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High Standard Supermatic Citation
dfletcher
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I picked up an HS Supermatic Citation with the 8" "Space Gun barrel - no barrel weights and no muzzle no stabilizer. I know how to attach the stabilizer and will probably track one down, the barrel wights are a bit of a mystery to me - as in I know nothing. There are horizontal cuts on each barrel side and what I assume are adjustment "dimples" on the underside.
Not my gun, but shows the barrel and what I'd like to set up.
https://www.GunBroker.com/item/771594752
Numrich is usually a help but I couldn't figure out what to get. Anyone have any info or a website suggestion?
Not my gun, but shows the barrel and what I'd like to set up.
https://www.GunBroker.com/item/771594752
Numrich is usually a help but I couldn't figure out what to get. Anyone have any info or a website suggestion?
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The muzzle device is held by angled set screws into the notches on either side of the muzzle lump.
Me? I fiddled with all that stuff to see how it worked, then but shot it mostly with the bare barrel. Then I went to a bull barrel, then to a military grip bull barrel gun. I think the main purpose of all the add-ons is to have a complete rig for show and tell.
Hello I have a number of "space Guns"and as much as I hate to say so Flea bay is most likely to be the best chance of getting any of the correct barrel weights and they are costly
Near as I can tell, there's a left side and left side "wing" which, when bracketing the weight and a set screw turned down causes them to clamp into the cuts on each side of the barrel. The bottom of the weights are cut so as to hook into the brackets. Between that and the tension keeps them in place.
Numrich has the weights listed but out of stock, probably never to return. About $100.00 of that auction site. Ouch.
Thanks all for the help -
I don't think they JUST clamp on. Each weight is three pieces, a block of steel and two loose retaining plates. Get everything lined up with the plates in the barrel grooves and wrapped around the sides of the weight. Then turn the set screw in the weight into one of the divots in the bottom of the barrel. You can move weights from place to place, install one or both, to get the balance you want.
The muzzle device is held by angled set screws into the notches on either side of the muzzle lump.
Me? I fiddled with all that stuff to see how it worked, then but shot it mostly with the bare barrel. Then I went to a bull barrel, then to a military grip bull barrel gun. I think the main purpose of all the add-ons is to have a complete rig for show and tell.
True, the gun feels pretty good as is. Other than a bit of retention screw scarring at the muzzle it's pretty good as is.
The tall humped bottom weight is appropriate for the 102 series and very early 103 series. The tall flat bottom weight is appropriate for the later 103 and 104 series Supermatic Citations. The weights came in a very high polish for the Supermatic Trophy models and a highly polished version fro the Olympic Citations, Olympics and Supermatic Citations.
There was also a short flat bottom weight that was used on the later Olympic ISU Models.
The referenced picture is a cluster produced by High Standard Houston as a sales gimmick utilizing old Connecticut parts and new Houston parts. Those weights appear to be the tall humped bottom weights. The Connecticut 105 series design was not produced but the design was a slant grip gun like the 104 but with the bridge rear sight.