Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Hi-Standard experimental electric free pistol, .22

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. 10 ↗

Hi-Standard, experimental electric free pistol, cal. .22 long rifle.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1960–1984.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States²
Manufacturer
High Standard Mfg. Co.
Type
Pistol
Action
Other
Caliber
.22 LR³
Made
c. 1960–1984production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 10 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. web.archive.org ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): Sports Illustrated Vault (Wayback copy), Jack Olsen, "Electric Gunsmoke", May 2, 1960: the electric free pistol "made by the High Standard Manufacturing Corp. of Hamden, Conn.", first eight delivered to the AMU in March 1960; the end year is our estimate
  2. web.archive.org ↗, country: made by High Standard of Hamden, Connecticut
  3. web.archive.org ↗, calibers: free pistol event caliber is .22; the AMU's free pistols were this High Standard electric gun
Fact tags
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  • 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
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  2. Evidence passYears: 1950–1984 → 1960–1984. Sports Illustrated (2 May 1960): High Standard's new electric .22 free pistol, designed with the Army Advanced Marksmanship Unit, "rushed into the hands of the U.S. Army Advanced Marksmanship Unit at Fort Benning, Ga. in March" 1960, the first eight going to the AMU; the 1984 end is our estimate

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Historical context

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