Its a Sears branded Mossberg 500.
J.C.Higgins was a trademark used on Sears and Roebuck rifles and shotguns manufactured for Sears from 1946-1962.
Eastern Arms Co. was a trade name used by Sears Roebuck. The guns were manufactured by Meriden Firearms, J. Stevens Arms, and others. How do you tell who manufactured the Ranger?
The Ithaca Gun Company manufactured shotguns between the years 1969 and 1978. The Model 200 was almost certainly manufactured at that?ætime.
That would be a Stevens 94B sold by Sears Roebuck.
Eastern Arms Company was a trade name used by Sears Roebuck. The guns were manufactured by Meriden Arms, Iver Johnson, Stevens, Savage, and probably others.
Beginning in 1956, Sears Roebuck and Company produced the world's first gas-powered gun under its J.C. Higgins brand. The gas system was produced by High Standard Manufacturing.
Prior to 1930, certainly. Wolverine Arms Co was a tradename used by Fletcher Hardware in Wilmington NC.
Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck decided to start a company together--hence the name of the store and company.
This may have been linked to Sears and Roebuck as a company.
I am actually looking up that very gun... I am trying to find manuals and parts for it. It is a Sears, Roebuck and Company, U.S.A. - 20 ga. - Ranger - 104.7
I can't find a cross-reference for that number, but Eastern Arms was a trade name used by Sears Roebuck. Most of the shotguns were made by Stevens/Savage.