C&R · II · 313
High Standard Model USA-HD
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 ↗
High Standard, Model USA-HD pistol, cal. .22LR.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1943–1946.
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: no citation
- Caliber
- .22 LRBasis: the ATF wording
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 10 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: USA Model HD introduced 1943; approximately 44,000 produced for the U.S. government
- 2. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: succeeded by the H-D Military, introduced 1945 (Buffaloe: after the war)
- 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
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Image review: article images and reference linksReference article: High Standard HDM → none. High Standard HDM is about the OSS integrally silenced HDM pistol, not this unsuppressed USA-HD
Historical context
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