Different desingers.
Montgomery Wards never made guns of rifles. They contracted several gun manufactures to make guns and rifles for them using the Wards brand name. This is the same for Sears and Western auto. All of them stopped selling guns around 1988 due to social pressure.
Crosman air guns made most all of Montgomery Wards Hawthorn brand BB guns.
The Iver Johnson Company
The Ward guns were only built on the Browning Patent. Other than that Browning Arms Co. had nothing to do with them
Montgomery Wards did not make guns, they were made by various companies like Mossberg, Savage, Stevens and Hi Standard. Who made guns /shotguns for JC Penney, Sears, and Western Auto along with guns for Wards. The brand name were put on the guns for the stores to sell.
Montgomery Wards did not make guns, they were made by various companies like Mossberg, Savage, Stevens and Hi Standard. Who made guns /shotguns for JC Penney, Sears, and Western Auto along with guns for Wards. The brand name were put on the guns for the stores to sell. Take the Shotgun to a gun shop and get it identified first to find out who made it.
Safety first.
Public pressure from people who didn't feel it was right for Sears to sell guns.. They stopped selling them by 1988. Montgomery Wards and JC Penny also stopped around the same time.
The guns Hercules guns made by Stevens and sold by Wards were made around 1910 to 1940
gangs turn to guns and other weapons for safety, they know that if they do use a gun or a weapon it is easier than getting in a fight. and some gangs use guns and weapons for safety knowing that they may be not as tuff as they say.
All of the department stores like Wards, JC Penney, Sears stopped selling guns by 1988
Montgomery Wards did not make guns, they were made by various companies like Mossberg, Savage, Stevens and Hi Standard. Who made guns /shotguns for JC Penney, Sears, and Western Auto along with guns for Wards. The brand name were put on the guns for the stores to sell. Take the Shotgun to a gun shop and get it identified first to find out who made it.