High standard sentinel serial numbers series#

If the gun is not on for elevation, I’ve found it’s more likely to shoot high than low. The rear sight sits in a dovetail that can be drifted for windage adjustment if the shooter is both adroit and gentle with a brass rod and a hammer. The overwhelming majority of these guns are encountered with fixed sights.

High standard sentinel serial numbers series#

In single action, the Sentinel series always offered a let-off so crisp it was virtually target grade. However, it will be a smooth pull, and that’s the key to good double action shooting. This made the DA pull necessarily heavy a Sentinel may have as much as 12 to 14 pounds pull weight. The double action trigger pull also resembles the J-frame Smith, with which it shares a coil mainspring and a short-stroke double action trigger pull. In the hand, your typical Sentinel feels like a J-frame Smith & Wesson with semi-square grip frame, but with more weight forward. Unfairly tarnished with a “junk gun” image, it may be the best buy in a used handgun available today. Perhaps most important, it broke a more than half-century logjam of design stagnation. 22 revolver was ahead of its time with landmark revolver design features. Introduced as an inexpensive plinker and woods gun, the High Standard Sentinal. This is an excerpt from Massad Ayoob's Greatest Handguns of the World VOLUME ONE: Author Massad Ayoob bought this one for the tag price of $75 in 2003. The Sentinal series was always a good value, and has become extraordinarily so in recent years. 22 revolver was ahead of its time, and may be the best buy in a used handgun today. Introduced as an inexpensive plinker, the High Standard Sentinel.