind a draw time you experiencing ? Are you getting many holster sticks ? If so send it to me and ill fix that problem. Not just anyone has the experience of fixing these older milsurps. Send with confidence ! Ill take care of both of them for the price of one just for admins this week.. Halloween special

[Greasemonkey]

What kind a draw time you experiencing ? Are you getting many holster sticks ? If so send it to me and ill fix that problem. Not just anyone has the experience of fixing these older milsurps. Send with confidence ! Ill take care of both of them for the price of one just for admins this week.. Halloween special

Hummm   I cant send it and knowingly break Cali law... sadly there is no Proposition 65 sticker on either, and everyone knows.....lead can cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.