Dear Shootemup...
I think you really should have started a new thread with this question but maybe I am wrong. Anyway, I am busy right now getting ready for company this weekend but I have done a quick cross-reference inquiry and have not found the manufacturer of Model 33 J. C. Higgins yet but hope to. Now be aware that the Numrich Gun Parts Co web site has a very extensive cross-reference but they are not 100% complete and do not list the J. C. Higgins 33. So, we need to look further. Now, here is what I will do when you find out what company made this gun for Sears. Usually, the Sears or other store brand gun is simply a clone of the main stream manufacturer model made at the same time. So, you/we need to find who made the gun what manufacturer name brand model is the equivalent. Then I will go to my almost complete collection of Gun Digests and see what years the name brand model was made and that should give you an idea of what years your gun could have been made. For example, Winchester made a Model 94 clone for Sears I think. So, they would not have made that unless they were already tooled to make their own name-brand model of a lever action deer rifle. That is my theory. I notice some of the old Gun Digests list just a very few store brands but usually not. So, put a posting on here for me to see when/if you find out the manufacturer. Others out there...help us out if you can.
I think you really should have started a new thread with this question but maybe I am wrong. Anyway, I am busy right now getting ready for company this weekend but I have done a quick cross-reference inquiry and have not found the manufacturer of Model 33 J. C. Higgins yet but hope to. Now be aware that the Numrich Gun Parts Co web site has a very extensive cross-reference but they are not 100% complete and do not list the J. C. Higgins 33. So, we need to look further. Now, here is what I will do when you find out what company made this gun for Sears. Usually, the Sears or other store brand gun is simply a clone of the main stream manufacturer model made at the same time. So, you/we need to find who made the gun what manufacturer name brand model is the equivalent. Then I will go to my almost complete collection of Gun Digests and see what years the name brand model was made and that should give you an idea of what years your gun could have been made. For example, Winchester made a Model 94 clone for Sears I think. So, they would not have made that unless they were already tooled to make their own name-brand model of a lever action deer rifle. That is my theory. I notice some of the old Gun Digests list just a very few store brands but usually not. So, put a posting on here for me to see when/if you find out the manufacturer. Others out there...help us out if you can.
