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My Sentinels now have "birthdays", sort of
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 7:12 pm
by ruger22
The High Standard discussion forum has provided the shipping dates of my Sentinels. The data that's open on the site led me to believe they were both shipped in 1969. Turns out the first one I got was shipped in 1970.
I don't know why this kind of information matters, but it is kinda neat to have. The factory data also gives the accounts they were shipped to, and hopefully I can get that and know where they went first.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 8:24 pm
by charlesb
I think that kind of information is very interesting. - You can relate the data to what you were doing yourself at that time, or to other firearms or even automobiles from the same era.
I have a Winchester rifle that it turns out was shipped the same year that my Harley Davidson rolled off of the production line. I think back to what I was up to in those days and it carries meaning for me, no doubt about it.
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 12:27 am
by ruger22
My Sentinels sold for $65 according to the 1969 catalog. For some reason they weren't shown in the 1970 one, but HS sold Sentinels thru 1974.
I checked several websites that convert money from old dollars to now. That $65 price would be $420 now. Not a very cheap gun, really.
In '69 Nixon was President, we were in the middle of Vietnam, gas was maybe 40 cents, new house was 16k, and you could buy most new cars for 3 grand (I Googled these prices). We first walked on the moon that year. Things to remember, huh. I turned 13 that year!
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:20 am
by greener
I'll be happy to pay the new price for one even if it is used.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:09 pm
by ruger22
greener wrote:I'll be happy to pay the new price for one even if it is used.
You mean $420 for a Sentinel? You just posted on another thread that the
SP-101 was tempting?
The last Sentinels from 1974 on go for more than that now. They were called MK I and MK IV, in .22LR and .22WMR. Look the same as mine except for adjustable sights and a shrouded ejector rod. They had steel frames rather than aluminum, and walnut grips.
http://www.highstandard.info/datapublic ... 0_960.html
At the very end about 1980, you could get one with both cylinders mounted on their own cranes. It took maybe two minutes to swap.
http://www.highstandard.info/datapublic ... 0_960.html
All these later ones are pretty scarce, as are parts, since production was low. It's a shame HS was on its way out. I researched the parts especially before I decided which model to go for.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:30 pm
by greener
No, $65
Actually, they sound like good .22 revolvers. $420 might not be a bad price.