found my High Standard holy grail

[kennedy]

50 years ago I bought a High Standard Marshal new in box from the local hardware store, $89, my first handgun, its the top one in the pic. I have put over 5k rds thru it and is my go to gun to kill rats around my chicken coop. I have been looking for another one for the last 30 yrs and found one today at a local gun show. First one I have seen for sale, they only made them a few years in the early 1970`s. The new one is on the bottom of the pic, note the front sight is backward and the medallions in the grips are different.

 

[Pat Riot]

Congratulations!

30 years is one heck of a wait. I’m glad you found another one.
I actually think it’s pretty cool that there are some subtle differences between them. It makes it unique.

 

[Savage30L]

I think it's the one on the top that has its front sight backwards.

 

[Riomouse911]

Cool find, I am glad you finally found one to fill that void.

I agree, the lower front sight seems to be backwards. It looks like some of the HS Sentinel revolvers had a sloped edge facing the shooter, but all of the images I looked at for the other SA guns made by HS had the vertical face to the rear like the top gun (Also like Colt Peacemakers and my Vaquero fixed-sight SA revolver.)

Maybe a worker was temporarily reassigned from the Sentinel line, who knows?

Stay safe.

 

[kennedy]

took a closer look, another difference is the first one has case hardened hammer and trigger while the newer one is blued

 

[eddiememphis]

Elmer Keith has a few paragraphs about it "Sixguns".

He says it is a "...good little gun".

 

[heyboy]

Very cool story and good post. Congrats, I bet you had a moment when you spotted the one at the gun show. Beautiful guns.

 

[Coyote3855]

I've always been interested in the HS Sentinel variations but never found one when I had the cash. I agree the lower gun seems to have the front sight backwards. Just looks odd to me.

 

[Speedo66]

Your new purchase seems to have a much smaller turn line, so less use perhaps.

Good luck with your new gun!