A friend of mine used one of these for many years for all his upland hunting in the Palouse Prairie in Eastern Washington when he had to give back a borrowed Winchester Model 12. He came to prefer it to the Winchester and thought the only thing wrong with it was that it wasn't a takedown.
Killed a boatload of phez, Huns, chukars, and "California" quail with it. I had fancier guns but didn't score any more with them than he did with that JC Higgins. Had no issues with it in the 7-8 years I hunted with him.
A sleeper, like many "mail order brand" guns.
