Gil. What I do is if the Higgins has a decent trigger, I replace the rather soft pin they use on the trigger with a piece of hardened drill rod. The ones with lousy triggers get the Timney's.
Yeah, I understand how lots of locals think because it was a Sears gun they El Cheapo made. If you look in early Gun Digests at the prices for them, they cost more that the vaunted Pre-64 Winchester M70 in their day.
Better gun too in my not very huble opinion. Glad to see there's at least one other that appreciates Sears little sleepers.
Paul B.