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My Grandpa passed away about a year ago, and he had signed over his J.C. Higgins Model 50 rifle in .30-06 to me in his will. I just finally got it and some other items shipped to me from my Grandma and I have to say the gun is sweet. It seems to be in excellent condition, the wooden stock is flawless, the barrel is flawless, and the bore and action is chrome, shiny and just perfect. My dad tells me that my grandpa was obessed with making sure he had clean guns (probably due to his military experience in the Korean War).
It has decent iron sights so I took it to the range and was able to get 2 inch groups at 50yds with the old soft point ammo that I received in the will also. This is quite impressive with all things considered, the rifle is 50 years old, the ammo was 30 years old, I was using iron sights and was shooting with only 1 large bean-bag under the forestock and nothing under the butt.
Now, I have other rifles but I would like to put a scope on it so I can kill some deer with the same rifle that both my Grandpa and my dad used to kill deer.
The gun comes with scope-ring mounts but I'm not sure what rings will fit it.
Does anyone know what I need to put a scope on this J.C. Higgis Model 50?
Also, does anybody know what the rate of twist on the 22inch barrel is?
Your assistance would be appreciated.
It has decent iron sights so I took it to the range and was able to get 2 inch groups at 50yds with the old soft point ammo that I received in the will also. This is quite impressive with all things considered, the rifle is 50 years old, the ammo was 30 years old, I was using iron sights and was shooting with only 1 large bean-bag under the forestock and nothing under the butt.
Now, I have other rifles but I would like to put a scope on it so I can kill some deer with the same rifle that both my Grandpa and my dad used to kill deer.
The gun comes with scope-ring mounts but I'm not sure what rings will fit it.
Does anyone know what I need to put a scope on this J.C. Higgis Model 50?
Also, does anybody know what the rate of twist on the 22inch barrel is?
Your assistance would be appreciated.
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