![]() 22 caliber pistols to the armed forces for pistol training and familiarization. During World War II, the company supplied. The variant spelling, Hi-Standard, appears on many of its pistols. After it purchased the Hartford Arms and Equipment Company, it began making. Its assets were subsequently sold in 2000 to H&R 1871, LLC., a Connecticut LLC owned by Marlin Firearms Company.įounded in Connecticut in 1926, High Standard Firearms was a supplier to numerous firearms companies in the Connecticut Valley. The original H&R company went out of business in 1986, and, several years later, in 1991, H&R 1871, Inc., was formed to produce firearms using the original H&R designs. Harrington and his partner, William Augustus Richardson, formed the new Harrington & Richardson Company to make affordable, practical guns. Harrington invented the top-breaking, shell-ejecting revolver that was durable, accurate, and easy to load and unload. The original H&R firm was in business from 1871 to 1986. Library of Congress Prints and Photograph Division
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