??? nato-pintail

[jonny one shot]

i got a nato-pintail 12 gage shotgun i have hade for years i got it in pa at a gun expo years a go i cant find any info about who makes this gun never seen one before all the barrel sayes is high standard mfg corp hamden.conn does anybody have one and who makes this gun

[willsj]

High Standard made the gun.

I found this on another site: (Cheaper Than Dirt)

HIGH STANDARD
SHOTGUNS: SEMI-AUTO
High Standard began making shotguns for Sears Roebuck in the late 1940s. In 1960, High Standard began marketing shotguns under their own name and the approximately 200 models in the following listing is derived from the High Standard catalogs and price lists of that time. A redesign of the shotgun line occurred with new models introduced in 1966. In 1973, High Standard introduced their new "Trophy Line" of shotguns and this marked a change in catalog numbers from the number beginning with the numeral 8 to the number beginning with the numeral 6. At this time the previous catalog numbers were referred to as the "Regular Line". Some regular line guns were cataloged in 1973, but this was the last year for them except the Police models. The 12 gauge pumps in the Trophy line were the guns which had interchangeable barrels. Serial numbers began appearing on the High Standard shotguns during mid to late 1967. Beginning about 1958, many of the shotguns had a two letter date code.
Additionally, there are over 150 catalog numbers for both semi-auto and slide action shotguns not listed here which represent models with High Standard markings but with special roll marking or other features which High Standard produced for several large distributors. Many of these distributor specials had their own model names which included Point Right, Pointer, Birdwing, NATO Pintail Field Classic Mallard Model 200 (J.C. Penney 20 ga. semi-auto), Model 220, and Sport Deluxe. These distributor label guns are not listed in the following data.

Hope it helps.

[jonny one shot]

thank you