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I just bought a new (to me) shotgun. It's the latest, greatest tacticool home defense tool. You all are going to be so jealous.
I don't know why I bought it. I'm not a shotgun guy and I don't even hunt. I guess it's just because it brought back some long-ago memories and cost me less than what a brick of .22lr ammo was selling for not too long ago.
It's a J.C. Higgins bolt-action 16 gauge, with adjustable choke! Made by High Standard for Sears and Roebuck back in the late 1940's. Someone painted the metal and refinished the stock with varnish or something. It'll be fun to strip off the paint and redo the stock more to the way it should be. Hopefully there's some bluing with 70 years of honest wear under the paint. I know they're not much by modern standards but I've come to appreciate old guns like this a lot more.
I don't know why I bought it. I'm not a shotgun guy and I don't even hunt. I guess it's just because it brought back some long-ago memories and cost me less than what a brick of .22lr ammo was selling for not too long ago.
It's a J.C. Higgins bolt-action 16 gauge, with adjustable choke! Made by High Standard for Sears and Roebuck back in the late 1940's. Someone painted the metal and refinished the stock with varnish or something. It'll be fun to strip off the paint and redo the stock more to the way it should be. Hopefully there's some bluing with 70 years of honest wear under the paint. I know they're not much by modern standards but I've come to appreciate old guns like this a lot more.