2358 SERIALIZATION This section has once again been expanded to help you identify the year of manufacture on many popular manufacturers and trademarks. To use these tables, compare your serial number(s) to the correct manufacturer and model, and ascertain which bracket it falls into based on the year of manufacture and corresponding serial number.

There was a model 103-11 over/under sold by Sears. Sears used the Ranger trademark in addition to JC Higgins. This model was made by Marlin and is essentially the same as a Marlin Model 90. Serial number information is not available to date this gun, as it is not known if the numbers ran consecutive ly with the Marlin marked models. Marlin manufactured this model from 1937 to 1958. The earlier guns had a separated space between the barrels; This version was made from 1937 to 1949. Between 1949 and 1958 the barrels were solid together.

Per Brophy Sears rangers were sold prior to WWII. They were marked JC Higgins after WWII.

The Blue book of gun Values is wrong. Model 90's prior to 1949 were solid between the barrels and open between the barrels after 1949.