High Standard "The Marshal"

High Standard-Double Nines

Taxidermist,
I should have stated this in my first post...

My gun looks just like yours in those pictures both shape and color-wise, but the grips are smooth, no texturing, and the medallions are silver and black, not bronze or gold. The barrel is 5 1/2 inches long.

My dad always called it a Saturday Night Special when I was growing up. I took it to the local outdoor range (Ben Avery) in Phoenix and talked to a couple of experienced people there, and they assured me that's it's no low quality CHEAP gun. More of a middle range type revolver. I really like mine, though it happens to be the only handgun I've ever owned. (so far) :)

The medallions look like the ones on the curved black grips. Hope this works
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Another of those guns I just drooled over the pictures of in the Shooters Bibles back in the day when I wanted a handgun, but had no money at all.

Good find. Well worth what you paid for it I'd say.
 
Taxidermist,
I got a quick response from John Stinson Jr at histandardinfo.com, about my Revelation Model 76. It was said to be shipped in December of 1970, and I was told that Marshalls are slightly later.

I'm gonna end up with a big collection of these revolvers and probably some Ruger single actions.... :)
 
Yup, buying guns does turn into a habit after awhile. Then when you have a son who likes them you have to buy more because he keeps taking them on you. LOL

John
 
CCI Stinger .22LR in Double Nines

Just a quick note...

I shot 50 rounds of CCI Stingers in my Double Nine, they shoot fine, but every one of them had to be extracted one at a time with my fingernail. They're a real tight fit in the chamber. I pushed on the extractor rod several times but none of the nine cartridges would budge. :(
 
A bit off note

Year or so ago I got a high standard double 9, I believe a 5.5" barrel, although it looks shorter. At the show it seemed fine.. everything locked up tight, did the std. revolver test to see if it was OK, I just wanted a .22 revolver to practice with, and I didn't have the cash for the guy with the mint K-22 for sale.

Anyway, I was happy with the purchase, although I paid too much. When I went to fire it, turns out..
It will fire either every couple of pulls, more often single action than double action, but either way, it does not fire each time.

Had a gunsmith look at it real quick, no charge, he told me the mainspring was probably dead.

I'm not gunsmith, I took off the grips and looked at the spring, and said "Darn, if I tried to replace that, I'd have a bucket of parts instead of a gun."

I took off the grips, removed the rear handle/trigger assembly screw, and pushed out the pin for the front of the trigger assembly. I don't think any parts flew away while I was doing it.

I am going to clean it up as best as I can.

But I don't think that is the problem.

Can I even get a new mainspring for this?

It is a W104 HS Double Nine, SN I don't know off the top of my head.
It is with the non-steel frame, wood grips, brass finished trigger guard and backstrap, but the those parts are kind of worn and show regular metal underneath.

Any suggestions?
I tried everything from remington thunderbolts (or whatever they are) to Federal Bulk .22's, to a couple varied .22 ammo, to CCI mini mag, and other CCI .22.

Same problem- pull it, sometimes it goes bang, sometimes it does not.

Right now I have the gun in two parts, "frame" with trigger group (and hopefully all the parts) and the barrel/cylinder. I took them apart to clean them as well as possible given that the gun is older, blued, and while the barrel internals look OK, it is not 100%.

I was, obviously, sort of unhappy, since I could have walked away with an RG .22 (learning to shoot revolvers, and k-22 masterpiece is just too much for me, though the one I saw was near perfect- what a gun) for almost half the price, but I've always heard of RG as the "sat night special" version of a .22lr revolver, although I am not sure how a non-steel frame High Standard is that different.

Not knocking High standards, just commenting.
if I clean it up as well as possible and can't get it to shoot each round, do you all think it is a mainspring issue?
The spring itself looks ok- it has that typical aluminum looking oxidation of, say, car engine bay parts, but does not look bad.

If you swing the cylinder out and pull the trigger, it feels as though it hits hard enough to set off most any .22

Suggestions?

Thanks
Matt
 
Looking For Parts

I Have A Revelation Model 76. I Am Looking To Replace The Site On It Can Someone Tell Me Where I Could Find Them.

Bb_wolfe
 
I have one of those. It was my very first handgun. My dad had the Double Nine. He left it to my brother in his will.

Daddy and I spent a lot of time out shooting those two revolvers. We made some great memories that will last for years and years to come. :)

I have had my "Marshal" for over 30 years and it will be left to one of my kids when I step into eternity.


I think that you got yourself a winner!
 
The Marshal

I bought a High Standard - "The Marshal" new in the early '70s and I still have it. It looks exactly like the one pictured above. I've only shot a few boxes of ammo through it, but I've always enjoyed just having it around. It still looks as new as the day I got it. I was doing some checking around and I saw prices all over the ballpark for them, but in great condition they now (I realize this thread is very old) seem to be in the $400 range. That's amazing given what I paid for it back then. Well, it's going to stay in my gun safe for as long as I'm around. It is the first handgun I ever owned. :)
 
Welcome to the forum, Prof49. I had a double nine many moons ago and it was a good fishing companion. BTW, it's considered bad form to resurrect a thread from the ancient past but feel free to start a new one whenever you please.
 
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