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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Washington High Standard Displays

Photos from the Washington display show.  Jerry Watson emailed me some photos to post to our blog.  Jerry is doing an outstanding job promoting the HSCA in the Northwest!  Enjoy the photos and Happy Holidays! - Stefan Cohn










Monday, November 20, 2017

HSCA Annual Meeting and Exhibits - Nov. 11 and 12, at Tulsa,OK

 
 
The High Standard Collectors' Association held their annual meeting in conjunction with the Wanenmacher Gun Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 11th and 12th, 2017.  The meeting was attended by many members, and a good time was had by all.  Several members had displays of High Standard firearms with a nice variety of types and eras represented.  The HSCA had more displays at the show than any other collector group or individual collectors.  It was a good representation of our association.
Group Photo
 
Back row left to right: John Hanks, Don Trenkamp, Steve Schrott, John Stimson, John Brewer, Sheila Cook and Boyce, Doran Houk and Vicki, Dave Lehman, Russ Gray, Dan Rathgeber, Warren Joyce, Tom Bolander.

Front row left to right:  Mike Reinke, Ben Cooter, Jon Miller, John Carter, Ken Rabeneck, Jerry Watson, Wayne Davis, Jim Gray, Bob Snider, Tom Horner.
Attendees not in photo:  Bob and Bonnie Merrill, Marvin Teten, Bill Elliott, Gordon Newsom, Charles Tingley.
 Tom Bolander, club photographer, provided photos.
Here are photos of the exhibits at the show, and other activities.
Click on the photos to see them in larger size.
Jon Miller's display of Crusader revolvers,
experimentals, prototypes, and commemoratives.
Doran Houk's display of pistols
John Hank's display of early pistols.
Tom Horner's pistols
Ken Rabeneck's electroless nickel plated
pistols and electroplated revolvers.
Dan Rathgeber's early pistols.
Jim Gray's exhibits of pistols and his
wonderful neon sign.
 
Winners of awards from the NRA.
Jon Miller, Dan Rathgeber, and Doran Houk.
Board meeting time.
Jim Gray also had a sales table.
Kimberly Schillinger,
Vice President of Operations,
High Standard Mfg. Co.
Jon Miller showing prototype revolvers. 
The .44 magnum on the right is marked
VALKYRIE, but the .357 magnum
on the left is not marked with a model name.
This model of revolvers was renamed
CRUSADER before production began.
 
Jon Miller receiving award at the annual dinner.
Ken Rabeneck receiving awards from Jim Gray, HSCA President.