Another old Standard Model

by Sarge, Saturday, June 09, 2012, 20:08 (4339 days ago)

This is a 'shoebox gun' I picked up from a kid who'd taken it apart and couldn't get the mag catch back in. I've bought a few of these over the years, giving as little as $15 for them back in the 80's. Counting inflation, this one wasn't much different. I probably wouldn't have purchased this but the price was right and I needed a .22 auto 'loaner' for CCW students.

The pistol was made in '74 and it's had a hard life... dings all over it, hammer dents around the takedown latch, the lower frame is sprung a little at the rear and somebody filed too much off the front sight.

I fixed the mag catch & cleaned the trigger up a little. It seems to group 'just OK' but I don't shoot well holding way under the bull'. It did run perfectly with a couple hundred rounds of Federal 36 grain bulk HP, from both magazines that came with it.

It's a testament to the design and durability of these guns, that they can suffer 40+ years of abuse and still run and shoot OK.