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HIGH STANDARD M-G, .380 CAL. (JOHN S. ?)
MIKE WISKEY
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I just picked this up at auction, a very nice High Standard model 'G' in .380 ser. # 1095. Other than a small spot of blueing wear just ahead of the 'cal.' marking I'd rate it at 95%. any info ?....thanks
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Strictly a collectors pistol nowadays. One that I owned years ago. Was very well made and reliable. I wish I kept it, valuable collectors piece nowadays.
John Stimpson will be around shortly. Giving you chapter and verse, about it.
Many of the high round count, .22 target pistols have cracked in this area. I don't have specific knowledge, of the .380's cracking? They might be beefier than the .22's? John Stimpson, would be able to give you the straight skinny.
Frame cracks are a know problem but with the growth of gun forums on the internet, the problem has been blown all out of proportion. People with no particular knowledge repeating and embellishing the story. The earliest model B which had no slide lock never the less experienced some frame cracking on the Type I-A and Type I-B take downs. The real uptick in frame cracking came with the introduction of the 102 series. The 103 and later designs reduced the cracking but did not eliminate it. There are a number of contributing factors as the hardness of the frame, where the frame measurements fall within the drawing tolerances, whether or not the gun's driving spring has been kept fresh, and the quantity and momentum of the ammunition having been fired. In any event the number of cracked frames is pretty small overall.
The Model G .380 came out of a number of prototype designs developed during the war. The ones in .38 Special did indeed develop cracked frames. The .38 Special and the .380 guns both had a buffer spring to help reduce the slide's impact on the frame stop lug.