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<blockquote data-quote="Sanford" data-source="post: 2697931" data-attributes="member: 27733"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/web.newsguy.com_sanford_images_higgins.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />J. C. Higgins Model 31, .22 S/L/LR, manufactured by High Standard. Roll mark 583.75 which puts it into the first series manufactured between 1953 and 1956 or so.Not particularly valuable in a monetary sense, but the first gun I ever shot. I really don&#039;t remember how old I was but do remember that I couldn&#039;t even hold it up so my dad rested it across his shoulder. He explained how to sight then said &quot;see that crow on the limb? Shoot it.&quot; So I did - through the eye (beginner&#039;s luck). He picked up the crow and said &quot;Now take a good close look - that&#039;s what dead looks like. It&#039;s what happens when you shoot things.&quot; And that was my introduction to shooting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sanford, post: 2697931, member: 27733"] [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/web.newsguy.com_sanford_images_higgins.png[/IMG] J. C. Higgins Model 31, .22 S/L/LR, manufactured by High Standard. Roll mark 583.75 which puts it into the first series manufactured between 1953 and 1956 or so. Not particularly valuable in a monetary sense, but the first gun I ever shot. I really don't remember how old I was but do remember that I couldn't even hold it up so my dad rested it across his shoulder. He explained how to sight then said "see that crow on the limb? Shoot it." So I did - through the eye (beginner's luck). He picked up the crow and said "Now take a good close look - that's what dead looks like. It's what happens when you shoot things." And that was my introduction to shooting. [/QUOTE]

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