Difference between revisions of "J.C. Higgins"

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! Sears Model Number !! Manufacturer !! Manufacturer's Model Number
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! Sears Model Number !! Manufacturer / Manufacturer's Model Number
 
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| 1T || Winchester || 121 / 273.27010
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| 1T || Winchester Model 121 (Catalog # 273.27010)
 
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| 2 C || Winchester || 131
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| 2 C || Winchester Model 131
 
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| 2C || Winchester || 141 / 273.27510
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| 2C || Winchester Model 141 (Catalog # 273.27510)
 
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| 2/57|| Stevens || 66
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| 2/57|| Stevens Model 66
 
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| 2/58 || Stevens || 66
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| 2/58 || Stevens Model 66
 
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| 3T || Winchester || 190 / 273.2390
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| 3T || Winchester Model 190 / 273.2390
 
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| 3T || Winchester || 190 / 250
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| 3T || Winchester Model 190 / 250
 
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| 3T-A || Winchester|| 190 / 290
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| 3T-A || Winchester Model 190 / 290
 
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| 4T|| Winchester|| 270 / 273.2360
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| 4T|| Winchester Model 270 (Catalog # 273.2360)
 
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| 5|| Winchester|| 270 / 275
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| 5|| Winchester Model 270 / 275
 
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| 5T || Winchester|| 270
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| 5T || Winchester Model 270
 
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| 6C || Winchester|| 490
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| 6C || Winchester Model 490
 
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| 6C|| Cooey|| 64 / 64B
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| 6C|| Cooey Model 64 / 64B
 
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| 11.2 || Stevens|| 238
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| 11.2 || Stevens Model 238
 
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| 18|| Mossberg || 183K
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| 20|| High Standard || Flite King 120 (12 Gauge)
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| 31|| Savage || 521
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| 31|| Savage Model 521
 
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| 35|| High Standard || Sport King P1011
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| 35|| High Standard Sport King P1011
 
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| 49 / 80 || Stevens || 94
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| 49 / 80 || Stevens Model 94
 
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| 49.118 || Savage || 99 A
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| 49.118 || Savage Model 99 A
 
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| 53A || Winchester || 70 A
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| 53A || Winchester Model 70 A
 
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| 54 || Winchester || 94
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| 54 || Winchester Model 94
 
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| 92 || Stevens || 39
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| 92 || Stevens Model 39
 
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| 93 || Stevens || 38
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| 93 || Stevens Model 38
 
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| 94 || Stevens || 237
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| 94 || Stevens Model 237
 
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| 95 || Stevens || 238
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| 95 || Stevens Model 238
 
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| 98 || Stevens || 37
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| 98 || Stevens Model 37
 
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| 100 || Savage || 58C / 59A
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| 100 || Savage Model 58C / 59A
 
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| 101.3 || Stevens || 237
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| 101.3 || Stevens Model 237
 
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| 101.4 || Stevens || 38
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| 101.4 || Stevens Model 38
 
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| 101.5 || Stevens || 37
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| 101.5 || Stevens Model 37
 
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| 101.12 || Stevens || 39
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| 101.12 || Stevens Model 39
 
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| 101.13 || Stevens || 86
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| 101.16 || Example || Example
 
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Revision as of 06:49, 5 October 2019

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The J.C. Higgins Logo, on a gas stove.

J.C. Higgins was the sporting goods brand used by Sears, Roebuck and Co. from 1908 to 1964. The J.C. Higgins branding featured baseball equipment, golf equipment, bicycles, and even firearms, including a wide variety of rifles, shotguns, and handguns.

These products were sourced from major manufacturers, and this applied to their firearms as well. They sourced their firearms from gun manufacturers such as Marlin and High Standard. Sears, Roebuck and Co. intended the firearms they sold to be affordable and utilitarian, consistent with other companies such as Montgomery Ward's "Western Field" branding.

After 1964, Sears replaced their J.C. Higgins lineup of products, with the "Ted Williams" branding. Although many other sporting items were still sold under this name, Sears stopped selling firearms at that point.

As it turns out, "J.C. Higgins" was actually a real person. John Higgins, the namesake of the brand, began working at Sears in 1898 after emigrating from his home country of Ireland. He would eventually become Vice President of the company, and retired in 1950 as head bookkeeper. John Higgins did not actually have a middle name, but Sears believed the branding would look more presentable adding the "C" initial. John Higgins' expertise in sporting goods, or his status as a sports enthusiast, are not known.


J.C. Higgins Models & Manufacturers List

https://gun-data.com/sears_roebuck_guns.html

The website Gun-Data.com (linked directly above) has an incredible list of firearms sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. It may or may not be the complete, exhaustive list of makes and models, but it should serve as a fantastic resource for anyone attempting to identify the original manufacturer and model number of their J.C. Higgins branded firearms. That data is listed below:

Sears Model Number Manufacturer / Manufacturer's Model Number
1T Winchester Model 121 (Catalog # 273.27010)
2 C Winchester Model 131
2C Winchester Model 141 (Catalog # 273.27510)
2/57 Stevens Model 66
2/58 Stevens Model 66
3T Winchester Model 190 / 273.2390
3T Winchester Model 190 / 250
3T-A Winchester Model 190 / 290
4T Winchester Model 270 (Catalog # 273.2360)
5 Winchester Model 270 / 275
5T Winchester Model 270
6C Winchester Model 490
6C Cooey Model 64 / 64B
11.2 Stevens Model 238
18 Mossberg Model 183K
20 High Standard Flite King 120 (Chambered in 12 Gauge)
31 Savage Model 521
35 High Standard Sport King P1011
49 / 80 Stevens Model 94
49.118 Savage Model 99 A
53A Winchester Model 70 A
54 Winchester Model 94
92 Stevens Model 39
93 Stevens Model 38
94 Stevens Model 237
95 Stevens Model 238
98 Stevens Model 37
100 Savage Model 58C / 59A
101.3 Stevens Model 237
101.4 Stevens Model 38
101.5 Stevens Model 37
101.12 Stevens Model 39
101.13 Stevens Model 86
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