[El Gato]

There’s a good chance your 20 ga. was made by Winchester.

All the JC Higgens shotguns I've seen were made by High Standard. The only Sears firearm that Winchester made was the model 54, a lever action rifle. Savage/Stevens made most Wards shotguns, Winchester apparently didn't make any of those either.

I had a 20 ga JC Higgens, and my Dad had a 12 gauge. They were both High Standards and I've handled the equivalent High Standard Models.

[yarddog]

My Nephew had a Sears shotgun made by Winchester. It was identical to the model 1300 except the impressed checkering had a different pattern.

I don’t remember if it was marked J.C. Higgins or not. It was actually a pretty good looking gun with a very high quality blueing. I never liked impressed checkering but other than that it was nice.

[kitchen]

Sears sold a boatload of re-branded Winchesters, along with just about every other long gun manufacturer.

[mcshot]

I only made the comment as my “Ted Williams” was made by Winchester. I actually preferred it as it had nice walnut furniture. Good guns.