The white plastic grip is one piece and slides on the frame from the bottom where it is secured by a single screw (the only screw used!) like a Hogue or Ruger GP100 grip peg.

The 4вЂі and 6вЂі versions had square butt grips instead of this versionвЂ™s birds head round butt. You have to hold one of these in your hand to truly appreciate the natural вЂњpoint-abilityвЂќ and ergonomics of the grip. The face of the cylinder and internals show that this gun remained unfired for itвЂ™s first 50 or so years. 22 revolver for that price, let alone a 50+ year old, mint condition revolver with this much pizzaz. I donвЂ™t think I could find another brand. The price was $279 on the tag and I talked the shop down to $250.

Knurled cylinder ejector rod is pulled forward to open the swing out cylinder for loading and unloading. Plus, the gun should only have spent casings at this point and your finger should be off the trigger and itвЂ™s a double action trigger too. YouвЂ™re really not getting your hand in front of the muzzle, it stays underneath to pull the ejector rod. Instead, the cylinderвЂ™s ejector rod head (a finely knurled piece, again the quality of workmanship here is outstanding) is simply pulled forward by the thumb and forefinger of your left hand and the cylinder opens with a slight push from your middle and ring fingers. However, there is no latch on the frame to release it. The cylinder opens to the left like most swing out revolvers. This little 9-shot is really fun to shoot with virtually no recoil. 22 caliber вЂњwoodsвЂќ gun! Two shots of CCI shotshells disperses the pellets in a tight, snake killing pattern. I even loaded two shotshells, followed up by seven hollow points and fired them on a snake target. This dimunitive Sentinel shot great groups at the range in both single and double action. The swirls in the white plastic one-piece grips are visually pleasing. Skeeter Skelton once said in print that High Standard really got the grip right on their Sentinel revolvers and I think he was right! There is no need for a grip filler adaptor with these handy little snubbies. The grip fits the human hand very well, unlike most factory S&W and Colt grips. They were made right alongside the notably high quality and treasured Hi-Standard (the companyвЂ™s name switches between High and Hi depending on which literature you read and what the company printed on their gun boxes over the years). These aluminum frame High Standard revolvers have steel barrels and cylinders and are very well made. ThatвЂ™s a super impressive design resume! Nine shots fired single action at 21 feet. He also designed the rotary 10-shot magazine used in the Ruger 10/22. 44 Magnum carbine, the Security-Six, the Redhawk, the Old Army, the Hawkeye and the Mark II pistol. Sefried had a major part in designing the Ruger. He was then the Chief Engineer at Sturm, Ruger & Company from 1959 to 1979. He worked with вЂњCarbineвЂќ Williams at Winchester and then at High Standard where he designed the Supermatic Citation and the Olympic pistols and this Sentinel revolver. It turned out to be a Model R-103 (the first was the R-101 and the last was the R-108), designed by Harry H. This model R-103 falls in the middle of production from the R-101 to the last R-108. No screws were used to build it, instead itвЂ™s held together with only pins. ItвЂ™s a double or single action with a case hardened trigger and hammer. I asked to take a look at it and found the little lightweight to have a tight lock up and perfect action. 22 long rifle and itвЂ™s overbuilt like a bank vault door. The sights are big and easy to see, unusual for snub nose revolvers from back in the 1960s and 70s.

The only screw used in the Sentinel is the one securing the grips at the very bottom of the gun. The Sentinel is a high quality revolver with a 9-shot capacity in. It was nickel plated with white birdshead grips, a very striking version of High StandardвЂ™s Sentinel. IвЂ™ve wanted one just like this for over 30 years and I was amazed to see it resting there, staring back at me. I walked into my local range/gunshop three years ago and this little snub nose. 22 is the neatest and most accurate revolver theyвЂ™ve ever owned.22s are great trail guns and excellent for training because you can shoot a whole lot of rounds for very little expense. But there is a make and model of revolver that is often overlooked because it wasnвЂ™t made by the big three.ДЄn internet search of YouTube or Google will turn up lots of people who swear this. We may frown upon other вЂњlesserвЂќ makes of wheelguns (and I wonвЂ™t mention them by name). As RevolverGuys, we often focus on the good stuff.

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