Montgomery Ward did not make firearms. They contracted with makers and had their store brand put on them.
Would need to know exactly how the gun is marked. Montgomery Ward's did not manufacture shotguns, but they did sell shotguns made for them by various makers.
Hercules" was the trade name used by the Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works on shotguns made for the Montgomery Ward Co. Of Chicago.
Your shotgun was made for Montgomery Wards by the Savage arms Company.The Savage Model 620A and your Model 60-sb620 are the same shotgun.These Savage model 620A shotguns were made from 1926-1945.There were 66,500 shotguns made during this time span.
Ithaca did not make any Wards Western Field Shotguns. Most were made by Stevens/Savage or Mossberg.Western Field, the Montgomery Ward brand name, should not be confused with Western Arms Company, a division of Ithaca that made shotguns that appear identical to Ithaca's Lefever Nitro Special from 1929 to 1946.
They stopped selling guns / Shotguns in the mid 1980's
That would be a Stevens/Savage 315 with a Montgomery Ward name.
About half a dozen companies made shotguns for Montgomery Wards through most of the 20th century.
Wards, JC Pennies, Sears and all the rest stopped around 1985.
These shotguns were sold by Montgomery Ward. Montgomery Ward awarded cotracts to gun manufacturers. I don't know what years Browning produced these guns nor do I know their values. Ed
Your Western field model 172B shotgun which is a Mossberg model 395K which was made for Montgomery Wards,is valued at between 75-110 dollars.These shotguns were made from 1963-1983.
Provide a detailed description of ALL markings.
Wards sold single shot and double barrel IJ shotguns under the tradename of Hercules.