J.C Higgins .30-06

filmjunkie4ever · Feb 8, 2015

Check out this old rifle.

http://www.armslist.com/posts/4010521/r ... l-50-30-06

Wish I had the clams to throw down on this one.

Love the classic lines.

PJGunner · Feb 9, 2015

If I wanted another, I'd be begging, borrowing or stealing the coin to snag that one. Looks quite clean. Dunno what you know about them but they're one of my favorite rifles. Came in two calibers, 270 Win. and 30-06. I had one in .270 but made a nice 7x57 out of it. I'd have to look but I have three of four more all in 30-06. Barrels are made by Johnson and installed by High Standard and are chrome lined. They are very good barrels BTW. Stocks probably from Fajen or maybe Bishop. I have small hands so the stocks feel a bit clubby to but that's nothing a bit of work with files and sandpaper won't cure. The only thing I would change on the would be the trigger. Most have very decent pulls and some really fine pulls but It's a two piece set up that can discharge accidently. A Timney takes care of that once and for all.
You're probably wondering why I dumped the one in .270. Early M50's had a dovetail for the rear sight smack dab dead center over the chamber. made me nervous so I rebarreled the rifle and placed it in a new stock.
I'll be honest. If I wasn't tied down paying off my last elk hunt I'd be all over that one myself. They're very good rifles as is and make a fine basis for a build should you want to go that route.
Paul B.

filmjunkie4ever · Feb 9, 2015

A man I grew up around had two of these. One in .270 and one in .30-06. He shot the 150 grain Hornady in the .270 as his all-around and a 180 grain Hornady as his all around in the .30-06. Both were getting about 2700 fps at the muzzle.

He is a good shot, as were most if not all of his generation.

It made me think of him when I saw this. I have my own Winchester Model 70 Classic in .30-06 or I too would've took out a loan on the farm for this gun.

These were very well made rifles. Too bad J.C. Higgins wasn't still doing this kind of thing, even if they only made .270s and .30-06s these are a rifle that will last a few lifetimes.

taylorce1 · Feb 9, 2015

I had one of those as well, but I hated the trigger on it. I sold it to fund other projects, I got $550 shipped for mine. It was a nice rifle but I don't regret selling.

preacher · Feb 10, 2015

I grew up with a boy who had one, along with a Leupold 3x9...it was the nicest rifle in our circle of friends! His dad got a bunch of 150gr reloads from a fellow and my friend killed bookoo deer with that thing. he still has it. At one time ( we were 15) he wanted a Ruger 44 carbine ( the original semi auto) and he offered to sell me the Higgins for $75! ( Big money for a teen in '67!) I just couldn't swing it ( not hauling hay for 3 cents a bale!) About 4 yrs ago, I bought a .270 locally for $350. it was nice, had the trigger changed but it was not a tack driver. My SIL has it in his safe. I'm a sucker for FN commercial mausers so I have to watch myself or I end up accumulating! I learned years ago that if I have too many rifles I end up getting distracted and neglect my ministry! ha.

PJGunner · Feb 10, 2015

One of the ones I have is sitting in a Butler Creek stock these days. The gun was given to me by a friend in poor health due to a car wreck and he no longer could stand the recoil. He'd restocked it in a nice piece of walnut and I hunted with it for a few years before I moved from Nevada to Arizona. Anyway while on a Coues Deer hunt I slipped in the loose rock and took a spill off a cliff. Lots of cuts, bruises and multiple Cholla buds was my only damage but the stock on that rifle was beyond repair. It sat in the back of a closet until I came across the BC stock. A bit of cobbling fitting and plenty of Accraglass, plus using a foam material to fill in the hollow butt and forearm and I now have a sweet shooting rifle once more.
Paul B.