sears model 200 shotgun

sw44spl · Dec 9, 2016

Wednesday I broke out my old sears model 200 12ga and loaded it up with my 000 buck I made and hunted all afternoon. Had 2 shots fired near me but I didn't see any deer. Now if I had birdshot I could have had a great squirrel hunt. I really like taking out my old guns hunting. kinda like going back in time. the model 200 I have is the Winchester 1200 one. Next hunt I will break out a bolt action shotgun from the early 1950s. and for the squirrels I will take my revelation 22 that is very deadly.anyone else like the old store brand guns?

august1410 · Dec 9, 2016

I love the old store brand guns.....I bought a Sears M200 from the 1970s. It was in a rack right next to a Winchester 1200 and was a hundred dollars cheaper. That purchase was a no brainer.

mauser9 · Dec 10, 2016

Brings back some memories sw44. Bought a Model 200 from Sears back in 72. It was in 20 gauge and not a bad gun for around $130. I liked the adj. choke and it had a nice bluing and nickel plated trigger I recall.Ted Williams stamped on receiver. Even walnut back in those days for reasonable money.

Richard M · Dec 10, 2016

I have a Sears 433 12ga, which is actually a side by side from AyA. I take it out every year when I take my nephew out squirrel hunting. I only shoot after he misses several times and the squirrel is running, lol.

gwpercle · Dec 10, 2016

I wonder how the squirrels seem to know when you're deer hunting ?
My father always bought guns Sears , Western Auto or Montgomery Wards. My first shotgun was a Revelation ( Western Auto) single shot .410 bolt action. Christmas of 1961, I was 12 and thought it was the finest gun on earth. Still have it and still think it's fine, Dads gone and I know he caught all kinds of heck from my Mom because she didn't think I was old enough. He hid it from her , in the car trunk, until Christmas morning, then brought it in (unwrapped in the shipping box ) , Mom gave him "The Look" but he wasn't going to be deterred.
He taught me safe handling and I loved to hunt squirrels with it.
Gary

Bosquebass · Dec 10, 2016

I have a couple of Sears "Ted Williams" shotguns made by Winchester that I have picked up over the years. The Ted Williams line of sporting goods that Sears sold was the best they had to sell. Sears claimed that Ted tested and used all of the stuff that had his name on it.
Also have a Sears "J C Higgins" .22 revolver from the late 50's made by Hi-Standard. Sears owned a large share of Hi-Standard back then and the pump shotguns that Sears sold during that time were made by them.

jpage · Dec 10, 2016

Bosquebass said:
I have a couple of Sears "Ted Williams" shotguns made by Winchester that I have picked up over the years. The Ted Williams line of sporting goods that Sears sold was the best they had to sell. Sears claimed that Ted tested and used all of the stuff that had his name on it.
Also have a Sears "J C Higgins" .22 revolver from the late 50's made by Hi-Standard. Sears owned a large share of Hi-Standard back then and the pump shotguns that Sears sold during that time were made by them.

Would the J C Higgins revolver be the same as a Hi-Standard Sentinel ?

retiredbadge8091 · Dec 10, 2016

I inherited a Ward's Triumph from my grandpa. 16 gauge, double triggers and a cracked stock. I spent good money and bought a pretty nicely figured walnut butt stock and forearm from the old Fagen Co. I also put one of the first red bead sights on it along with a nice Pachmyer recoil pad.

It's a fun side by side to shoot, and it's been on quite a few dove hunts and rabbit hunts in its time with me. It's the gun to take if you don't want your hunting partner bumming shells.

max · Dec 10, 2016

I still have the sales receipt for the Winchester 1200 by dad bought me for Christmas in 1963. The price was $96.00. I got it prior to pheasant season, but it was my Christmas present. Needless to say, I still have it and have taken it to SD a few times over the past few years.

jbtrucker · Dec 10, 2016

I have my Dads JC Higgins Model 20 bought from Sears , most of the blue as rubbed off but still shoots and kicks

SPEEDGUNNER · Dec 10, 2016

I have an eclectic collection of JC Higgins guns, my father was a big Sears & Roebuck shopper so my youth was cluttered with all things Sears...and when it came to sporting goods, JC Higgins. When I shoot trap at the local club I usually use a tricked out Remington I built specifically for that purpose, but if the Remington is down for cleaning or I just feel like a change I will sometimes take my JC Higgins Model 60 out for a spin. It never ceases to draw attention, and it really is a sweet shooter. On one occasion, when I somehow managed to shoot a 21 out of 25, the guy next to me commented on my shooting and my "custom gun"...if he only he had known it was a department store special from the 50's!

CajunBass · Dec 11, 2016

I tell people all the time that I was out of high-school before I knew there was another place to buy a gun except Sears/Roebuck. That's not quite the truth. I knew there were other places, I just didn't know where they were.

My first gun, and Ithaca M-66 Supersingle 20, came from Sears, as did the first gun I ever bought for myself, a rebranded Stevens 311 in 12 ga. My mother ordered it for me in those before GCA68 days, and a Sears truck delivered it a couple of days later.

Ten years or so later, I got this one, a Mossberg 500, rebranded to Sears for $99.00. It had been returned because the previous owner said the slug barrel wouldn't shoot buckshot well. No kidding? Well, the 28" modified barrel shot Number 1 buck just fine, and I don't know how many deer I killed with it.

I did the camo job myself, and I still have never used the slug barrel.

My father wasn't a hunter or a shooter, but when he joined the local VFD, he figured he should participate in the "turkey shoots" they held all the time, so he bought this Sears Model 200, 12 ga. I don't know how many turkey's, hams, and slabs of bacon he won with it, but I'll bet it would have filled a pickup truck. He rented it out when he wasn't shooting it. It has a 30" full choke barrel.

I also had one of those AYA doubles that Sears sold for a while, but mine was a 20 ga. BEAUTIFUL gun. I had the stock cut down so it would fit my wife better. Then she got pregnant, and stopped hunting. I eventually traded the gun off for something else. Wish I hadn't. A recoil pad would have fixed the stock.

sw44spl · Dec 11, 2016

I also have a jc Higgins 583.1 bolt 12ga, jc Higgins model 20 12ga pump,jc Higgins model 33 pump 22lr and jc Higgins model 25 semi 22lr.a revelation model 100A 22lr

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