old store brand guns.

[hittman77]

My little town of about 2000 people in Northern MO had a Western Auto, a Sears "catalog store" and a local mom and pop hardware store. The hardware store sold brands like Savage, S&W and Remington that I remember. The hardware store was also your best bet for good pocket knives and S&K brand tools too.

The Western Auto had Ruger along with of course Revelation and maybe others.

Sears has NONE in stock being a catalog store but could get something in for you in a couple of days.

 

[robvious]

Got a "Monkey Wards" shotgun so I could build a tribute gun in honor of my "Uncle Vern"
it was built by Stevens originally... turned out great... before & after photos attached

 

[DWalt]

My first shotgun was also an Eastfield (Smith and Wesson) model 916 that 12 gauge pump the I bought at Coast to Coast hardware. I gave it to my nephew as his first shotgun. Still going strong.

I have fabricated and replaced several broken 916 firing pins. I doubt original firing pins can be found today, but it's fairly easy to make one if you have a lathe. It's basically the same as the Noble pump gun. The 916 is not the easiest to disassemble and reassemble to get to the firing pin.

 

[Boudiepitbull]

Still have and cherish my Mom's 70 year old J.C. Higgins .22 bolt action rifle. It shoots tight groups, just not exactly where I'm aiming.

 

[OLDSTER]

Years ago, my father-in-law bought a beautiful .270 bolt action rifle at Montgomery Ward for dear hunting. Western Field I believe. I checked it out during deer season; low and behold it was made by Husqvarna.

 

[mikerjf]

There was a History Detectives show that featured a sawed-off shotgun reputed to have been used at the St Valentines Day massacre. It was a Westernfield 12ga just like mine.

Interesting to think about Wards being headquartered in Chicago, and a mobster picking up a new duck gun to use later that week. =:O

 

[ZGrand]

The first gun I ever bought was a Sears Ted Williams .22 semi-auto rifle in 1971 (made by Winchester). I still have it and it still works like it did the day I bought it. (The Nikon scope was added later).

 

[jeeps]

AYA made some nice double barrels for Sears. These are the AYA Madator SxS and are very fine shotguns.

 

[mauser9]

I recall High Standard made shotguns under the Sears name I believe before Winchester.

 

[DWalt]

AYA made some nice double barrels for Sears. These are the AYA Madator SxS and are very fine shotguns.

I once had a Sears O/U 12 gauge that was made by Antonio Zoli. I got it as part of a trade and never fired it. The only things I did not like were that it extracted only, and it was very stiff to open and close. I did not keep it long. I have a Browning Citori, and that is the only O/U I need.

 

[Gene L]

I had a Montgomery Ward Marlin. It was in ever respect at least equal to a 336 Marlin walnut stock and a fore end tip instead of a barrel band. Perhaps better. I think it was "Western Field."

 

[DILLIGAS]

My brother bought a New Haven 600 pump shotgun from either K mart or Woolco. It is obviously a Mossberg 500. Probably late 60s or early 70s.

 

[DWalt]

There was a Remington Nylon 66 made specifically for sale by K-Mart and a .30-30 Marlin 336 made specifically for sale by WalMart.

 

[Frailer]

I have fond childhood memories of Revelation—and Western Auto in general, for that matter.

And my most prized firearm is a 20 gauge Ranger (by Stevens, for Sears) that was my dad's first gun. He traded a cow for it as a boy.

 

[quikdraw67]

I recall High Standard made shotguns under the Sears name I believe before Winchester.

Yes. I have my Dad's J.C. Higgens 12ga. pump that was a High Standard Model 20 IIRC.

I picked up an owners manual for it a few years ago.

Nothing special, but it does have sentimental value.

 

[mauser9]

Yes. I have my Dad's J.C. Higgens 12ga. pump that was a High Standard Model 20 IIRC.

I picked up an owners manual for it a few years ago.

Nothing special, but it does have sentimental value.

Pretty sturdy looking gun. My friend's pump came with a poly-choke and steel receiver. Bought it second hand for $60

 

[Buford57]

I have a JC Higgins Model 20 (aka High Standard Flight King) 12 gauge pump that my Dad won on a ten cent raffle ticket in the early 60s. It came with a wooden Outers cleaning rod, a plastic zippered case and four or five boxes of shells. When I got old enough to hunt I had free use of it, but had to buy my own shells. Dad didn't hunt but shot vermin, mainly porcupines, skunks and feral cats. When he passed it to me just before his death about 40 years later he still had close to a box of mixed shells left. He had never bought a shell.

One neat feature of the gun was a magazine cut-off which allowed you to empty the chamber when crossing fences, ditches, etc.

I also have a Ted Williams O/U that was made by Laurona. It's hard to miss with that gun.

If you are wondering who really made your house brand shotgun or rifle Numrich has a cross reference on their website.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Some of the major manufacturers used to have "economy" models. A friend had a Winchester Model 670 30/06-Model 70 in a hardwood stock. Shot fine. Marlin had its Glenfield line.

 

[mauser9]

Yeah recall a Winchester Model 770 in 30/06 a friend owned. Less frills than the Model 70.

 

[dmn57]

Very first gun ever was a 7-shot semi-auto .22 from Montgomery Ward. My dad, not a gun guy at all, got it for me when I was about 10. I believe it was branded MW but I was told it was made by Marlin. Neat little rifle.

I recall the Sears catalog coming in the old days. When all my pals would rush to the ladies undergarment section I'd first peruse the sporting arms ads.