Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Mausers and Military Rifles JC Higgins as a donor

Someone wanting a good hunting rifle could do worse than paying $600-$700 for a nice Higgins. I had a couple and never had a problem with the triggers, nor the safeties. Both shot well, certainly good enough for Eastern woods hunting. I consider the chrome-lined barrels a plus.

We’re constantly bombarded with all kinds of stuff on various modern aspects of the shooting sports and I think it clouds our thinking about what is required for practical hunting use. What worked 50 or 100 years ago will still work, especially when paired with the better optics and bullets we have now. I have several light modern rifles, but their main practical advantage is their portability, not their function or even their accuracy.