There were some changes, including the addition of a 12 gauge offering (the H&R guns were in 16 & 20 gauge only) and some internal differences which may be due to patents held by H&R or perhaps cost cutting measures implemented by High Standard.Įither way internally the H&R and High Standard built guns are different, while externally they appear identical. Higgins.Īlthough some say that Sears purchased the rights to the H&R design, which is possible, because H&R only made the guns in 19 and did not resume production after the war. This coincides with Sears using the numbering system and the trade name: J.C. Prior to WWII Harrington and Richardson made a gun known as the H&R model 120/121 which externally looked identical to the Sears model 10.Īfter the war Sears hired High Standard to build them a copy of the H&R. The following is what I have pieced together from my research, forgive me if any info is in error. There is some confusion as to the origin of the design. Stock is of good wood & is checkered & receiver is blued with nice engraving. It has chrome-lined barrels Mod/Full & two triggers. 2 designated it as a 16 gauge, 1st year introduction. O/U shotgun made by Antonio Zoli It is a model 281, serial 512651, sold by Sears, Roebuck & Co., which I bought about 25 years ago.
The model number is based on a system Sears used to identify the supplier and the gauge.ĥ83 was the supplier number for High Standard and the.
