Sears stopped selling firearms in 1988. Sears never made firearms, they contracted other gun companies to make guns for them under the Sears brand name.
Sears never made firearms. They "branded" firearms from firearms makers with their name as part of a contract.
Side-by-side shotguns are still manufactured.
They are still being made
Wards, JC Pennies, Sears and all the rest stopped around 1985.
who makes the westernfield model m550a 12ga shotgun
Not enough profit.
The last Marlin made shotgun was the Model 512 slugmaster,which was made from 1999-2001. After that Marlin made no more shotguns.
Fliteking was a trade name for Hi Standard manufactured shotguns that were sold under the Hi Standard name. Sears contracted with Hi Standard to manufacture shotguns under the Sears name. A side note: By the time that Sears decided to stop selling guns in the 1960's, they had become Hi Standard's largest customer, purchasing over half of Hi Standard's output. When Sears stopped buying their guns, Hi Standard couldn't handle the transition and the company folded.
Sears stopped selling firearms in 1988. Sears never made firearms, they contracted other gun companies to make guns for them under the Sears brand name.
Unsure of your meaning of "break away shotgun". If you mean breakdown shotguns like double barrels they continue to make several different models.
In 1981 they changed the company name to Sears Merchandising Group
They didnt. The Superposed and Liege shotguns are still made in Belgium. Auto-5's were moved to Japan in 1976.