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Many thousands of the Higgins Model 60 Sears guns were sold. It employed the patented hollow gas piston which surrounded the magazine feed tube, thus allowing greater magazine capacity without lengthening the forend stock. High Standard enjoyed a fine reputation for creative design and excellent workmanship in that era.

The momentum and drive of the of the original High Standard company were sadly missing with the deaths of Carl Swebilius, George Wilson Sr., Fred Humiston, and a number of management and key employees who either resigned or retired at that time. I went to the Bellmore Johnson Tool Co. as chief engineer, in which capacity I designed the .22 caliber Whitney Wolverine sporting pistol, the 12-gauge Browning BPS pump shotgun (see above), and the .45 Winchester Magnum Wildey gas-operated pistol. Harry Sefried, after designing the popular Sentinel .22 revolver in the High Standard R&D department, went to the Sturm-Ruger Co. as the Chief Engineer and designed a number of Ruger’s finest guns, including the famous 10-22 rifle, several of the Ruger revolver models and the Mini-14 .223 caliber rifle.