From Reader Mike S.:
“Bloody High Standard pistols require as much fiddling as a Jaguar with SU carburetors.”
Made me giggle, that did.
But he speaketh da troof. I once had a Supermatic Trophy, like this one:
…and it was absolute mustard. But it was like an Alfa Romeo: it was a dream to run, until it stopped working. Which was often.
I’d just had it tweaked by Richard The Gunsmith, and took it to the range to see if it worked. I set up in the lane, and was taking it out of the bag when another shooter came up to me.
“You wanna sell that High Power?”
“Not really.”
“I’ll give you $600, cash, right now.”
“You collect High Powers?”
“Uh-huh. And that’s the purtiest one I’ve seen in years.”
So we settled on $700, and I used the money to buy something else — memory fails as to what gun, exactly.
Looks wise that is a nice gun.
My personal .02 cents, which ain’t with much is – my top 3 guns in 22 LR are
1 – Ruger Single Six
2 – Smith & Wesson 617
3 – Ruger 10 / 22
The Smith & Wesson 15 22 and the Ruger Mark series are notable mentions.
Minimal issues with these 5 guns – and they just work.
I would also list the GP100 in 22 LR but those seem to be “unobtainium” and are unicorns to find. Wish I had picked one up when I had the chance years ago.