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High Standard


High Standard Manufacturing Company, Inc. is a Texas corporation with manufacturing facilities in Houston, Texas.

High-Standard manufactures .22 caliber target pistols and .45 caliber M1911 pistols.

In addition, High Standard recently purchased the rights to the defunt AMT line of semi-automatic pistols.

High Standard was originall formed in Connecticut in 1926. In 1993, High Standard Manufacturing Company, Inc. of Houston, Texas acquired the company assets and trademarks.

Articles on High Standard Guns

The High-Standard Model H-D Military

The High Standard H-D Military is one of the classic American .22 semi-automatic pistols, and it was very popular in its day. But it’s also one of the most misunderstood.

New High Standard G-Man .45 ACP

The Pistols that Wouldn’t Die

Raising the Standard

New Generation High Standard Autoloaders

High Standard Camp Perry

High Standard’s G Man 1911 Features Novel SFS System

Midrange: .223 Long Rifle Target Pistols: Beretta Vs. High Standard

.38 Supers: Pleasant-To-Shoot Power Packed Into 1911 Pistols

Full-Size Fighting 1911’s

King of the Rimfires

High Standard Patents

United States Patent 4,245,418: Magazine catch for firearms

United States Patent 4,173,090: Cylinder-locking device for revolvers