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When Perception and Reality Collide - High-Standard Model 10 Shotgun


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It was a High Standard Model 10 semi-automatic 12 gauge. I was a police detective in the 1970s at the time when the drug wars were beginning, and this was thought to be an 'ideal undercover weapon' (as said by the firearms salesman). Seems like it held four plus one. I wore it under long coats like a London Fog all-weather coat or trench coat. It had swivels for a carrying strap and I wore it slung on my right shoulder (it was a rh only gun).

The idea was great but the execution was terrible. It swung around under the coat like a sack of coal, beat you up if you tried to run with it, was constantly gigging you with the handles, and on top of that was prone to ejection problems and failures to feed. It became as unwanted as piss ants in your bed and scorpions in your drawers.

I bitched and moaned so much that finally the Chief of Detectives relented and it was removed from service.

While it was the forerunner of short-barrelled guns to come, the execution of this monstrosity was an abomination.

Never trust firearms salesmen.😉High_Standard_10A.jpg.e76228f3d897b9f5047eef725a421772.jpg

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