Seller's remorse of a Hi Standard pistol

[jg rider]

Ok,I'm stating to have seller's remorse. I have a buyer for this Hartford Hi Standard Victor. If I didn't already have a deposit I'd probably back out of the deal. The wife likes shooting it, but doesn't like working the slide because the rear sight cuts her fingers when pulling back, me too. It has a 4 1/2" and a 5 1/2 " barrels. It's the most accurate commercial .22 I've ever shot from a rest or off hand. I've owned a slab barreled Colt, generation 2 Woodsman, I think it was the nicest looking of all the .22s. It couldn't come close in accuracy to the Hi Standard so I sold it. Then I had a S&W mod.41, came close, but I didn't like the grip angle, so I sold it also.

[jocko]

super hi standard. IMO they made the best back then, their supermatictrophy was one of a kind. damn haven't seen one of those hi standards in years and two barresl is a real nice combo. I understand the sight/slide thing to. but these guns were super accurate due to sight and barrell allbeing one. nice gun, thanks for letting me view it.

[Bawanna]

I'd be remorseful too. That looks like a beauty.

[TucsonMTB]

Ok,I'm stating to have seller's remorse.

So . . . you want us to gang up you and make you feel even worse?!

Come on. That's silly. You had some good reasons for agreeing to the sale. Review them and then move on to the next fun pistol in your life. We can't keep everything. Eventually our stuff owns us, rather than the other way around.

Trust me on that!

[Scoundrel]

I'm sure you could smooth the edges of the sight so it didn't cut you anymore.

I'll bet if you were super polite to the prospective buyer, explained yourself, apologized, and gave them $20 for their trouble, you could back out with no hard feelings. $20 is cheap for learning that you really did want to keep something after all.

I once bought a set of leather car seats for about $200 from a Craigslist ad. Went and picked them up. Got them home and inside the garage, and noticed that they stank REALLY BAD. When I picked them up, it was cold, and they were outside, so I did not detect the smell. In the warm garage with no wind, they were nasty.

I called the guy up, explained myself, and asked politely if I could return them. He agreed, and when I got there and he gave the money back, I peeled off $20 and gave it back to him for his trouble. He appreciated it. I was glad to be rid of the seats and the $20 to do it guilt-free was a deal.

It didn't cost him anything to re-post the ad, and it won't cost your prospective buyer anything to keep looking.

[Scoundrel]

Didn't see TucsonMTB's answer before I gave mine - probably gave it while I was typing.

So now you have good rationalizations/plans for whichever way you want to go.

[Scoundrel]

Ok,I'm stating to have seller's remorse. I have a buyer for this Hartford Hi Standard Victor. If I didn't already have a deposit I'd probably back out of the deal. The wife likes shooting it, but doesn't like working the slide because the rear sight cuts her fingers when pulling back, me too. It has a 4 1/2" and a 5 1/2 " barrels. It's the most accurate commercial .22 I've ever shot from a rest or off hand. I've owned a slab barreled Colt, generation 2 Woodsman, I think it was the nicest looking of all the .22s. It couldn't come close in accuracy to the Hi Standard so I sold it. Then I had a S&W mod.41, came close, but I didn't like the grip angle, so I sold it also.

Ya know, the dimensions, barrel lengths, grip angle, size, and all of that looks very similar to a Ruger MK III 22/45 Target.
The regular MK III Target looks like it has a smaller grip, which your wife might like better.
http://www.ruger.com/products/2245Target/models.html
http://www.ruger.com/products/markIIITarget/models.html

Of course, with the Ruger, you'll pinch yourself with the bolt. Everyone does a couple of times until they learn to watch out for it.

Might be a suitable replacement, if you need something along those lines.

MK III 22/45 Target:


Hi Standard:


Regular MK III Target:

[TucsonMTB]

Ya know, the dimensions, barrel lengths, grip angle, size, and all of that looks very similar to a Ruger MK III 22/45 Target.
The regular MK III Target looks like it has a smaller grip, which your wife might like better. . . .

Ya know, Mr. Scoundrel, if you continue being this helpful and thoughtful, you might want to change your screen name to match your image. I know, what would be the fun in that!?

Great suggestion . . . as one might have expected from an experienced guy like yourself.

[jg rider]

super hi standard. IMO they made the best back then, their supermatictrophy was one of a kind. damn haven't seen one of those hi standards in years and two barresl is a real nice combo. I understand the sight/slide thing to. but these guns were super accurate due to sight and barrell allbeing one. nice gun, thanks for letting me view it.

You would have really liked when it was a four barrel set, 5 1/2" barrel, internally threaded at the muzzle with a threaded adapter for a can, a 16 1/4" barrel with a butt stock attached to make it BATF legal

So . . . you want us to gang up you and make you feel even worse?!

Come on. That's silly. You had some good reasons for agreeing to the sale. Review them and then move on to the next fun pistol in your life. We can't keep everything. Eventually our stuff owns us, rather than the other way around.

Trust me on that!

You know if I change my mind I will feel like it owns me. When the money comes, I'm sure I'll feel better about it. It will just end up being a safe queen again if I keep it. The interest in it really went away after I sold the conversation pieces for it.

I'm sure you could smooth the edges of the sight so it didn't cut you anymore.

The problem is the sight blade is super wider than the slide. It wouldn't look right. Also the small amount of cocking serration at the rear of the slide made it really hard to grasp. The ones in the front were useless

Ya know, the dimensions, barrel lengths, grip angle, size, and all of that looks very similar to a Ruger MK III 22/45 Target.
The regular MK III Target looks like it has a smaller grip, which your wife might

Of course, with the Ruger, you'll pinch yourself with the bolt. Everyone does a couple of times until they learn to watch out for it.

Might be a suitable replacement, if you need something along those lines.

Yes the grip angles are the same, like a flat mainspring housing 1911. But the Ruger grip is much thinner side to side. I read that people have d&t the panels for 1911 grip bushings and installed 1911 grips.

She has enough .22 toys of her own to play with

Glock A.A. conversion w/ modified 13 rnd mag


Colt Ace that I have visitation rights to





You know! After this little talk I'm starting to feel better.
Thanks folks, John

[lowroad]

It's just steel, try not to get sentimental about em.

[jg rider]

[QUOTE=Scoundrel;150606]Ya know, the dimensions, barrel lengths, grip angle, size, and all of that looks very similar to a Ruger MK III 22/45 Target.
The regular MK III Target looks like it has a smaller grip, which your wife might like better.
http://www.ruger.com/products/2245Target/models.html
http://www.ruger.com/products/markIIITarget/models.html

Of course, with the Ruger, you'll pinch yourself with the bolt. Everyone does a couple of times until they learn to watch out for it.

Might be a suitable replacement, if you need something along those lines.
/QUOTE]

I do like the looks of this one. Too bad it's a polymer frame. I could buy three of those. I would remove the sights, mount a small Burris, or or J.P. rifle red dot sight. I think a C-More would make it a little to muzzle heavy. I would like to checker the front and back strap, But with my now poor eyesight I'd be afraid I'd mess it up. I'd probably stipple it

http://www.ruger.com/products/2245Ta...ets/10140.html

I think for now I'll stick with this one.



Wife wants to use the money to help pay the property tax.
Some people's priorities ! Who can figure women.

[RedRyder]

Oh this brings back memories for me. I had a Victor that I absolutely loved. Not shooting competition anymore, I sold both the Victor and a Smith mod 41 and I've had remorse ever since. If I could have only kept one, it would have been the Victor. Now I have neither and even though still not shooting competition anymore, I sure wish I had it just for plinking.

[340pd]

Go for the Ruger MK of any model that your wife likes. Get a Volquartsen trigger kit and you will have a very fine replacement for your High Standard. I have a Hunter MKIII that I converted to a MKII and a MKII 22/45. Both have the trigger kits and are as accurate as my old Hammerli SP 20 or 280's Easy do it yourself install. These guys will help.
http://guntalk-online.com/service.html
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/index.php?

[jg rider]

It's gone

[CJB]

Second gun I ever owned was a Victor... I miss it too.

It had its few failings - sometimes stovepipes, sometimes weird feeding. Was a little ammo sensitive.

Trigger crisp as any, cannot be improved - and fully adjustable for letoff and overtravel.

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The only thing I've ever seen that comes close are heavily reworked Ruger MkI or MkII's, or Browning Medallists, or Kart conversions on the 1911 (the latter being long out of production).

The Tactical Solutions conversion - all steel btw - is very very good. I'm still working on my bullseye .22 with that as its top end. Since the moving mass is very low, you can get a crisp 2.5lb trigger on the 1911 with no doubling or following... it may yet be a "one hole gun" at 25 yards.