J.C. Higgins

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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.

Model & Manufacturer List

The website https://gun-data.com/sears_roebuck_guns.html has an incredible list of firearms sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. 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.