[John Sabato]

Just an update... The High Standard Model HD military with suppressor were original specified for manufacture by the OSS in WW2, and NO they were not made in lots of numbers.

I know they saw service for many many years for clandestine operations and have been used by our Special Ops and SF folks for the purpose indicated. Francis Gary Powers was carrying one of these when he was shot down in a U-2 Reconnaisance plane over Russia in the '50s. I believe his gun is now being display with parts of that aircraft in a museum in Russia.

I once owned a standard version model HD military (no suppressor) as a young soldier... it was incredibly accurate... I had intended to modify it myself in my young gunsmith days into a reproduction of the one pictured since mine had no historical signifigance at the time... but my young soldiers salary was never able to come up with the necessary $200 NFA tax for manufacturing a suppressor... (long sigh here). I ended up using it as part of a trade for my S&W Model 29 .44 magnum (that I still own) in 1969 or 1970.