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Mr Gee
a friend of mine has a J. C. HIGGINS MODEL 60 AUTOLOADER - 12 Ga. he says its built by High Standard in the 1960's, has 26" VR barrel with a Cutts style compensator and Poly style variable choke. Very clean with blue about 95% and clean, sound wood. what value would it have as a trade or money wise thanks Rich G....


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  • MIKE WISKEY
    if it works $100 +-. these are prone to break and parts are hard to come by.
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  • Mr Gee
    interesting you say that it must worth a lot in parts rather then a whole gun or as a collector, haven't had a chance to go look at it yet but he said it looks hardly used like its been a closet for many years ..... Hmmmm any other input is welcome thanks

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  • He Dog
    In a nut shell, the Department store versions of firearms were almost always economy versions of the same firearm with the manufacturers name on it. That means plain jane wood, less or now checkering etc. The value to older guns comes from demand, and falls into two classes, collectable and shooter. The department store firearms have not (98% anyway) generated any collector interest, even if the manufacturers model has, and are always sold as shooters. A very few guys collect J.C. Higgins or Ranger or such, but largely because they can collect at shooter prices and like the guns. Not to say most are not good enough and reliable guns, they just have not generated a collector market. Mike Whiskey is just about right on in his information.
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  • Mr Gee
    Ok that pretty much seems to cover it thanks Guys [:)]

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  • CountryGunsmith
    The JC Higgins 60 is actually a milestone shotgun. It was the first commercially introduced gas-operated semiauto shotgun. All previous were recoil operated. It was made by High Standard and is basically the same as their Supermatic series but not all the parts interchange. Interesting that the JC Higgins gun was introduced through the Sears market before the High Standard brand gun.

    Around here nice ones will sell for $200.



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