![]() Higgins format offered during the 1950s, they were substantially less expensive than the Winchester model 70 rifles of that time.Ĥ) Remington Model 14/141 A pair of Remington Model 14s, the standard version above, the carbine below. Of course, these Mauser actions are legendary, still trusted, and routinely customized. Higgins actually had no middle name but the company added the “C” because it sounded better.) The rifles were nothing more than sporterized Belgian 98 military Mausers. Higgins-was in fact the name of a Sears employee who was an Irish immigrant. These rifles were sold by Sears, Roebuck & Company, and the brand name-J.C. Dave Hurteau 2) JC Higgins Model 50 (Mauser 98) A JC Higgins Model 50. ![]() With its sheathed barrel, fixed box magazine, and receiver-mounted safety lever, it’s guaranteed to set you apart from the crowd. What makes the Model 8 so cool, for one, is that it’s the rifle that put an end to Bonnie and Clyde’s shenanigans (according to the lore, at least, it was legendary Texas Ranger Frank Hamer’s deputy, Prentiss Oakley, whose Model 8 delivered the fatal shot to Clyde Barrow’s temple in the 1934 ambush), and, for two, it’s just one crazy-looking gun. ![]()
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