J. C. Higgins

From 1908 until 1962, Sears, Roebuck & Company sold a wide variety of sporting goods and recreational equipment, including bicycles, golf clubs, rifles, shotguns, and revolvers under the brand name "J. C.

These products were well made and were popular with the company's historical core of rural and working-class consumers.

He moved from his birth country of Ireland to the United States in his late teens and began working for Sears in 1898.

He spent his entire working career with Sears and was Vice President for the company for a period of time.

J.C. Higgins Model 101.16, a single shot or semi-automatic tube fed .22 S/L/LR.

Nicknamed the “click-clack” because of the sound it made as the bolt moved back and forth when shooting automatic.

J.C. Higgins Model 103.16, bolt action magazine fed .22 S-L-LR rifle.

J.C. Higgins Model 103.18, bolt action single shot .22 S-L-LR rifle.

J.C. Higgins Model 43, a .22 short/.22 long/.22 long rifle tube-fed bolt-action rifle, manufactured by Marlin, similar to a Marlin Model 81, with slight changes to the bolt and a chrome plated trigger guard.

J.C. Higgins Model 50, a bolt-action rifle with a commercial FN Mauser action and a chrome-lined barrel from High Standard.

J.C. Higgins Model 80, a semi-automatic .22 LR pistol, a copy of the Hi-Standard M101 with a brown plastic target grip, mfg.

J.C. Higgins Model 88, a .22 LR 9 shot revolver manufactured by High Standard.