John Currie's High Standard book
is scheduled for release
at the Tulsa show.
Table location is not yet assigned.
Following Tulsa, it will be listed on Amazon.
No pre-release copies are available.
Updates will be posted on this Blog.
John Currie's book
HIGH STANDARD FIREARMS HISTORY
1932-1984 CONNECTICUT
This well written 340 page book delivers
exactly what its title promises. It traces the 52 year history of the High
Standard Company and its firearms. It begins with a pre-history of the people
and the products of the Fiala and Hartford Arms companies and continues through
the final chapter of the company which was officially dissolved in December
1984.
This book is unique in its preservation of
information based on first person interviews with the company’s designers and
engineers by John Currie in his three decade quest for
information. There are scores of photos of the people, their
prototypes and rare and commercial firearms. Graphs and illustrations give
dates of manufacture and numbers of firearms produced with charts
listing every Model Number/ Number Produced/ Years Produced and Serial
Number Range. Truly a "Collectors
Guide" for High Standard derringers, pistols, revolvers, shotguns and
rifles.
This unique book is not intended to give you the value of a particular gun. Other books do that. This well illustrated and well documented book tells the story of a company and its people through the design and production of their firearms. It has a place in the library of any High Standard or other firearms collector.
There will be copies available for review at the Tulsa show in November.
The Authors including John Currie will be there to discuss the process.
Hope to see you there.
Table number will be on this blog once Wannamaker assigns them or contact Steve Schrott at SSHiStand54@gmail.com the day of the show.
