C&R · II · 277
Hammond / Hi-Standard .45 pistol
Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 9 ↗
Hammond/Hi-Standard, semiautomatic pistols, in cal. .45.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1938–1945.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- High Standard Mfg. Co.Basis: the ATF wording
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- .45 ACPBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- c. 1938–1945production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 9 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 17 October 2026 (Data-trust review) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. nramuseum.org ↗, years: in 1938 High Standard began work on a .45 ACP pistol based on a Grant Hammond design
- 2. forgottenweapons.com ↗, name: High Standard prototype improving on the Grant Hammond pistol, .45 ACP
- 3. forgottenweapons.com ↗, service: no record that this High Standard version was made for the military
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 3 changes · see below
Correction history
- Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
- Data-trust reviewSearch aliases updated. Removed "t3" (the T3 is a different 9mm prototype)
- Data-trust reviewYears: 1945–1950 → 1938–1945. NRA Museum: High Standard began work on a .45 ACP pistol based on the Grant Hammond design in 1938
Historical context
NO VERIFIED IMAGE AVAILABLEWe show only freely licensed images verified to depict this model. None has been found yet.