High Standard "MILITARY" THE VICTOR Target Pistol found

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High Standard target pistols are like a fine Swiss watch .
They don't make em like that anymore !
Here's my Supermatic Trophy , One level above the Victor but both are premium pistols
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I have a later, cheaper version, same configuration, same clip but the barrel is held on with a machine screw instead of a plunger. It has fixed sights, and on most days, it prints the tighest groups at our club; outperforming very expensive new stuff. I bought it lightly used in the late '70s for $75.00. I will never part with it.
 
#1bcshooter said:
High Standard target pistols are like a fine Swiss watch .
They don't make em like that anymore !
Here's my Supermatic Trophy , One level above the Victor but both are premium pistols
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I have the model 107 military. It looks identical to yours! Absolutely love it! It shoots far better than I do.
 
hunterhenderson said:
In its original box with bill of sale and paperwork from 1976. A1 condition with two magazines and the barrel weight , almost no use since new, I received it from the original owner , amazing considering its 42 years old!!

does anyone know anything about them?
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That's a very sweet Victor HH.

Your pistol was manufactured at the Hamden, CT factory in early-mid 1975. Box shows that it came out as a model 9217, a vented top rib made of aluminum (steel ribs were discontinued before 1974). Yours has the solid aluminum type 1 rib which I suspect was either; 1- a replacement from a previous owner or 2- a miss labeled box with a different model since the serial is matching on both box and pistol. The actual model of this pistol is 9211 and it was also manufactured in the same time frame with the same range of serial numbers so # 2 is very plausible.

Great pistol you have there, congrats.
 
#1bcshooter said:
High Standard target pistols are like a fine Swiss watch .
They don't make em like that anymore !
Here's my Supermatic Trophy , One level above the Victor but both are premium pistols
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The Trophy was actually one level below the Victor.

Here's the actual ranking of HS Supermatic pistol lineup from cheapest to most expensive:

1- Duramatic
2- Sport King
3- Field King
4- Tournament & later Sharpshooter
5- Citation
6- Trophy & Olympics versions
7- Victor
8- 10X in all various models; Citation, Trophy and Victor.

Supermatic Citation and Trophy were identical except for quality of blue and the gold trigger, mag release and safety on the upscale Trophy. The Citation had a less polished blue finish and nickle trigger, mag release and safety.
 
In the last ~20 years I've owned or shot a lot of HS Supermatics in various versions, about half of them were Victors from both Hamden and East Harford factories, I always found the Hamden made guns a bit more refined but not necessarily more accurate.

The most consistently accurate were the Victors due to the Bomar style type rib and sight mount that offer a better picture and thus improve the accuracy. From a vise, I'm pretty sure that all versions are nearly equal accuracy wise.

I sold my last Victor ~10 yrs ago since I found my 1967 S&W Model 41 just has accurate and the M41, it was also more reliable with various brands of std. vel ammo and didn't need the go* **** magazine tuning. A common issue with all HS magazines, when lips get out of specs, even slightly, feeding problems arise.

I've stumbled across one of the very last Hamden made Victor about a year ago and bought it. When the time came to shoot it along with my M41 I was astounded, the Victor out shot the M41. It's probably just has accurate as the 10x version, I've never shot such an accurate .22 pistol. My Pardinis and Hammerli 208's can't touch this particular pistol.

Definitely a very sweet pistol.

Slow fire, off hand @ 25 meters measured.

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Jeez Bus ! Great find with box & paperwork! Beautiful condition!
Owned my HS TROPHY for 28 years -- have never let me down. Am sure that this Victor wont either.
Congratulations!!!
 
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Three great target pistols; Hammerli Model 208, Smith & Wesson Model 41 and High Standard Victor.
I have acquired all of these over the years and will not give them up for any reason; other than dying.
Then bequeathed to a person who enjoys fine firearms.
 
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