Review for Mitchell Arms ~ Trophy Ii Pistol ~ 22 Long Rifle

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2. I've never owned a Mitchell Loftier Standard. They weren't made long. On the whole, their reputation isn't very loftier, simply private guns were highly regarded. I've seen assorted Mitchell Loftier Standards with price tags ranging from about $300 to most $600. Information technology might exist worth your while to exercise some cost comparisons on the internet, but the price yous mentioned doesn't seem likewise bad to me.

3. Mitchell Trophy ll

   >>On the whole, their reputation isn't very loftier<<

   In fact, I looked at one today, and information technology looked pretty squeamish. Of course, I'grand not "upwards" on High Standards and Mitchell ones at that, so what do I know. Since Mitchell is really but supplying the barrel here (I call back) what would cause them to have less than a stellar reputation? I went out this morning with the idea of getting a Ruger Competition "slab side", merely thought this one had a meliorate experience to it (at to the lowest degree to me) and a much ameliorate trigger. The Mitchell is the SS version and was in pristine condition with box & papers. Price was $365.00 OTD. So, what practice I demand to know about these that would disuade me from buying?

   Thaks in accelerate,

   RUT

4. The Micthells and Texas High Standards have poor reputations, especially for feeding reliablity. I had a TX High Standard Victor and never could get information technology to feed reliably. It drove me nuts. I sent it back twice, and the fiddled with the mag feed lips, but it never helped. They were as frustrated as I. In the cease I traded it to a friend of mine who wanted a projection gun to tinker with. He's been able to go information technology to work nearly of the fourth dimension, just had to put a lot of time into it. In return, I got a LNIB Browning Silver Chrome How-do-you-do Power. Never looked dorsum.

5. As i understand it PART but not all of the bad rep that the Mitchell High Standards received, seems to come from the fact that the bones pistol itself from the beginning is "mag sensative" and Mitchell did non put as much time and effort into "matching" the mag and pistol.

   even one of the guns made at the original Hamden or Hartford plants volition have trouble if you lose or wear-out the factory original magazine and have to get an afterwards market unit. i've heard horror stories about how much of a conduct it is for "the average owner" to pick and melody a mag to work right.

   But if you get one that is otherwise skilful and has a mag that works right, alls good..

   as for the "Texas/Houston" High Standards... as much every bit i'd Similar for those to be worth even looking at (so would yous if the manufacturing plant was less than an hour away), it just ain't then Peculiarly when compared to the Original guns. of course if someone were to start building loftier standards like THAT again the price would be at to the lowest degree twice what the electric current guns are going for.

6. Pilot & Detritus,

   Thanks so much for sharing your words of wisdom re. the now infamous Mitchell High Standard. This is why I opted NOT to buy it today, in favor of doing a footling investigating. So, it looks like information technology'due south dorsum to the Slab Side Ruger, not that information technology'due south bad. I only liked the feel of the H.Due south., but I don't actually demand a gun with feeding bug, to say nothing of low resale!

   Thanks over again,

   Oestrus

7. Anytime RUT! You tin't go wrong with a Ruger MK Two or 22/45 IMHO. And you can upgrade it someday you like with Volquartsen, Clark, Power Custom or other parts.

8. Pilot et al...

   Well, I went alee and ordered the Ruger "Slab Side" today, and I'll probably see it tomorrow or the side by side day. I've also ordered a Volthane grip and extended mag release, and have also taken note of the many aftermarket goodies that are available for the Mkll. In my case, should something go incorrect with it I tin always drop information technology off at the factory, which is about 50 miles from me.

   Thanks once again,

   RUT

9. Well, I did it.

   Against the sage advise of many, I put money downwardly on that Mitchell yesterday. I did it after 45 minutes of fondling every .22 pistol they had in the store, and cypher, except a HS Citation, felt anywhere near as correct. It may turn out that I have to tinker with it forever, but a Harley riding co-worker gave me some propose the other day when I asked him about his cycle that he spends more time working on than riding. "It's a nostalgia affair, y'all wouldn't empathize." Watch for updates where I'm cussing the danged thing.

10. uh if you don't heed my request....

    how much was that Citation that you looked at???

    I've been thinking of getting a Commendation, only i don't know how much they should exist going for etc.

    and only remember if yo get teh mitchell out to the range and it turns out to exist crappy, well yous can always just turn effectually and sell the dern matter to someone with more time to tinker, adn become back and get that commendation

    or heck fifty-fifty if you LIKE the mitchell, save soem more pennies adn go the citation anyhow.

    can y'all tell that i beloved HS pistols? lol

11. The Commendation was $399, information technology was the newer model, no push button pin barrel, the barrel wasn't tapped for weights, no box, and was quite used. About the only thing it had going for it was the 7 1/2'' fluted barrel. If you're interested I'll gladdly give you lot it'south location. I idea it was kinda over priced, just I'1000 not a connoisseur.

    The Mitchell has the five one/ii'' bull barrel, simply is tapped, and comes with box and all paper work. It looks like it was used very lilliputian, of class my first trip to the range may explicate why. Looks like it will be most ii months before I get it out, I've had to put myself on a upkeep.

12. UGH! sounds like someone put a "Bays" barrel on it. the Commendation is SUPPOSED to have an unfluted, 5.5" barrel, tapped for weights.
    a fluted butt (according to the few sources i've found) is a meant for a "Bays" merely of form whatsoever butt using the proper appropriate attachment organization volition fit any from using that system. And i'd prefer the button push button style, b/c it's easier to get replacement barrels if the one on a used gun is shot-out, AND information technology's what i like the ane i grew upward with that way

13. That's what I thought, since I couldn't find whatsoever listing for a Citation with a 7 1/2 barrel. Granted, the different lines get a bit confusing.

14. High standard was a mix and match visitor from start to finish; to put it another way: consistency was never the company's strong arrange. Frankly, I think information technology tried to be too many things to too many people to concentrate on the one thing it did well: match .22 quotient pistols.

    If you shop around long enough and hard plenty, you can still detect good deals on genuine Loftier Standard pistols. Yous won't likely notice them on the internet auctions or in large city gun shops, but there are notwithstanding good shooters out there.

15. just to exist clear....

    not that there is truly anything WRONG with putting the "Trophy" barrel on a "Citation" marked frame. in fact i remember that in the case of the "military grip", frames, the only differences were what gyre mark was practical, whether it was one of the Belatedly product ones (similar the gun you saw) with the allen screw, and i fuzzily think some talk of thre being a very few "Supermatic Citation, Metal Silhouette" marked guns that were fabricated with a longer "shelf" ahead of the barrel attatchment point, to better back up the barrel when eyes were added (but that may have been a custom or 'smith variant non sure).

    i've always gotten the impression that at least a moderate number of High Standard shooters, would buy a single frame that fit them liek they wanted, then they'd assemble a gear up of barrels that suited the various sports (bullseye, MS, etc) they wanted to shoot. this practice which lead some to mountain 10+" barrels with overweight eyes, lead to alot of really practiced HS pistols becoming junk from the frame cracking at the "mountign hole" for the barrel.

    i effigy that either the last owner of that gun was a "multi barrel single frame" guy or, he shot-out or otherwise damaged the manufacturing plant five.v and plant the Bays barrel cheap..

16. Standing wolf..

    Local shop, has told me to, when i'g set up, walk in proper name the details (model, fix-up, condition, and manufacturing plant/general engagement range) and the toll range, and he'll either discover 1 or put me in contact with a private seller (just caveat on Pivae sale is that he get to exercise the "transfer") as he personally can't justify keeping the more than one or two HS guns in stock. (currently he has a late production E.Hartford trophy, and a "infinite gun" with original box etc.

    store possessor was saying, that he'southward seen many, many HS pistols of he vintage i'grand later on laissez passer through the shows recently. But most shop owners would not touch one unless they had a collector or someone like Me "back at home" that has a high likelyhood of buying it about equally soon as it striking the shelf or soon thereafter. b/c otherwise the gun just sits and gathers dust for months on terminate until someone who actually KNOWS what it is, AND is ready to buy, comes in. fewer and fewer folks have even HEARD of high Standard anymore.

    unless y'all KNOW what a High Standard is it'due south kinda hard for nigh folks to fork over as much and sometimes more for a 30-twoscore yr old pistol than that brand new ruger "authorities competition" sitting next to it in the case.
    Me, i was hooked the first time i shot one

17. Yeah. I doubt High Standards were very popular even in the company's heyday: its advertising was half-baked, and my impression is that it tried to charge premium prices even for its plinkers relative to more modernistic guns such equally the Ruger and revolvers. They're finicky guns, and there'southward no shortage of mediocre and bad and damaged High Standards on the market, merely when you notice a practiced i, it'due south worth its weight in gilded.

    This particular High Standard actually isn't the to the lowest degree bit reliable, merely it's pretty.

    The best place to learn more nigh High Standards is Jim Spacek's site: http://www.tm-techmark.com/jspacek.htm

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