Its a JayCee ... as in 'Higgins'. A model 100 made by AYA to be exact. Found myself in town today and by default [yard work from 1st light .. until the rain set in] and not being a fotbol nor football fan decided to visit one of the local P-shops that is open on Sunday and there it was .. a 16ga. w/28" M/F bbls. .020 & .036; 2&3/4" chambers; a single non-selective trigger; French walnut stock, decent figure w/proper grain orientation; ejectors; semi-beavertail forearm w/push button release; fine line/inch well executed chequering; solid rib, not some ventilated abomination like some AYA's & other SxS's were fitted with; double under bites; to scale frame .. $250, out the door! What's not to like? It made my rainy day.
Of course, now were I to list it here my parade might just get rained on, but WTH [what the hay]? I'm not going to do that.
Anyone know about these guns? When Sears had the 'deal'; what they listed for? Anything? It is actually nicer than several Matadors I have had at one time or another. Oh, and it is blued, sans [zero] any engraving; all the screw slots line up north to south and the butt plate is hard rubber & says 'J.C. Higgins' and the pistol grip cap is also hard rubber and says 'AYA; Eibar'. Metal is near 100%, wood has the usual array of handling mars, no dents, but chequering does have a couple of very small straifs in it from someone being careless. Still, I'm well pleased .. and who was it said that a double gun had to be expensive to be fun anyway?
