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With such a detailed description of your shotgun, all I can say is that Sears sold shotguns, including .410 gauge, from the 1880's to about 1990.
JC Higgins never made shotguns. That is a Sears model number. Shotguns were made by other companies using the Sears brand name- JC Higgins. Yours is likely a High Standard shotgun. If it has no serial number (most did not) it was made prior to 1968. Serial numbers were not required by law until then.
The J C Higgins model 20 pump shotgun 583 55 was actually made by Sears. Sears and Roebuck & co. owned High Standard and held all the licenses for this gun .583 means House brand exclusive Sears product. 55 is the Sears code for the year 1948
With an average of only 457 people are shot by shotguns every year.
It's more like who made guns for Sears. J C HIGGINS is a brand name for SEARS. To give you an example. Both Daisy and Crosman air guns made air guns for Sears under the J C Higgins name. So did Marlin and several other gun companies make rifles, guns and shotguns. Sears stopped selling guns and rifles in the early 80's.
Sears is a major competitor, however depending on what you're shopping for and what time of year it is you should still compare the top stores for sale prices.
You will need to give us more information. Sears used the Ranger name of their JC Higgins shotguns and rifles. We may be able to get you a range of years, but not a specific year- there are simply no records.
These were mde in the 1950's by High Standard for Sears- serial numbers were not required on shotguns until 1968. THERE is A SAFETY RECALL ON THAT MODEL 12 G. According to Sears, the gun is unsafe to fire due to a design flaw. Contact Sears for deatails on their recall offer.
That shotgun was made for Sears by High Standard- it is their Flite King model. It was made from about theearly 1960s for about 12 years. Nice shotguns, BTW.
Bay State shotguns were made prior to World War 2.
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