Identifying Your JC Higgins Model 101 Rifle: Production Year & Features

Question
I am haveing trouble trying to narow down the year a jc higgins 101 16 made for sears roebuck & company was produced in no serial # so it is pre 68 there are 5 #'s located on the right side of the barrel foward of the chamber upside down are as follows

         2094577 patents 2224758
         2223093 RE22585 2271576
the rifle also has wood stock plastick butt plate dovetail foward sight with brass tip also .22short,long or long rifle only as automatic it would be apreciated as much detail as possible about this old .22 as possible as it has been in the family for decades

         thank you
         Raymon.T.Herrera

Answer
Hello Raymon.T.Herrera.
 Your rifle is actually a Stevens Model 87 or Savage Model 6. It was manufactured for Sears & Roebuck somewhere between 1946- 1962. This was the time frame that Sears used the trademark J.C. Higgins on their rifles and shotguns. There is another identifying factor that can narrow the gap a little more. If  the rear of your receiver is squared off, it would place it between 1946-1955. If it is sloped, it was made between 1956-1962. There is another way to identify the precise year of manufacture, by the number of ribs on the left side of the receiver. It was Savage Arms Co. first try at a semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle. It worked on the blow-back system that would only function with the case pressure of the .22 L.R. The .22 short or .22 long can be fired in it one at a time.
 I hope this helps answer your question and thank you for asking for me. Charles Gage