1929
montgomery ward
It's made by Mossberg for Montgomery Ward and is equivalent to the Mossberg 500.
Your western field model 550AD was made by mossberg for montgomery wards.These shotguns were the same model number for mossberg ,as for montgomery wards.
Montgomery Wards
is it the HMS Dreadnought
Your shotgun was made by savage/stevens for montgomery wards(westernfield).
Made by Savage, value around $150.
The DX1 is made in Mexico.
Chances are your shotgun was made by savage/stevens for the montgomery wards company.
It is a shotgun manufactured by the Remington Co. for Montgomery Ward's between 1957 and 1959. About 1200 were made.
I have a hurcules my mom was givenabout 75 years ago, so best guess is at least 75 years or more. Made by or for Montgomery Wards store in Michigan
Mossberg made the Wards model 550cd. In fact, they made all of the 500 series shotguns sold by Wards. lcj