No. Several companies made guns for Sears under the JC Higgins name. They still exist but no longer make guns with the JC Higgins name.
There never really was a 'JC Higgins Firearms.' That was a brand name used by Sears on guns that were made for them by various manufacturers such as High Standard, Savage and Winchester.
Sears sold firearms for over 100 years. Most were made by other companies (Remington, Savage, Marlin, Mossberg, etc.) for Sears but marked with the Sears trade names of J C Higgins or Ted Williams.
J C Higgins /Sears High standard
J C Higgins /High Standard http://www.histandard.info/PDF/Sears%20Rifles.pdf
AnswerJ.C Higgins Model 29 was manufactured for Sears by Hi Standard:Not all J C Higgins were made by Hi Standard, but this model was.Marlin, Winchester, Browning and Savage also made guns for Sears.
Sears used the brand names J C Higgins and Ted Williams. They dropped that line in 1989.
Your J C Higgins model 44 was made for sears by the marlin firearms company.The marlin model number is model 57M.The marlin model 57,and 57M were made during the years 1959-1965.
J C Higgins is a brand name for rifles made by various companies for Sears. Mossberg, Savage, Remington and Hi Standard made rifles for Western Auto and Sears using the Higgins name on the Sears rifles.
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John C. Higgins died in 1995.
John C. Higgins was born in 1908.
Never. That was a name used by Montgomery Wards stores for guns made by companies such as Marlin, Winchester, Savage, etc, but marked with their own staore brand. Sears did the same with J C Higgins brand.