As I mentioned in another thread, my Son was given a nice J.C. Higgins rifle. The rifle is in great shape, and the wood on the stock is well figured, and appears to be Walnut.
Back in the 90's my Son killed his only Mule Deer with this rifle, while hunting in Wyoming. This rifle is a 'keeper' for him.
The rifle is a .30-06, and the receiver is marked "Action-Made in Belgium", and it has the FN logo.
Buried somewhere in my memory is a snippit that says the action was barreled and stocked by SAKO in Finnland, and imported for Sears.
On the barrel it gives the model number '50', and a Sears part number of 583.96. It does say Sears Roebuck and Co. as well.
Does anyone have info on this old timer?
The scope is also a J.C. Higgins, and says "rifleman Senior 4X". Any ideas about who made the scope? Looks a lot like an old Weaver.
This is the rifle in question.
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