Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Thoughts on Hi Standard Sport-King (long and short barrels)

Not sure. Probably a low profile red dot to keep it simple. Maybe a cheap pistol scope.

Let us know what you end up with.

Pictures.

DF

be back with them in a month or three when i've ocd' my options down to what I want and spend 2 months shopping.

I am pretty sure the magazine IS the feeding issue with High Standard pistols. They don't have a feeding ramp and depend on the mag lips to position the top cartridge to enter the chamber as the slide strips it from the top of the stack. I have worked with my dad's Dura Matic with feeding issues. The original mag is an aluminum color and somebody pinched it (stepped on it?) about an inch below the top, so it will hold and feed maybe 3 rounds but binds any rounds below that. It has Hi Standard stamped into the floor plate, by the way. I bought several (Triple K?) aftermarket mags in a batch and somebody directed me to an online site that has correct mag lip width dimensions, so I experimented with one of those mags, using calipers and a small pair of long-nose "ViseGrip" type locking pliers (adjustable with the big screw on one leg of the pliers). Sure enough, those lips measured wider than the specs called for, so I carefully squeezed the top of the mag body and then the lips until they were the correct distances apart. I was able to improve the feeding but not to perfection. One of these days, I may see if I can get an original Hi Standard mag to see if that works any better. I have heard that somebody makes a tool that will expand a magazine body to maybe fix a narrowed mag, but I don't know where to find that tool or someone who has such a tool.

My gun isn't a really valuable item, so not worth spending lots of gunsmithing money on, but it was one of my Dad's guns and in maybe 98% condition. If I can get it sorted, it may be worth passing along to a son/grandson some day.

There’s info on line about those mags. Mine all work fine and are OEM.

There were some names mentioned, experts on the subject.

Google it.

DF

The HS Sport King are very accurate I had the front pushbutton 4" High Standard great pistol and accurate!

Thanks, Dirtfarmer. I am finding lots of aftermarket mags online today, but no OEM. I'll keep looking.

Superb pistols..

Sadly, the barrel I ordered from numrich did not fit, despite saying it would. It seems like the stem and ball are to large and wont engage with the slotted plunger. So, I guess I have to return it and try another one and see if it works?

Or, from what info I read online, find a machinist to turn down the ball?

I checked over it with a digital micrometer, there's a significant measurement difference between the two barrels that came with it, and the one i ordered from numrich. it's about 0.01~ taller, and my measurements are saying the ball and shaft are both smaller on the new one - it does not at all want to engage with the plunger mechanism.

I'll leave a note for my gunsmith and see what he's worked on them and might know what's up - but I'm not to hopeful on getting this barrel to work.

Im still at a loss on to what red dot to put on this.

Everything worth a damn costs more than the pistol.

Also, there's all of like 2 red dots that are 1MOA.

I have a couple of cheap ADE dots on rimfires. The more I use them, the more I like them.....

The Sport King was a lower end of the Hi Standard line, but not the lowest. Any Sport King in nice shape will out shoot a lot of the current .22 semiauto pistols offered, and do so long after newer ones are worn out. Extremely well made, and accurate pistols.

and sharp

Got it back from the gunsmith getting threaded and fitted.

put on a high gloss japanese simmons, and a Sparrows