Mom helped me shoot hers when i was 6 or 8 years old. That was around 1963. It was not brand new then.
No serial number - no answer. Sorry.
The South African Mint is located on the Old Johannesburg Road (the R101) Centurion.
31 years old
58 years old.
This semi-auto was in all probability made by the old High Standard Co., who went out of business in mid 1980's. There is a new High Standard Co., since 1993, who acquired the assets of the old co. and they are located in Houston Tx. They are still making a line of the semi-auto handguns. http://www.histandard.info/PDF/Sears%20Rifles.pdf Sarco bought the rifle product line at the closing auction.
1935
1973
1956
52 years old
@1959
1974
Made in 1968.
Impossible to answer without a serial number.