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H-D military
tone59
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trying to date a high standard H-D military 22lr pistol.it has a 4 1-2 inch barrel and plastic franzite target grips.high standard est.the born on date to be 1943 but my book says production of this model did not begin until 1945.the ser# is 302xxx.can anyone help?
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EDIT #1, Here is a photo of a High Standard HD Military pistol. Compare it to the photo Mark posted of his HD USA.
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If it has the adjustable rear sight then it will be a post war pistol, as The Snowman previously indicated.
EDIT #1
This serial number is way too late for a war time training pistol. The only "H-D made in 1949 through 1951 was the MODEL H-D MILITARY which is what the original poster called it.
Below is a copy of an original factory records page from this time frame.
Note that one exception to the normal models is a post War model marked "MODEL H-D" like to pre war models but this post war pistol was made with fixed sights and came in both 4.50 and 6.75" barrel lengths and was nicely polished and blued. Almost certainly a transition gun made tyo get back into commercial business after the war using the whatever parts they could use including parts left over from the government contracts. These are very scarce with fewer than a dozen currently known.