What kind of rifle is wards western field?
I found this for you. Pretty rare,nice look, very hard to come by,the wards western field (NO.47) tube fed .22 boltaction rifle was only made for two years 1933/1935.GREAT rifle,takes s,l,lr, (parts)cross refs with the mossberg 45a/45c.
When was the Mossberg 42.22 western field made?
The Mossberg 42 .22 bolt-action rifle was made from 1937 to 1950 in a few different variances – for this article it was referred to as the Western Fields Model 45. The ones sold buy Montgomery Ward’s were dressed down from the standard Mossberg’s – most were fitted with a birch stock instead of walnut.
When did the Western Field shotgun come out?
Western Fields Model 30/31 (or Savage Stevens 520/620) The Model 30 and 31 were actually the Savage Stevens 520/620 pump action shotgun was designed by John M. Browning. They were first introduced in 1904 and were sold with the Stevens name and also rebranded for the major catalog retailers like Montgomery Ward’s Western Field line.
What was the name of the Montgomery Ward gun?
Like the JC Higgins and Glendfields from the other major catalog companies, the Montgomery Wards’ “Western Fields” brand was stamped on guns made by some of the biggest names in the U.S. firearm industry – Savage, Mossberg and Marlin to *name a few.
When was the first Montgomery Ward Western field made?
They were first introduced in 1904 and were sold with the Stevens name and also rebranded for the major catalog retailers like Montgomery Ward’s Western Field line. In 1920 Savage bought Stevens and continued to produce the model 520 for a number of years.
Is the Montgomery Ward 520 the same as the 620?
The exterior of the 520 was redesigned to have a more “modern” look and was designated the 620. They are the same internally. There were also around 35,000 of these made for the U.S. military during WWII in the trench gun style. There is one big thing that sets the 520 apart from most other pump shotguns.