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JC higgins mod. 31 .22
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A local guy has one of these for sale, I've never seen one before ..... what a cool little rifle, has a retractable sling in the butt stock.
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The funny thing about the gun, is that Dad only had a little plastic case with 7 rounds of ammo in it for the gun. [:D]
In the past few years I've seen them go from well under $100.00 to about $200.00. Great forend one the rifle too.
Quite the art deco stock, with the intriguing roundel near the wrist.
Some of that wood is very thin.
Great little shooters, good sights, all 3 different versions have (mostly) interchangeable parts.
Well worth $250 to a rimfire fan.
Yep. They were based on a Remington patent that Sears bought and built by High Standard exclusively for Sears between 1952 and 1956. Sears owned about 30% of HS at the time. One of the few JC Higgins guns that does not cross reference to another make/model.
The Model 31 was a derivative design of the Sears J. C. Higgins Model 30. The model 30 was a design by Fred Humeston of High Standard. Fred had previously worked in the design development of Winchester alongside Gus Swebilius the primary owner of High Standard. Fred left Winchester during the war for High Standard between the time that Winchester filed for Humeston's patents on the .30 cal M-1 carbine and the time when the patents were actually granted. As I recall Fred had the patent on the Model 30 which was assigned 1/2 to Sears Roebuck & CO and 1/2 to High Standard. The model 30 was .22 LR only while the Model 31 would feed the .22 Short, .22 Long , and/or .22 Long Rifle interchangabily.
Looks almost as pretty as the one I have.
Quite the art deco stock, with the intriguing roundel near the wrist.
Some of that wood is very thin.
Great little shooters, good sights, all 3 different versions have (mostly) interchangeable parts.
Well worth $250 to a rimfire fan.
The aluminum receiver semi-auto rifles included the models 28, 29, 30, 31, 36, and 34 along with with Model 33 and Model 35 pump actions. Each model had multiple variations each representing a change from the other variation. While some parts were indeed common to most models and variations there were always differences in parts between the models and variation of those models. The stock was two piece with thin sides of the fore end covering the flat sides of the receivers on several models. Factory records show a significant spoilage percentage of these fore ends.