High Standard "The Marshal"

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I just picked this old 9 shot .22LR up today. It's a High Standard. The grips are plastic. I paid $100.00 for it. I did put 18 rounds through it before I bought it. It is good and tight and all seems to work well. If it's not worth 100 bucks that's ok because I like it but I am curious to it's value. I'm not too good with a camera so this is the best I can do with my cheap wal-mart digital.

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Those aren't bad pictures, if it shoots and you like it guess it's worth the price. It's your money and it will probably make a good plinker.
 
Taxidermist

High Standard made a number of DA Western styled .22 revolvers years ago, some of them as dual cylinder .22LR/.22Mag convertibles. They had varying barrel lengths, blued or nickel finishes, and one or two models had birdshead shaped grips. Model names were: Double Nine, Long Horn, Sierra, Durango, Hombre, and Natchez. I believe your gun is the Double Nine model. Prices back in the early '70s were from $57.95 to $92.50. So for $100, I think you did great on a decent .22 revolver.
 
ok sounds good. I couldn't find any info on this one. The model is "The Marshal". I like the swing out cylinder. I don't know why it is so much quieter than my other .22 revolvers but it is very noticeably quieter than my other .22's. I thought it should be made well. I bought a high standard supermatic citation about 30 years ago and that has always been a fine working pistol.

John
 
There it is...

Ah, good memories. I haven't seen one of those since I owned one back in the 70's. I even had the cowboy holster. Gave it away to a buddy. The stupid "give aways" we gun owners do that come back to haunt us.
 
Taxidermist

That's an interesting variation, as I didn't notice that it didn't have the dummy ejector rod housing. There was also another one like yours, only it had a shorter 3 1/2" barrel and was called the Posse. And I think the Hombre was also similar, but had a 4 1/2" barrel. Some models had steel frames while others had aluminum; one model, the Durango, had a brass plated grip frame. Really nice .22s from another age.
 
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Thanks. You are a wealth of information. This is such a great site. I was going to do some shooting before dark but I had to plow the driveway instead. Can't wait till spring. I'm sick of snow.

John
 
High Standard just was'nt a catch phrase.

That company put out affordable high quality pistols.

Congratulations,you bought an excellent revolver that should give you a long lifetime of use.
 
Yeah, those High Standard wheelguns are highly under-rated. Most are very good guns, mechanically first-rate. They did cheesy grips and minimalistic finishes sometimes to cut costs but the metallurgy and fit were almost on par with S&W, and in many cases ran neck'n'neck.

The designs were good too - a lot of "crane lockup" much like Charter Arms, transfer bar safeties, all good stuff. One thing lacking in most was the ability to unlatch the cylinder from the rear - you had to grab the ejector rod and pull forward. But that's OK - slowed reload just a hair, but it's a more solid lockup system than the S&W or Colt methods.

Ruger and Charter DAs lock up at both the crane and rear same as H&R, but they have rear switches that interlink forward to the crane. In the Charters you had the option of doing the H&R-type drill of "pull the ejector forward" until they started shrouding the ejector rods.
 
I previuosly owned 4 different High Standard revolvers. Two Sentinals (one was a S. Deluxe) & two Double Nines. They were all excellent shooters except one of the Double Nines had a loose rear site. Mine were alloy frame versions. I'm aware that steel frames were made but have never actually seen one. I paid $100 or less for each, but that was many years back.

I horse traded them all away and kind of regret letting my first Sentinal Deluxe go. It went towards a New Frontier Scout though so I know I did ok value wise. It was good for one ragged hole after a smith tinkered with the forcing cone. He also filed in an extra "click" Colt style at no charge.

I'd like to find the High Sierra version. It's a western style with an octagonal barrel. If anybody has one for sale or trade please PM me.
 
I took it out today to do some shooting. Up here in the north I just went back in on an old logging road that has been plowed and shot at a snowbank. Once you shoot the snowbank you now have a target/hole to shoot at. Works good and no replacing targets. Just move a foot to the left or right and shoot a new hole and your ready for a few more rounds. The gun shoots really well. Looks like it will be another one my son will get some day. I just hope not too soon. :)

John
 
I have picked up a number of the HS revolvers over the years. A pair of the MK whatever .22 mags (3 and 4"), and 2, 4, and 6" Sentinals (the 4/6 marked JC Higgins for Sears).

I resently bought a Double 9 and have a Marshal coming. With the price of CF ammo going up, the .22LR will probably become my range round of choice. I have always found the HS guns to be of good quality although the triggers were a bit heavy.
 
Here Is What The 27th "Blue Book" Says-

"The Marshal" by High Standard

.22 S, L, or LR SA or DA, 9-shot blue finish, aluminum frame, with fixed
sights, 5-1/2" barrel, square butt with stag style plastic grips.

!00%-gun alone = $210, 98% = $185, 90% = $160, etc.

*If, the box, doc's, and accessories (?) are present and in excellent
condition; add $50. Catalog number 9330, made between 1971-1973.

** Offered in a special promotion package with a holster, trigger lock,
and a spray can of G-96 Gun Scrubber.
 
Yup the DA is pretty heavy but the SA is pretty good. I just thought it was a nice looking old gun so I grabbed it. I'm sure it will get used quite a bit this summer. Sure hope that gets here soon. I am really sick of the snow.

John
 
High Standard-Double Nines

Hello Taxidermist,

This is my first post here. A late response, but I just found your post.

I happen to be doing some research on my own western style .22 revolver which was manufactured by High Standard but stamped with Western Auto. This was my grandfather's, my father's, and now mine.

It's says Western Auto Supply Co. USA H.S. 160-00 .22 CAL. on the right side of the barrel and Revelation Model "76" on the left side of the barrel. Double Action 9 shot .22LR. It's serial # is in the 2 million 36 thousand range. It's a dark blue/black color with yellowed-white, plastic ivory grips that have silver and black medallions that seem to have a picture of a cactus and longhorn on them.

I've been digging around online for everything I can find on it, and it's hard to pin down any precise info from all the similar models.

Does your gun actually say "Marshall" on it?
I thought mine MIGHT be a Marshall because of the ivory grips and silver medallions listed in a parts manual. I also thought it could be a "Longhorn" model because of the tiny picture of the longhorn on the medallion, but the parts manual doesn't seem to offer that color of medallion on the "Longhorn" models. Hmmmm. They're all very similar.

I found this link from another discussion of High Standard Double Nines. A great resource with owner's manuals!!

http://www.histandard.info/

http://www.histandard.info/manuals/hwrevolvers/

Good Luck!
 
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