It's a Stevens double, pre-WW2. Value might reach $250 in excellent condition.
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Your Western Field model SB-312 double barrel shotgun was made for Montgomery Wards(western field) by the savage arms company.The Savage model 540D shotgun is the same shotgun as yours.If you go to the savage web site they may have more info on this model?
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It is marked on the barrel.
Check the barrel and receiver.
Have a Model M-846 (Montgomery Ward) semi auto with 18 inch barrel.
Generally it is stamped on the side or top of the barrel near the receiver.
25 years old The Western Field Model 865 is a private-branded Mossberg Model 402 which was sold by Montgomery Wards from 1968-1969. The Western Field 865A, which featured a slightly larger forearm, was sold from 1970-1971. The Western Field guns do not have the checkered stocks of the Mossberg 402 'Palomino' and obviously not the Mossberg logo buttplate. It has the 20" barrel of the 402 Carbine (the Model 400 had a 24" barrel) and the tubular magazine will hold 15 .22LR cartridges. sales@countrygunsmith.net
A Model 37 is a "pump", so a double barrel could not be a Model 37
In good original condition, 500-1000 dollars.
Made for Western Auto Stores. Proofhouse.com has a store brand chart.
The western field (montgomery wards) model 72C was made by mossberg arms company.The mossberg model 472 is the same as a western field model 72C.