16ga pump

blackhawk8 · June 22, 2005, 05:59 PM

I have a old 16 ga pump, Western Field, anyone know who these were made by ? I think it was sold by Montgomery Ward. Thanks blackhawk8

taralon · June 22, 2005, 07:18 PM

Wards, or Sears if memory serves. I've got a couple Western Field 16s (2 pumps and a single shot) and all were originally made by Mossberg IIRC.

HunterTRW · June 22, 2005, 08:25 PM

blackhawk8:

If you care to provide me with your shotgun's model (not serial) number I can check it against some cross-reference lists and perhaps definitively tell you who was the manufacturer.

Good luck, and good shooting!

unclestu · June 23, 2005, 03:57 PM

"Western Field" was a house brand for Monkey Wards. From the time the Mossberg 500 was introduced, it was also sold under several "house brand" names. Wards may have sold High Standard pump guns in the pre-Mossy 500 days.

My Mossberg 500 is a "New Haven 600"!

I think New Haven was a house brand of the old Western Auto stores. Took it in partial trade on a car I sold back in 1978, I think. Yes, it's only a plain Jane Mossberg house brand shotgun, but the car was only a high-mileage Ford Maverick- with working brakes on only one wheel.

I'd bet that car was melted down for scrap many years ago, but the shotgun still does just fine!

June 22, 2005, 05:59 PM	#1
blackhawk8 Senior Member Join Date: March 26, 2005 Posts: 115	16ga pump I have a old 16 ga pump, Western Field, anyone know who these were made by ? I think it was sold by Montgomery Ward. Thanks blackhawk8

June 22, 2005, 08:25 PM	#3
HunterTRW Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 2004 Location: The Lower Forty of Hill Country Posts: 177	blackhawk8: If you care to provide me with your shotgun's model (not serial) number I can check it against some cross-reference lists and perhaps definitively tell you who was the manufacturer. Good luck, and good shooting! __________________ "If we're all thinking alike, somebody isn't thinking." General George S. Patton, Jr.

June 22, 2005, 07:18 PM	#2
taralon Member Join Date: October 21, 2004 Posts: 88	Wards, or Sears if memory serves. I've got a couple Western Field 16s (2 pumps and a single shot) and all were originally made by Mossberg IIRC.

June 23, 2005, 03:57 PM	#4
unclestu Member Join Date: April 1, 2005 Location: Far NE Texas Posts: 98	"Western Field" was a house brand for Monkey Wards. From the time the Mossberg 500 was introduced, it was also sold under several "house brand" names. Wards may have sold High Standard pump guns in the pre-Mossy 500 days. My Mossberg 500 is a "New Haven 600"! I think New Haven was a house brand of the old Western Auto stores. Took it in partial trade on a car I sold back in 1978, I think. Yes, it's only a plain Jane Mossberg house brand shotgun, but the car was only a high-mileage Ford Maverick- with working brakes on only one wheel. I'd bet that car was melted down for scrap many years ago, but the shotgun still does just fine!