Many of these shotguns were made and its value is less than $200Ĭurious to know if anyone in the forum has any experience owning one of these shotguns are there any concerns/design defects I should be aware of, and what are your thoughts in general regarding this make and model shotgun.is it a decent shotgun and something I should be happy to own or is it a junker? The barrel is pressed in and cannot be replaced unless sent to a gunsmithĤ. These shotguns were considered a common man's, utilitarian, dependable post war shotgun with no fills.ģ. The action is the smoothest I have ever seen and the barrel is free of any pitting inside and outside.Īccording to some internet research I learned:Ģ. I reblued using Birchwood Casey gun bluing solution and polished all the internal silver parts in the receiver. I stripped off the old bluing and rust and was pleasantly surprised to find there was minimal pitting. It functioned but was a little rough looking with some minor surface rust and 60% of the bluing gone. A few months ago, my 75 year old neighbor gave me a JC Higgins Model 20, 12 gauge pump shot gun with a FULL choke barrel 583.55.
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