Need info on this Hi-Standard 22 pistol

[SmokeRolls]

Good friend has this Hi-Standard 22 LR pistol marked "Model 107 Military" on one side and "Supermatic Trophy" on the other. I believe it was his fathers. He is trying to find out more about it.
Whats it's history?
How many like this?
Value ?
I know this, it's beautiful and it's got all the bells and whistles.
The front and rear straps are textured.
It has a heavy target barrel.
Very nice adjustable rear sights
The grip is a great feeling target grip.
All the blueing is in good shape and it looks factory and not a re-do.
It does have a few nicks but looks like normal use
I would rate this pistol a 90% if I had to guess.
It has original box and all the factory paperwork that comes with it.
I'll get pics up and put more on here later.
Any help would be appreciated.
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[SmokeRolls]

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A couple pics up.
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[Ol' RD]

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That my fine friend is one heck of a tack driver. Your buddy is missing the barrel weight but other that I can tell you it was made in 68. My brothers got one, I learned to shoot a pistol with it. I don't know how many rounds I've put down it's tube an it's still a tack hammer to this day.

edited for fat fingers lol!

 

[Ol' RD]

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There is also an Olympic model 107.

 

[SmokeRolls]

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More pics up...
Thanks Robot Doc. That helps....
Any more people with info on this?
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[Ol' RD]

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Is the bottom of the mag red plastic and read High Standard?

 

[Ol' RD]

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I may send this link to my brother out in Colorado who has it. He can chime in an give more info. Is he willing to part with it?

 

[Ol' RD]

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the screw in the back above your thumb webbing is for the trigger.

 

[SmokeRolls]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Robot Doc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Is the bottom of the mag red plastic and read High Standard?
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Yep, it's red and says "Hi-Standard" on the bottom.... I took one of those pictures but have not uploaded it from my phone.
Will try to get it up.
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[Ol' RD]

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I've put thousands of rounds through one of those at the San Gabriel Valley Gun Club as a teenager. Brings back some memories just seeing it.

 

[Ol' RD]

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Taught my wife how to shoot with it also. She went from that to a Gold Cup.

 

[Ol' RD]

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There is a firm in Florida that makes suppressor barrels for them.

 

[Tucsondave]

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Here's one Circa 1973

 

[Ol' RD]

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Change the barrel out with just a push of the thumb.

 

[Ol' RD]

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That's nice Dave.

 

[SmokeRolls]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Robot Doc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">the screw in the back above your thumb webbing is for the trigger.</div></div>
interesting. Wish all pistols were this adjustable.
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[SmokeRolls]

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Very nice Dave.....Pretty little pistol there.
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[SmokeRolls]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tucsondave</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Here's one Circa 1973</div></div>
Is it a little challenging to pull the slide back with the scope in the way?....
I've got short sausages for fingers Dave, I don't know if I could reach over the scope to pull the slide back.... Hahahahaha
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[SmokeRolls]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Robot Doc</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Is he willing to part with it?
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I think thats why he's asking me to do some research.
I know he's looking for a good motocross bike.
He's from Cali but now lives in Ky near me and is wanting to get back into Hare scrambles and needs a capable motocross bike to compete...... He's sparking my interest as well, wouldn't be bad to get back into it if these old bones and extra tire tubes will let me.
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[SmokeRolls]

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More pics up
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[sinister]

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The High Standard M106 and M107 Trophy pistols are among the finest .22 caliber National Match pistols produced in the USA (the others being the Smith and Wesson 41 and 46). This is one of the originals made in Hamden, Connecticutt before the company moved to East Hartford. Quality started to decline and then the company folded. It was revived, but the quality again wasn't so good. The company re-organized, and current procudction high Standards are supposed to be nice -- but still nowhere as nice as the Hamden guns.

The .22 Short Trophy is the only US-made pistol to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

It's a solid-performing classic. I can't tell you how many rounds I've put through mine since I was 16.

A pistol in this good shape can fetch better than $700.

 

[SmokeRolls]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sinister</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The High Standard M106 and M107 Trophy pistols are among the finest .22 caliber National Match pistols produced in the USA (the others being the Smith and Wesson 41 and 46). This is one of the originals made in Hamden, Connecticutt before the company moved to East Hartford. Quality started to decline and then the company folded. It was revived, but the quality again wasn't so good. The company re-organized, and current procudction high Standards are supposed to be nice -- but still nowhere as nice as the Hamden guns.

The .22 Short Trophy is the only US-made pistol to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

It's a solid-performing classic. I can't tell you how many rounds I've put through mine since I was 16.

A pistol in this good shape can fetch better than $700.</div></div>
Thanks Sinister... Good info and a lot of it.
Thanks guys for helping, any more info, feel free to add.
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[Tucsondave]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TheSmokeRolls</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sinister</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The High Standard M106 and M107 Trophy pistols are among the finest .22 caliber National Match pistols produced in the USA (the others being the Smith and Wesson 41 and 46). This is one of the originals made in Hamden, Connecticutt before the company moved to East Hartford. Quality started to decline and then the company folded. It was revived, but the quality again wasn't so good. The company re-organized, and current procudction high Standards are supposed to be nice -- but still nowhere as nice as the Hamden guns.

The .22 Short Trophy is the only US-made pistol to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

It's a solid-performing classic. I can't tell you how many rounds I've put through mine since I was 16.

A pistol in this good shape can fetch better than $700.</div></div>
Thanks Sinister... Good info and a lot of it.
Thanks guys for helping, any more info, feel free to add.
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Mine was left to me by my cousin. He was a lefty and it came with the scope,rail, some rosewood lefty target grips,this bull barrel and the original barrel. Even with my small hands,its a pain to rack the slide. Its how it came,so I have left it as it is.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

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Mine's a Trophy II, which is essentially identical, except for a somewhat longer barrel, and as my pistol was one of the last made by the original HS, incorporated a socket head screw barrel attachment beneath the forward end of the receiver, instead of the push-button takedown feature.

I paid $450 for mine, well used but in good condition, sometime in the early 1990's. I have since put myriad bricks of ammo through it. Using a grip replacement scope mount and a dot scope, it will put an entire box of ammo into the 9 ring at 50ft, and managed this feat into just the ten ring on more than one occasion.

Instead of a barrel weight, mine came with a muzzle brake. This mounts using set screws bearing against the barrel's muzzle-end side indents. These brakes are fragile, and overtightening will result in a split screw track.

This handgun is sensitive to the magazine lips' configuration, and many aftermarket magazines need to be 'tuned' before they will feed reliably. I also managed to obtain an ISU match magazine, which is configured for shorts. This normally requires a lighter recoil spring, but I managed to get my gun to cycle and shoot well using Rem High Velocity Shorts.

Once, while disassembling for cleaning, the slide lock spring went to Neverneverland. I replaced it with a cut-down Bobby Pin. It never missed a step.

On a visit to the USMC Teams in the mid-1990 (when Msgt. Parker was Team Commander), their rimfire gun safe was filled with individuals' Supermatics, Victors, and Smith 41's.

Many rimfire handguns, in particular the Browning Buckmark line, appear to work very similarly. I think a short, heavier barreled version, like yours, and/or TucsonDave's provide the best combination of balance and accuracy, and there are also several Buckmarks whuch can fill this same bill. For my purposes, a Dot Scope appears ideal.

Greg

 

[gunnut284]

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Nice gun. Not sure on the current value but five years or so ago when I worked in a gun shop we would have sold that for at least $700 and it would have sold in a heartbeat. Around here there are (or were) quite a few collectors who wwould have jumped on something like that. I've had a few High Standards over the years and all shot very well. The only issues were some hard to find parts and good magazines were hard to find.

 

[SmokeRolls]

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Ok... He said he is going to sell this pistol. I guess he really wants to get a motocross bike after all.
Just a note, this pistol looks even better in person than the pictures are showing.
I'm moving it to the for sale section, if anyone may be interested, give me a shout.
Thanks for all the info to all who responded.
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