Taking photos of stainless steel or nickel plated guns

I was taking some photos today of a couple of stainless steel pistols, and I need some advice on how to obtain good photos without glaring hot spots on the metal. 

Where's the 22 Ammo?

Please feed me!

Most of us collect High Standard .22s.  What I want to know, after several years of ammo shortages, why can't I get standard velocity .22 cartridges?  I can understand that the manufactures may have not been able to keep up with the hording at first, but years have gone by and I still have trouble finding standard velocity cartridges.  What is the problem?

Burned Citation

I am attaching a photo of the Citation that I rebuilt after it was burned in our vacation home.  This is from the article I wrote for the last HSCA newsletter.  I think the color photo is pretty interesting, so I hope you like seeing it.  I have also added a photo of the pistol after rebuilding it. 

High Standard Fakes

I am planning to write an article concerning faking of the more expensive High Standard pistols (i.e., slant grip Victor, and 10-X pistols).  If you have any information or tips on things to look for when inspecting potential purchases, please comment.  I will collect these and see if I can write the article so that it may be of help to purchasers.
Thanks,
Wayne

.22 standard velocity ammo

Hi Tom,
In order to comment on the post you drafted today, the post needs to be published using the publish button on the top right side of the page.  I am not sure if you were still planning to add more information.

In any case, Palmetto State Armory has CCI SV .22 for $45 per brick with no limit.  Shipping is about $15 for 4 bricks.  This is more expensive than a few years ago before the shortage, but it is available.  Natchez Shooters Supply has 50 rd. boxes for a little less, but a limit of 10 boxes per day, so the shipping will probably exceed the price/ round from Palmetto State.

Sport King

Here is a photo of the Sport King pistol I obtained this week.  It is an electroless nickel model.  These were made in the last years of High Standard production. 

The pistol was shipped in a plain white box with a Sport King specific label.  The packer wrote EN for electroless nickel on the label and marked the model number in ink. 

Included in the box was a hang tag, instruction sheet, and warranty sheet. 

My First Hi Standard, a Model B

Here's a picture of my first Hi Standard, a Model B. I bought it with a number of parts missing, including the grips. I made the grips on it out of some nice walnut I had on hand.

For my gun blog review of this gun on the Mr. Completely gun blog, Click HERE.

(Note: This is an example of how we can put links to other articles here on the HSCA blog. If you are unfamiliar with blogging and blog comments, have a look at all of the comments following the blog post on the Model B.) 

By the way, I still have this Model B, and it's STILL not for sale!

"Comments" Section Adjustment

There was a small problem with the comment part of the blog that I fixed. It was asking for too much verification and sometimes blocking the comment before it would allow your comment. It seems to be working now as it should.