My JC Higgins model 51-l is small ring HVA clone and is growing on me fast ,
MY SIL has one of those M-51s. It was his father's who was killed on a sled when Jeff was 12. He gave it to me to have it fixed up. The tang was cracked so I had that fixed, glass bedded and floated as well as the stock re-done.
When I got it back, it looks great, I put a M8 4x Leupold on it and the 1st time out it was shooting 3/4" groups with factory ammo. We were both pretty happy with that and nice to see Jeff's father's rifle used again.
