

When Hi Standard first started producing pistols, the first model they came out with was the model B. The little button on top of the slide is VERY important!

High Standard HSA-15 5.56 NATO/.223 Rem Rifles & Carbines ( AR-15 style rifles).Arcadia Machine & Tool (AMT) - Acquired in 2001.The first shipments of Houston manufactured pistols began in March 1994.

These original assets were transferred from Connecticut to Houston, Texas in July 1993. In the spring of 1993, High Standard of Houston, Texas acquired the company assets and trademarks, as well as the. In 1990, American Derringer would obtain the rights to the High Standard Derringer design. 22 Target pistols, the Crusader line and the High Standard name and trademarks. Gordon Elliott, who had been the National Parts Distributor, purchased: the. In December 1984, its assets were auctioned. In 1978, Clem Confessore, company president, led a management buyout of High Standard from Leisure Group. The company then relocated to East Hartford in 1976. A turbulent period followed, due to the passage of Gun Control Act of 1968. In 1968, the company was acquired by the Leisure Group. 22 Magnum and were available in blued, nickel, silver, and gold plated finishes. These double-barrel derringers were chambered for. Introduced in 1962, the High Standard D-100 and the later D-101 & DM-101 are hammerless, double-action derringers with half-trigger-guards and break actions. An example of the pistol can be seen at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York. Lovell, the company also developed a silent, flashless pistol for use by OSS agents behind enemy lines. At the request of Office of Strategic Services Deputy Director for Research and Development Stanley P. 22 caliber pistols for basic pistol training and familiarization to the armed forces. 22 caliber pistols.ĭuring World War II, the company supplied. In 1932, the company, headed by Carl Gustav Swebilius, purchased the Hartford Arms and Equipment Company and began making.
