Sears discontinued the sale of all firearms in 1980
Sears didn't make guns - they sold guns marked "Sears" which were made for them by many different manufacturers. Most bolt action shotguns were made by Mossburg.
It would help if you stated the model. Sears sold several different BB guns.
No, records were not required until the 1968 Gun Control Act.
Anywhere from about 1898 to 1989. Sears sold guns for a long time, and without more info from you, that's as close as we can get.
Sears sold the "Allstate" for some years, but no photos seem to have surfaced.
Sears sold a "Motor Buggy" from 1908 to 1912. Then they sold the Sears "Allstate" automobile from 1953 to 1954.
No way to answer. Which shotgun? We need a model number- Sears sold shotguns for over 80 years, and there were a LOT of different guns, different values.
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Alvah C. Roebuck was a co-founder of Sears and Roebuck along with Richard W. Sears. He went to work for Richard Sears in 1887, and the two ended up forming the company in 1893. Roebuck took charge of the heavily technological division of the company, that sold optical goods, watches, phonographs, and more.
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All of the department stores like Wards, JC Penney, Sears stopped selling guns by 1988
Sears SOLD guns until about 1989. Most of the guns sold by Sears said J C Higgins or Ted Williams- the Sears brands- but they were made by a gun making company for Sears. Savage, Mossberg, Marlin, High Standard, etc all made guns for Sears. However, between 1905 and 1918, Sears owned the Meriden Company, which made guns for Sears, as well as others. The guns were not marked Sears, but Meriden or AJ Aubrey.