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That is an old design used by Sevens/Springfield/Savage and revised by High Standard for Sears. Yes, that is the way all of these guns functioned. There were two different model 25's and the first 25 was followed by the High Standard A-100 followed by the A-103 and finally the A-1041. Each...

A link to the patent explaining it's function. http://www.google.com/patents?id=M55YAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=1507881

I don't believe that this rifle barrel is original to the reciever. Going back through the records , I found that Sears introduced the Model 50 in the Fall sale catalog of 1951. The catalog says the action is made by FN. The master high standard factroy parts list for the model 50 dated...

There should be a Sears reference numebr on the barrel. What is that reference number? teh format should be 583.xx . Most Sears J. C. Higgins branded model 50's were made by High Standard using actions manufactured by FN. I have not encountered a Model 50 with a Sauer action. This is what...

Hello GaryR, I don't believe that Sears used the name J. C. Higgins on their guns until after the war. Sears Catalogs were still using the J. C. Higgins name on a few guns as late as the Christmas 1962 catalog. Ted Williams name did begin to replace teh J. C. Higgins name in teh early 1962...

Jim, J. C Higgins was a book keeper for Sears. I believer you are correcty that that s a squirrel. Teh shotguns had a bird or duck, I don't recall which . Teh centerfire rifle had a differetn animal perhaps a deer . You are correct, J C Higgins was just a trade name used by Sears and...

Sears J. C. Higgins used that shield on the butt plates. There were variations for the .22 rifles, the shotguns and the center fire rifles.

Here is a photo of a Sears, Roebuck & Co. J. C. Higgins brand Model 50. High Standard manufactured this rifle for Sears using a FN action ( made in Belgium). High Standard manufactured most of the rest of the parts and assembled the rifle. The molded butt plate and grip cap were not manufactured...

The A-101 Sport King Carbine was produced by High Standard only briefly. It was first cataloged in early 1962 although there may have been some production in late 1961. The A-101 carbine was superceded by the A-102 in the second half of 1962. The actual transition probably occurred when the...

Mitchell's Mausers is the latest company Don Mitchell iis associated with. He was a vice president of marketing or Sales at Colt before becoming president of High Standard for abut three years. HE abruptly left High Standard to become president of Ithaca befre founding his oun company mitchell...

From your description, it appears that you have type II Model HB. 286,xxx suggests that it probably shipped from the factory in late 1948 so it is not as old as you were told. It is not pre war. Petty's book lists production at about 25,000. Although marked New Haven, around this...

I have four of these pistols and have seen hundreds more. None had property marks ground off. I don't believe that the government ground off the marks before selling them as surplus. The box is home made and a nice touch. The original boxes were two piece boxboard with a black paper...

The Powers pistol is still in a Russian museum. Just after the break-up of the Soviet union, the Russians were strapped for cash and a friend of mine tried to buy the Powers pistol and had a deal with the Russians but the U. S. Government would not allow it to be imported. Several years later...

Since the box is not a High Staandard box, a knowledgeable person would not add any value for teh box.. In untorn condition these instructions will bring $20-$30. Torn as it is I have no idea. There are several versions of the instruction sheet/parts list for the hammer lettter series...

The box is not original to the gun. High Stadanrd did not use that style box with teh HD-Military. The serial number is in the range of an early post war gun so it is not likely that it is the model made for military training which would be marked "U.S.A. MODEL HD" There were no government...

There is some data and memorabilia on Schall on my website at: http://www.histandard.info/Fiala/

There are no common parts between the Schall and either the Woodsman or the High Standards. The serial number for teh earlier guns marked Fiala, Columbia and Botwinich were on teh foront grip strap and on teh laterr Schall versions it was on the top of the frame at the rear hidden by the...

I agree thet the pistol is probably a J. C. Schall & Co. pistol. Schall began advertising in mid 1939 and the latest ad I have found id from 1935. The second company was Anthony Fiala's Fiala Outfits, Inc of New York City. This company may have existed befoore teh Fiala Arms and...

With at least three Hiram Maxims it is somewhat confusing. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) was an American citizen who became a naturealized British subject and fought with Edison about patents for the electric light. This iis the Hiram Maxim that invented the machinegun. Hiram Percy...

These parts are most likely from one of the models of Sears pumps made by High Standard. Note that this reciever has a receiver tang and there is a magazine band. These features suggest to me that these are parts from a Sears branded gun since most of the High Standard marked models do not...