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06-28-2018, 10:17 PM
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New Used Purchase: JC Higgins .22
Last month I won an auction on Gunbroker and picked up a JC Higgins Model 88 .22 revolver. By the time it got to me, with shipping and the FFL transfer, it cost me $175.
I had done some "internet research" and found it was made by High-Standard in the 1950s through 70s, or so. JC Higgins was the Sears brand, and a couple other store brands were produced too, such as for Western Auto. High-Standard is the most desirable name, which is fine with me, because I appreciated a better deal for the same thing.
I wanted this for plinking and to help learn some more about revolvers. I've been a semi-auto man until recently. Don't bash on me too much, but Glocks have always been good for me. It was a S&W New Model 3 family heirloom that got me to give wheel guns a look.
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Reason: Wrong store name.
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06-28-2018, 10:22 PM
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Backyard Range Report
I've fired about 200 rounds of 5+ year-old Remington through it, over the course of 4 different evenings.
From tonight, here is the result of double action at about 8 yards.
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06-28-2018, 10:33 PM
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I think you will find that J C Higgins was a Sears brand not Montgomery Ward.
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06-28-2018, 10:36 PM
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The double action is about 6 pounds, in my estimation. The single action is about 3. For some reason, I seem to do better with the double action.
Here's how I did tonight in single action, as seen in the smaller, corner targets. (The main target is the double action result from above.)
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06-28-2018, 10:37 PM
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I think you will find that J C Higgins was a Sears brand not Montgomery Ward.
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You're right, that's what I meant to write above. Thank you.
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06-28-2018, 10:46 PM
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The revolver is in decent shape, but has some scratches. The ejector does not have a spring and therefore has a tendency to hit the frame.
I'm not sure why all my photos are upside down. I'll try to correct it soon.
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06-28-2018, 11:34 PM
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Looks just like the High Standard Sentinel.
I have a High Standard Double 9.
AFAIK they are mechanically pretty much the same gun, but the Double 9 is styled after a "cowboy" single action - kind of a Peacemaker look.
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06-29-2018, 07:17 AM
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Looks just like the High Standard Sentinel.
I have a High Standard Double 9.
AFAIK they are mechanically pretty much the same gun, but the Double 9 is styled after a "cowboy" single action - kind of a Peacemaker look.
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Yeah! It is the clone of the Sentinel, except for the grip and the name.
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06-29-2018, 07:40 AM
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I have owned several of those over the years, both High Standard and the clones. They are fine guns. The early versions did not have a spring for the ejector rod, later ones did. Some had two piece stocks, some were one piece attached through the butt. Here is my last one.
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06-29-2018, 07:59 AM
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They have a reputation as durable revolvers. The last one that I saw was marked $300 at a local gun shop. I considered that to be too high since I had previously purchased a High Standard Model 106 Citation for the same amount at the same gun shop.
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06-29-2018, 09:22 AM
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A 1956 model 88 came into my possession last month. This was my mother's revolver and she, now 88 yoa, said it's was getting too hard for her to pull trigger in single action.
I grew up with this revolver. In 1956 I would have been 6 yoa, my brother 9, and my mother 26. We were raised on a cattle ranch in New Mexico. In the evenings, with nothing good on TV (and fact we didn't have electricity or a TV) my brother, mother and I would stroll around the pastures (probably looking for a way out) and Mom would always have the .22 strapped on. A neighboring rancher handmade a holster for her and I got that too. Many rattle snakes, jack rabbits and varmints felt the wrath of that .22. She was a very good shot, occasionally taking a jack rabbit on the run. If a rabbit ever stopped running and looked around, he was history, ha. I grew up with that .22 and great memories for sure.
And my mom, she was always my wise, beautiful, good shooting mom. But now, looking back, she was only 26 back then, just a kid herself with a couple of kids, who at that time, didn't realize what a gem we had.
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06-29-2018, 10:11 AM
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"The double action is about 6 pounds, in my estimation. The single action is about 3. For some reason, I seem to do better with the double action."
The JC Higgins is a rebranded High Standard Sentinel. They are great and underappreciated revolvers that do almost anything that a Smith .22 can do for a fraction of the cost and you can actually eject the fired brass without a mallet. They were designed by the same guy who later developed the rotary mags in the Ruger 10/22. But, if yours has a 6 pound DA trigger it is an outlier. Most are closer to 16 lbs than 6.
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06-29-2018, 10:44 AM
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I have one exactly like it. It was my father's and he got it when he was 14. It was the first "real gun" I ever shot.
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06-29-2018, 08:19 PM
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A few more photos from last night.
Well, I'm not sure why, but I can't shake the upside-down photos.
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