Kinda new 7x57

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I bought this JC Higgins of the EE this winter in 270Win. The barrel was kinda cruddy looking but had a good bore so I sold it off and had the old FN fixed up a bit.

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Cartridge selection is excellent, the stock is a little lacking though, gonna replace it?
 
Someone tell Gatehouse about this Thread. He needs to know that the 7x57 is truly the "King" of all Cartridges.
 
If it's a J.C. Higgins it's a Model 50 or 51 marketed through Husqvarna and F/N Belgium. Just wondering who made the barrel?
 
Surprised you kept it long enough to get photos. Saw you were trying to flog it to 'Tikka boy' on the other site...:p:)

It's a nice rifle, SC, that'd hunt...

Are Mr. King's barrels cut or?
 
SuperCub said:
I bought this JC Higgins of the EE this winter in 270Win. The barrel was kinda cruddy looking but had a good bore so I sold it off and had the old FN fixed up a bit.
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LOL, I just put up a J.C. higgins .270 on the EE! Maybe I should make it into a twin. I like the looks of that one.
 
Win/64 said:
If it's a J.C. Higgins it's a Model 50 or 51 marketed through Husqvarna and F/N Belgium. Just wondering who made the barrel?
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The original barrels on the model 50 were made by High-Standard. They were chrome lined and usually very accurate. Actually, I seem to remember reading somewhere that the M50's were assembled by High-Standard for Sears-Roebuck to be sold under the JC Higgins banner.

The only thing I don't like about the M50 is their goofy trigger set-up. The trigger is pinned to the bottom metal and the sear is pinned to the receiver. They function ok if the guard screws are kept tight but I replace them with a Timney.
 
Mauser98 said:
The only thing I don't like about the M50 is their goofy trigger set-up. The trigger is pinned to the bottom metal and the sear is pinned to the receiver. They function ok if the guard screws are kept tight but I replace them with a Timney.
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I didn't care for that trigger much at all either. The one on this rifle was replaced with a modified (1 stage) military trigger.


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SuperCub said:
Prolly not. No flutes either.

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Well now, good call on the flutes, but bad news for you, no trolling, that stock is lacking. Cheap-o stock, it needs either some checkering, or some replacing, you'll notice I didnt mention bedliner at all...checkering me thinks, and a red rubber recoil pad to class it all up.
 
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