Rifles and shotguns are both considered long guns.
All of Sears JC Higgins rifles and guns were made by various manufactures using the Higgins brand name.
long rifles rifles and hand guns
All of Sears JC Higgins rifles and guns were made by various manufactures using the Higgins brand name.
SOME guns had serial numbers in the late 1800s. They were required by law on handguns and machine guns in 1934 (in the US) and on rifles and shotguns in 1968.
machine guns and rifles
Rifles, shotguns, handguns, machine guns. Mainly rifles and shotguns.
Montgomery Wards never made guns of rifles. They contracted several gun manufactures to make guns and rifles for them using the Wards brand name. This is the same for Sears and Western auto. All of them stopped selling guns around 1988 due to social pressure.
Rifles and pistols.
rifles
JC Higgins never made guns of rifles. Sears contracted several gun manufactures to make guns and rifles for them using the J C Higgins brand name. This is the same for Wards and Western auto. All of them stopped selling guns around 1988 due to social pressure.
Rifles, shotguns, handguns, machine guns.