Does anyone know about this shotgun.

darink · January 26, 2001, 11:37 AM

My dad gave me a shotgun a while back and I know very little about it. It is a 12 gauge bolt action, yes I said bolt action, shotgun. It is stamped with "Western Field Model EMN 175 12 ga full choke" on the barrel. It has a detachable clip that holds 2 shells. There is no date that I can find. I had never seen or heard of a bolt action shotgun before and my dad said all he knew about them is he thinks they didn't sell well due to the gun discharging prematurely if the bolt was operated too quickly. All I have been able to find out on the web is that it was made for sale through Montgomery Wards. Any help would be appreciated.

JK · January 26, 2001, 11:44 AM

The shotgun was made by Mossberg and is their model 385K. If the gun discharges when closing the bolt you most likely have a sear problem. If you are going to shoot it, get it to a good smith to be worked on before shooting it anymore. Good Shooting - John K

darink · January 26, 2001, 12:03 PM

Thanks, that helps, I have never shot the gun, that discharge thing is just what my dad said. Thanks for the info.

Dave McC · January 26, 2001, 02:01 PM

If it is a Mossy, you've got a reliable shotgun, tho slow on repeat shots. I took my biggest buck with one.

There's plenty of them out there, but you rarely see a used one for sale. People tend to hang on to them, and lots have been worked over into dedicated slug guns with rifled bbls,scopes and light but SAFE triggers.

Get that in to the smith, it's worth fixing....

buckskinner · January 27, 2001, 11:53 AM

I have the Mossberg, and this is my reliable turkey gun. It has the exterior choke. some guy gave it to my Dad out of the blue one day, saying his bird hunting days in Mexico were over. I can only wonder what shots this old 12ga. has made...

January 26, 2001, 11:44 AM	#2
JK Member Join Date: October 27, 2000 Posts: 75	The shotgun was made by Mossberg and is their model 385K. If the gun discharges when closing the bolt you most likely have a sear problem. If you are going to shoot it, get it to a good smith to be worked on before shooting it anymore. Good Shooting - John K __________________ Fight Crime-Shoot Back

January 26, 2001, 12:03 PM	#3
darink Junior Member Join Date: January 26, 2001 Posts: 9	thanks. Thanks, that helps, I have never shot the gun, that discharge thing is just what my dad said. Thanks for the info.

January 27, 2001, 11:53 AM	#5
buckskinner Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 1999 Posts: 131	I have the Mossberg, and this is my reliable turkey gun. It has the exterior choke. some guy gave it to my Dad out of the blue one day, saying his bird hunting days in Mexico were over. I can only wonder what shots this old 12ga. has made... __________________ "Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. It's not entitlement. An entitlement is what people on welfare get, and how free are they? It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights—the 'right' to education, the 'right' to health care, the 'right' to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery—hay and a barn for human cattle. There's only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

January 26, 2001, 11:37 AM	#1
darink Junior Member Join Date: January 26, 2001 Posts: 9	My dad gave me a shotgun a while back and I know very little about it. It is a 12 gauge bolt action, yes I said bolt action, shotgun. It is stamped with "Western Field Model EMN 175 12 ga full choke" on the barrel. It has a detachable clip that holds 2 shells. There is no date that I can find. I had never seen or heard of a bolt action shotgun before and my dad said all he knew about them is he thinks they didn't sell well due to the gun discharging prematurely if the bolt was operated too quickly. All I have been able to find out on the web is that it was made for sale through Montgomery Wards. Any help would be appreciated.

January 26, 2001, 02:01 PM	#4
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	If it is a Mossy, you've got a reliable shotgun, tho slow on repeat shots. I took my biggest buck with one. There's plenty of them out there, but you rarely see a used one for sale. People tend to hang on to them, and lots have been worked over into dedicated slug guns with rifled bbls,scopes and light but SAFE triggers. Get that in to the smith, it's worth fixing....