My neat little 26" .410 double is stamped "Model 311A"on the right side of the receiver, "J.C. Higgins Model 1017 Sears Roebuck & Company" on the left hand side, and the symbols A and O with an E in a circle appear stamped both in the metal and the wood of the forend.
The barrel flats are marked with the same nomenclature and the barrel lug is stamped with SP in an oval. The barrel forend lug is marked with what looks like the numeral 4 with an upper case B below it. Must have been a step above the basic model; stock and forend are nicely hand checkered and finished. Neat little gun and a blast to shoot!
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