This air gun was made by Crosman for Sears under the JC Higgins brand name. In reality it is a Crosman model 140. Crosman offers a free service to locate shops that repair older Crosman, Benjamin and Sheridan air guns. See the link below, or you can search the web for "Airgun Repair" and find a shop near you to repair it.
As a last resort see the #2 link below for various shops.
It depends on the model and the caliber of the Pellet gun.
A JC Higgins .22 caliber rifle, model 103.229 is about 55 years old as of 2014.
Cal .177
What year was the JC Higgins model number 10116 made in
This rifle was made for sears by Crosman. It really is a Crosman model 400. Crosman has most all their Owner and Parts manuals online. See the link below.
What model what is the sears code and model JC Higgins was a Sears & roebuck brand name They sold guns with this name brand from 1946 to to 1962 depending on the sears code it was made some were in that time period .With out the Sears code no. there is no way to determine value
.30-06
This Benjamin Model is part of 3 rifles that are in a series. The 340 is a .175 BB rifle. The model 347 is a .177 Caliber Pellet rifle and the 342 is a .22 caliber pellet rifle. this line of air rifles was made between 1969 to 1986 (Model 340) and 1969 - 1992 (models 347 & 342)
You can find it on the Crosman web page. The JC Higgins model 180 was made by Crosman Air guns. See the link below
It will use any .177 caliber pellet
25-140 usd
400 dollars