What you have is JC Higgins model 10 6 shot bolt action repeating shotgun made in 1948 these are excellent guns but old fashioned and some what common they have limited value abought 50 to 100 bucks. But they are still great shotguns and better made than a lot of the new stuff ,and its in great gauge lot of differant loads available and cheap to shoot great old gun enjoy it its all the gun you will ever really need