Talk:High Standard .22 pistol

The article only focuses on High Standard pistols used in WWII. In that sense it is misleading since High Standard pistols have been used extensively by competition and recreational shooters in the US, and almost none of the pistols used for these purposes are suppressed in the US. If nobody rewrites this soon, I'll try to do so. -DW

Hey, I did this a few months ago: High Standard HD and think that a link to it from this page along with re-working this page to be more of an overview of High Standard pistols might be a good idea. My page is linked off List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces and Category:Semi-automatic pistols and might be a little more complete as to the particular model. Deathbunny 07:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Cut from article, perhaps add into the article specifically on the High Standard HD?
Although, I'm not sure a comparison to the Welrod is more appropriate than the actual data in the other article.

The High Standard .22 pistol was a silenced weapon developed by the American Office of Strategic Services during World War II for use by agents in the field. It was manufactured by the High Standard Manufacturing Company -hence the name- and was more or less the O.S.S's equivalent of the British Welrod silenced pistol in use at the time.

Unlike the Welrod, the High Standard featured a separate receiver section with a removable suppressor. Removing this would expose a long barrel extension that did much to increase the accuracy of the weapon. The pistol fired standard .22 calibre long-rifle rounds from a 10-round box magazine in the handle.

Although the High Standard was criticised for its diminuative .22 rounds (the Welrod could fire more potent 9mm), it had the best suppressor in the world for any pistol at that time, with noise reduction nearing 90%. At this efficiency, it was unrecognizable at 30 yards and was ideal for use indoors or against sentries. It was also semi-automatic, an improvement over the bolt-action Welrod.

The High Standard was by far the most popular of all weapons systems developed by the O.S.S and was the agency's official pistol during WWII. It was used extensively by operatives during the war and for some time thereafter. Deathbunny 08:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC)