High Standard's Prototype World War One .45 ACP Pistol

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High Standard's Prototype World War One .45 ACP Pistol

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The High Standard company only made on .45 caliber pistol, and it was an improvement on the Grant Hammond pistol tested by the US military during World War One. After his gun's rejection by the military, it appears that Grant Hammond took the design to his friend "Gus" Swebelius who ran High Standard, to see if they could make it into a viable commercial product. The locking system was changed a bit and this prototype was made, but development and production ended there.
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@Arthurzeiro 4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure fireplace guy has one example of a prototype cardboard pistol I made when I was a kid.

@elliottanderson9507 4 жыл бұрын

does it shoot #8 elastic bands?

@seculartapes 4 жыл бұрын

The Nazis turned all of Europe upside down and shook it until everything valuable fell out of its pockets. Cry me a river about American “looting”. If any of these prototype guns were returned to their “rightful owners” they’d most likely be destroyed anyway.

@Arbiter099 4 жыл бұрын

@@seculartapes bit off topic but you just reminded me of those tanks in germany which were confiscated from their private owner and ruined

@seculartapes 4 жыл бұрын

I’m chill. I just think that the relatively small scale of looting by American troops is probably a fair trade for the Allies keeping the cultural heritage of Europe from being displayed in the Fuhrermuseum (what cultural objects were left after all the ones made by the “wrong people” had been burned anyway).

@Galahad_Du_Lac 4 жыл бұрын

Jacqirius The other dude was full of shit.

@johnmorgan1629 4 жыл бұрын

Just like Father Christmas, Ian enters the room through the chimney, to bring us all the gift of more interesting, rare and forgotten weapons.

@Taistelukalkkuna 4 жыл бұрын

Or that fireplace is portal Gun-Narnia, where -Ian- Gun Jesus pulls interesting guns.

@Plymouth888 4 жыл бұрын

Do you leave a glass of gun oil and a plate of bullets out?

@scttshwldct 4 жыл бұрын

Of course "fireplace guy" has one of only two known copies of a gun. I want to think he's a Bond villain, but he's probably just a dentist.

@Tiger351 4 жыл бұрын

Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Fireplace Guy: "No Mr Bond I expect you to learn about firearms history!"

@TheFanatical1 4 жыл бұрын

@@Tiger351 and then to talk about it on KZfaq!

@vojtasTS29 4 жыл бұрын

@@Tiger351 I'm pretty sure fireplace guy is the only person to defeat bond, like he must have some kind of weapon in his collection bond has never heard of and is defenseless against.

@SuperHamsterhuey 4 жыл бұрын

Those aren't mutually exclusive

@ericn7677 4 жыл бұрын

You can't keep that kind of a collection on a dentist's salary. A surgeon maybe.

@rautavaara9194 4 жыл бұрын

I just noticed the legendary fireplace is completely clean, no soot anywhere. Theory: It's actually a fake fireplace Ian carries around in a suitcase when filming extremely rare pistols.

@ScottKenny1978 4 жыл бұрын

Gas fireplace insert.

@skyflier8955 4 жыл бұрын

I’m sure a man with enough money to be in possession of this many firearms surely cares enough to keep his fireplace clean.

@omardumbrell435 4 жыл бұрын

It's the fake door to fireplace guy's room of guns. It's extra big so he can drive the golf cart in there when he has to get stuff down the back.

@bryansuh1985 4 жыл бұрын

@@omardumbrell435 he actually takes a plane. Otherwise the trip would take weeks

@Kr-nv5fo 4 жыл бұрын

He only burns cuirassier Berthiers in it

@five5105 4 жыл бұрын

Fireplace Guy has access to a wormhole that can produce essentially any one-off prototype firearm.

@Terabit3 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I had access to that wormhole

@OliverHirstsLife 4 жыл бұрын

I've said it before, and i'll say it again: Fireplace guy has an insane collection

@TheFanatical1 4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, the fireplace returns

@DarkestVampire92 4 жыл бұрын

"Hmmm we have a good rear sight picture. Got any ideas how to fix that, Fred?" "Sure, lets hook the return spring on there, should fill it right up and bring the sight back to 1911 standards."

@TheRogueWolf 4 жыл бұрын

There are times when I begin to wonder if actually aiming your gun was considered un-American at some point.

@shawnr771 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRogueWolf Many people I know point shoot. Back in those days if you missed you did not eat.

@ZGryphon 4 жыл бұрын

@@shawnr771 This was intended as a military-style arm, though. Contrary to some of the more overheated WWI propaganda, soldiers on the Western Front were not actually eating each other. :)

@shawnr771 4 жыл бұрын

@@ZGryphon I was talking about at home before they were drafted to join the military. The United States was much more rural then. A higher percentage of persons grew up hunting game daily to eat. They might only have a single shot rifle or shotgun. They miss they might not eat that day. I was in no way implying troops were eating each other.

@ZGryphon 4 жыл бұрын

@@shawnr771 I know, I was being facetious. Forgot the smiley, sorry. I'll go add it for the record. That said, I doubt the sort of marksmanship tradition you're talking about translated very well to large-frame semiautomatic handguns, which very few of those guys had probably even seen before they got to Basic.

@Hillman105 4 жыл бұрын

Fireplace Guy has many Unicorns, I wonder if Fireplace guy has a Fireplace guy level of Unicorn he has/hasn't obtained?

@johnmitchell923 4 жыл бұрын

The sling david used to kill goliath

@zendell37 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnmitchell923 Don't forget the Spear of Destiny.

@G-Mastah-Fash 4 жыл бұрын

Excalibur

@deadflowers7017 4 жыл бұрын

There's always one.

@blackirish781 4 жыл бұрын

I swear, fireplace guy has ALL the guns!

@deadflowers7017 4 жыл бұрын

All the good ones.

@CeltKnight 4 жыл бұрын

The profile reminds me very much of the AutoMag pistol. I love seeing prototypes and "failed" designs and wondering "what if?" :D Cool video, thanks!

@somedaysoon3784 4 жыл бұрын

First thing I thought too-"That thing sure looks like an AutoMag!"

@TheRogueWolf 4 жыл бұрын

The ideal American firearm of the late 19th and early 20th century: Able to bring down a buffalo, by bludgeoning if necessary.

@badopinionsrighthere 4 жыл бұрын

looks like an oversized Walther p38. You sure it doesn't transform into a robot?

@Fawnarix 4 жыл бұрын

Fireplace guy strikes again!

@MosoKaiser 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting looking gun. Kind of like a mishmash between a 1911, Luger and Nambu...

@MMitchellMarmel 4 жыл бұрын

With a bit of AutoMag for good measure. :)

@Hybris51129 4 жыл бұрын

Namger 1911

@MMitchellMarmel 4 жыл бұрын

@@bmstylee Yush!

@rofljohn23 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! Given the size, I can understand the US govt turning it down. Also, automatic ejection of the empty magasine really does not sound like a military contract friendly feature. Sounds super operator, but the logistics/budget department would have nightmares about fields covered in dropped mags GIs forgot to pick up! :D

@splunky6314 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like an american luger. It's like a luger, but bigger. 'MURICA. Edit: I am well aware that the internals are far different then that of a luger; I was speaking purely from a visual standpoint. Although come to think of it, it does share more of a resemblance with a nambu....

@JippaJ 4 жыл бұрын

This is nothing close to how a Luger works right?

@AM-hf9kk 4 жыл бұрын

@@JippaJ The resemblance is barely skin deep. A real Luger is toggle locked rather than having this tilting / falling locking block.

@genericpersonx333 4 жыл бұрын

I see what you mean, Lucas. It has that classic single-hand grip and the long uncovered barrel, but a prominent slide in place of the toggle.

@JunkyardBashSteve 4 жыл бұрын

The Lugger

@massimothetrog7111 4 жыл бұрын

@@RipperYou i'd love to get one, just as soon as someone buys one of my kidneys.

@thegoldencaulk2742 4 жыл бұрын

Has Fireplace Guy shot any of these things? I'd be awfully curious how this thing handles...

@zendell37 4 жыл бұрын

Only two known to exist, so obviously one is at the fireplace collection.

@oldesertguy9616 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful gun. I can see Hi Standard must have really liked that grip and overall profile. Their .22's look just like it.

@TsandLman 4 жыл бұрын

I've read that the similarity of the grip angle to the 1911 was one of the main reasons their .22s were adopted as training pistols. If there's any truth to that, I can understand why they would have wanted to make their .45 with a similar profile. My grandpa's model B doesn't feel much like a 1911 in my hands, but then I haven't handled any other .22s from that time period. They did make beautiful guns. With their bluing, they almost look like they were carved out of some semiprecious stone rather than made of metal.

@seth468 4 жыл бұрын

My father had a couple High Standards in his collection; both excellent guns that were reasonably well made and affordable. It was the Hi-Point of its time.

@americanpatriot2310 4 жыл бұрын

I cannot even begin to fathom how amazing the fireplace person's collection is...

@haviiithelegogunner907 4 жыл бұрын

The fireplace guy is either: a A founding member of Microsoft b A founding member of Ford c A founding member of the USA 🇺🇸 ... gosh, we have seen millions on this table by now ...

@smokeydops 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you want the illusion broken, but that is a green screen.

@ScottKenny1978 4 жыл бұрын

@@smokeydops no, it's not. If you watch a lot of the "fireplace" videos, you can see the various elements move relative to the camera. If it's a set, it's an actual physical set, not green screen. But I suspect that it's just the fireplace guys den.

@mikescott1090 4 жыл бұрын

d The founding member of LucasArts

@GUARDIAN.13 4 жыл бұрын

I kinda wish we would have some modern pistol options with exposed barrels and minimal/internal slides. They have a class about them

@peterpiper_203 4 жыл бұрын

I love all my High Standards I ended up working in the factory years after they left Hamden for a summer job while in high school A Home Cheapo stands there now

@rosebarnes9625 4 жыл бұрын

A travesty!

@misfit4816 4 жыл бұрын

i’m in love with this thing, hell give me a few hours with it and i’ll figure out the parts missing

@TurboDog73TX 4 жыл бұрын

Very Kool pistol! I've been a huge High Standard .22 fan for a long time. I never even knew this gun exists! Thanks for showing it to us Ian!

@AshleyPomeroy 4 жыл бұрын

I have the say that the transition at 07:37 was really well-executed.

@onpsxmember 4 жыл бұрын

The looks remind me of that crazy hairdryer-style magazine fed revolver with the triangular rounds. EDIT: Dardick Model 1500

@AshleyPomeroy 4 жыл бұрын

"Trounds". What a ridiculous name that was.

@onpsxmember 4 жыл бұрын

@@AshleyPomeroy Triangular Rounds...might as well go with it when the gun looks like this and space magic is marketable. I really liked the episode. I wonder if there is footage of one being fired...

@micahreid5553 4 жыл бұрын

@@onpsxmember Taofledermaus had some footage of firing one if i remember correctly

@onpsxmember 4 жыл бұрын

@@micahreid5553 Thx. I'll check it out right now.

@kennkrizsanitz7820 4 жыл бұрын

although not rare would love to see a video on the history of high standard small bore target pistols, would love to know more on my 70's era victor

@kenwintin3014 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love it. Never think that you have seen every possible gun, because Ian will find something new. Thanks Ian.

@brentarmurderfloof9858 4 жыл бұрын

Push a pin into the hole under the missing screw and see what it does. My guess is it's an automatic magazine release and its triggered by some little piece of metal in that groove that moves when the last round is shot and the magazine button is all the way up.

@Hellichibi 4 жыл бұрын

You *know* the spring is tight when Ian is surprised.

@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus 4 жыл бұрын

If they’d adopted this instead of the 1911 we’d probably still love it today too. It’s a big impressive old thing. Nice simple mechanism. Pretty sure the rear sight issue would have been dealt with had it been in service. The channel that just keeps on surprising us with these gems!

@shawnr771 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Thank the owner for letting you showcase his collection for us. Does the pistol operate without the missing bits? Has the owner ever fired it? Is it any good?

@nartho6588 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, a gun video early in the morning. It’s always great to get to watch these videos in the morning to make sure the day starts off good.

@PAExploration 4 жыл бұрын

This pistol reminds me of the much later .44 AutoMag, which in itself looks like a design High Standard might have developed or influenced.

@davidkenworthy2403 4 жыл бұрын

Ian while you were disassembling the gun my mind flashed back to taking down my old Ruger Mark 1, and I thought I could smell solvent and gun oil! Strange the way the mind works, huh! That or I'm just getting oll! Dave from Kansas

@loupiscanis9449 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you , Ian .

@shotforshot5983 4 жыл бұрын

Looks instinct pointable like a ruger 22 or a luger. Love it.

@Alaric_I 4 жыл бұрын

I bet that missing piece is part of the auto mag eject mechanism. When the last round is chambered, that button on the follower interacts with whatever piece is missing to drop the mag when the slide goes back again.

@williamkrevey1098 4 жыл бұрын

#1. Ian, you need to make a fireplace t-shirt! #2Chances are we'll never see a fireplace behind Ian again. In any case I'm a 45 carrier and that's a super cool review. Thanks Ian!

@jonathannathan1754 8 ай бұрын

If pistols still looked cool as hell like they did 100+ years ago, I would own so many pistols

@julianalvarez5198 4 жыл бұрын

That just looks strapping

@Terabit3 4 жыл бұрын

It would be so cool if automatic magazine ejection and dropping of the slide upon insertion of a loaded magazine were still features in modern pistols

@asmordisfluffbreaker4999 4 жыл бұрын

That is a almighty fine looking weapon Ian.

@danamunkelt3276 4 жыл бұрын

Ian, could you display black guns on a lighter background? It is hard to see black against black.

@graham2631 4 жыл бұрын

Ive got a '56 high standard supermatic s-101 love the thing very well made and accurate.

@MatthewBaileyBeAfraid 4 жыл бұрын

That this thing was BIG is something I saw right away. And... I am pretty sure that one of the “parts” that is missing is a “screw/bolt,” given the hole is countersunk.

@RyeOnHam 4 жыл бұрын

To be precise, the Navy accepted the M53 in 1918. They were negotiating for production, but instead chose to give Remington a contract for the 1911. The M53 had lower recoil, fewer parts, and was more reliable. It was also cool looking, if that matters.

@Destructoglitch 4 жыл бұрын

For some reason, I think the cut away isn't actually a slide release, but rather assists in automatically ejecting the magazine (using the loading button on the magazine push it slightly out of mag well). Then, somehow, one can toggle that ability for automatically releasing the magazine but pushing the missing component in and out of that slot

@jeramyw 4 жыл бұрын

High standard made some great guns in there time.

@Jonathan77933 4 жыл бұрын

You mean, they Had a high Standard quality?

@jeramyw 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jonathan77933 Of course they live up to their name

@rosebarnes9625 4 жыл бұрын

Yes they did, I happen to have 3 of them.... 😍

@grugg3108 4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather has a .22 targer pistol from them, still trying to find ammo it can cycle consistantly. We can only really get Augila and some federal to work.

@rosebarnes9625 4 жыл бұрын

@@grugg3108 after 40 years, my favorite starting jamming a lot.... I spent hours trying to figure out what went wrong with it when I finally noticed the magazine was packed full of gunpowder residue. Once I took the mags apart and cleaned them up, back to flawless functioning.... Now I clean mags once in a while also.😁 Not that I'm saying that's your problem, but it's worth checking.... that one is a Supermatic with barrel weights and beautiful engraving over all of it.

@DanielSmith-ui4gr 4 жыл бұрын

Kind of reminds me of the lewis short recoil pistol Ian reviewed years ago at least in the raising locking block that secures the end of the bolt.

@livingcorpse5664 Жыл бұрын

Who knew Gus Fring helped make a prototype gun before running Los Pollos Hermanos.

@festerallday 4 жыл бұрын

That missing piece looks like it could be a magazine safety or disconnect. Or possibly a last round hold open It seems that it would have pushed down the mag follower and prevented the rounds from getting to the feed lips. Or the follower tab could have hit a piece to hold open the bolt

@MR525MAG 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I standard had made their 22 pistol that easy to disassemble and reassemble.

@tent7014 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Fireplace Man is related to the Smoking Man in the X files ??

@ottman6324 4 жыл бұрын

It really reminds me about a Nambu pistol

@dbaider9467 4 жыл бұрын

Neat. Lots of work there.

@ElmerFuddGun 4 жыл бұрын

*_Last shot mag eject_* also tells the bad guy that you are out! Not sure I like that except at a range when no one is firing back... ;-P

@dbmail545 4 жыл бұрын

If something was to catch on the magazine button at the top of the follower's travel that could push the magazine out. At least it looks that way to me.

@dbmail545 4 жыл бұрын

And it would make more sense if the magazine drop mechanism was incorporated into the slide lock as well. I don't think many would like the magazine falling out as the last round is chambered like a Mannlicher en-bloc charger.

@kebabsvein1 4 жыл бұрын

Fireplaceguy strikes again

@thefunkosaurus 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't trust that rear sight to hold in the bolt. Not in .45 , anyway.

@BillMurray137 4 жыл бұрын

I did enjoy it, thank you Ian.

@michaelhardy2154 4 жыл бұрын

It looks like the magazine button would push up on the missing piece when the magazine is empty, which does seem to indicate the missing piece is a slide stop

@demonprinces17 4 жыл бұрын

Off topic, what happened to all the high standard 22's the army had?

@gunsandblanks706 4 жыл бұрын

This looks like a 44 automag. Really cool gun

@compwiz101 4 жыл бұрын

Looking at that cut-out, I wonder if there's a reason for the extra-large button on the magazine follower - perhaps the missing parts on the receiver interacted with that button? Maybe whatever automatic hold open/magazine ejection/coffee maker functionality was triggered by the follower button reaching the top?

@proZach380 4 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered why more magazines besides .22 don't have the knobs along the sides to assist with loading...the knob(s) could also be used, as I assume it was on this gun, to auto-eject the magazine when the follower reaches the top.

@willros6128 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a giant , center fire ,Ruger mark IV

@zzxxooooxxzz4964 4 жыл бұрын

Wow this thing was pretty kool.. thanks Gun Jesus...

@chzzyg2698 4 жыл бұрын

This thing is cool. One of those guns I'd like to see modernized with a double stack.

@wilemelliott 4 жыл бұрын

I'll bet the missing component was actuated by the magazine slider button and was probably an "empty magazine" hold open.

@rjrj570 4 жыл бұрын

I really like this one, I might have guessed it was High Standard.

@luisnunes2010 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that thing looks big even just sitting on the table. ;-) Very much in the top end of practical service pistol, much bigger, just add a stock and be done with it...

@travisbrooks6604 4 жыл бұрын

I believe that this firearm did have an "empty magazine drop" mechanism. The follower appears to have protruded through when empty, thus tripping some sort of lever that kind of slots in where that part is missing. This would contradict your opinion that it was merely a slide release, but we may never know lol.

@stevenhoman2253 4 жыл бұрын

id assume an increased muzzle velocity and accuracy over the 1911, simply because of the considerably longer barrel? nicr.

@Apolloneek 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks ian

@raifsevrence 4 жыл бұрын

That dark background was really unfortunate. I couldn't make out any details of the frame and other dark pieces during most of the video. Cool pistol regardless. Wonder why it failed.

@chuckbridgeland6181 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting might-have-been

@nathanrandall7003 4 жыл бұрын

At 7:50 there's a pretty good view of the slot and mounting space for whatever it was that might have been mounted on the right hand side. It looks an awful lot like it may have been a lever, fixed at the front with a screw and floating in the rear, for engaging the magazine button while it was in the pistol. WHY anyone would want to do that is beyond my comprehension. Edit: ffs, if that *is* what it was, that would make the damn thing a magazine cut-off lever, disengaging the follower so it could only fire the round in the chamber and wouldn't automatically load the next cartridge.

@blindmelonlemonjello 4 жыл бұрын

10K veiws in 2 hours..... Good job ian Thats amazing!!! Add 305 since i started typing lol

@Rohnon 4 жыл бұрын

That would make an excellent Star Wars prop...

@shawnbane585 4 жыл бұрын

Forgotten Weapons and red bull zero calories to start my off day. Oh yeah!

@tomt810 4 жыл бұрын

That is a big ass gun for sure

@daremoyt7216 4 жыл бұрын

That missing peace looks like it did something after the magazine was empty. The big button on the side looks like it would have actuated the missing peice after you had fired your last shot, maybe it was meant to be some kind of slide lock?

@ollilehtonen6764 4 жыл бұрын

It's like a mix of the Lahti L35 and P08 with an external hammer.

@joshsquatch7474 4 жыл бұрын

The high standard has quite nice bluing still, especially the barrel.

@SantaClaus-kk8zr 4 жыл бұрын

This feels like a luger, a colt, and a browning had a child. A...scary child.

@seeingimages 4 жыл бұрын

How long is the barrel?

@Jemson 4 жыл бұрын

What a nice looking gun.

@mr_patfenis_9619 4 жыл бұрын

Luger and a nambu have a baby and adopted by a 1911

@deaconblue949 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you can do a video about the High Standard Model G in .380 acp sometime Ian.

@peteraustin9057 4 жыл бұрын

A team of operators in mickey mouse masks are gonna mount a raid on fireplace collector's house to gather props for the next season of the mandalorian