High Standard Collectors' Association Blog: Burned Citation

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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.

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HSCAOctober 16, 2015 at 1:33 AM
Its hard to imagine the intense heat that your Citation endured when the wood grip panels were completely burned off. Were the slide and barrel difficult to remove from the frame? I would think they were practically welded together. You did a marvelous job of restoration! Thanks for writing the article for the Newsletter.
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Wayne DavisOctober 16, 2015 at 7:55 AM
The pistol was not difficult to disassemble. It was just grimy and caked with residue from the fire. The aluminum mount and red dot sight melted away. You can see the two mount screw sticking up on the top of the barrel. The pistol was in a gun rug, so that also burned away. I had a shooting box with extra magazines stored in the same closet as the gun cabinet, but I was not able to find any of that stuff in the debris.
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Mr. CompletelyOctober 16, 2015 at 8:52 AM
I read your article in the newsletter, and that was a totally amqazing job you did on this! Great picture!!
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seal killerDecember 3, 2015 at 7:40 AM
Wayne, I remember your article well! Your loss was a tragedy. The loss of the pistol haunted me and I thought of it many times. I am glad you restored it!
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seal killerDecember 3, 2015 at 7:43 AM
Wayne, I remember your article well! Your loss was a tragedy. The loss of the pistol haunted me and I thought of it many times. I am glad you restored it!
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ABOUT HSCA

The High Standard Collectors' Association was founded in 1991 to promote friendship and communication among the those interested in the collection, research, preservation and use of High Standard firearms, memorabilia and accessories. We include the Fiala, Hartford Arms and Schall firearms as part of our group. They were the direct predecessors to High Standard.

Newsletter:

HSCA publishes a critically acclaimed quarterly newsletter which includes articles and photographs of High Standards. Members are encouraged to participate by asking questions of the group on the forum. The forum is also used to review or make comments regarding High Standard products. Members may advertise to sell or buy High Standard items, or make comments related to High Standard products. We also publish pieces from historic High Standard literature. In order to share information we have copied previous newsletters to DVD. They are available for sale to members only.

Meetings:

HSCA holds annual meetings at a large gun show each year. In 1994, 1997 and 2014 meetings were held in Cleveland at the Ohio Gun Collectors Meeting. The 1995 and 2003 meetings were held in Houston. The 1996, 1998, and 2000 meetings were held in Louisville, Ky. at the National Gun Day show. The 1999 and 2013 meeting was held at the Tulsa Gun show. The 2001 and 2002 meetings were in Kansas City, MO. at the NRA annual meeting and the NRA Collectors show.

High Standard Collectors' Association has also a proud history of exhibiting at the NRA Annual meetings since 1999. We have won multiple awards and prizes for our displays. In 2013 we received four of the seven top NRA Collectors' awards. In 2015 we received four awards at the NRA annual meeting in Nashville. HSCA received the Best of Show, First Place, Second Place and Third Place awards at the Great Falls, Montana Gun Show in 2015.

Next Meetings:

The Annual HSCA 2022 Meeting will be held in Kansas City, MO. at the Missouri Valley Arms Collector's Association 51st. National Summer Arms Show the Weekend of July 16-17, 2022. Plan accordingly.

The 2022 Western Regional High Standard Collectors Gun Show is yet to be determined.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Burned Citation

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