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I couldn't find much at a gun show today but did take home this Montgomery Ward & Co Western Field New Model 410. Serial number
H 58357 for $300.00. I can't find much on Internet searching but have a few questions I hope some of you can help with.
Who is the maker? Stevens?
What year was it made?

Any other info is appreciated.
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Ithaca? My guess...

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I think it was made by Stevens. Their model 330 just rebranded. Sears also ordered it and sold it under a different name

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Yes, Stevens. The 330 was a nicer model of the 315. The first model 311 was the earlier design also. Following is a canned response from researcher:


"That G.S. Lewis Patent No. 1,136,247, granted Apr. 20, 1915, action, which used coil-spring driven strikers rather than hammers which rotate about an axle, started out prior to WW-I as J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co.'s lower priced line the Riverside Arms Co. No. 315. J. Stevens Arms Co. continued to offer the Riverside No. 315 after the Great War. After J. Stevens Arms Co. was acquired by Savage Arms Corp. they added a slightly nicer gun on the G.S. Lewis action the Stevens No. 330. From 1923---. By 1930 they gussied up the Stevens No. 330 a bit
In 1929, J. Stevens Arms Co. changed the name of their lower priced line to Springfield Arms Co. For 1931, they introduced an even cheaper version called the Springfield No. 311 with a plain wood stock and forearm. By June 1932, J. Stevens Arms Co. introduced the option of a non-selective single trigger on these guns.
For 1936, J. Stevens Arms Co. began phasing in a new action with hammers that rotate about an axle, and the Stevens No. 330 was replaced by the No. 530 and the Springfield No. 315 was replaced by the No. 515. The No. 311 and numerous "trade brand" guns continued to be built on the Lewis action up to WW-II."

Your.410 has the Lewis patent action. The forward frame pin is lower than the rear pin. The newer design, with hammers, has a high forward pin, low rear.

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Looks like the Ithaca roll stamped setter in the grass. It's not a Nitro Special though.

If its a Stevens it might have a date code on the bottom of the action at the knuckle or just in front of the trigger guard. It will be a small letter in a circle or oval. "A" is 1948 (I think) and each succeeding alphabet letter represents the next year up to 1968 when the GCA required serial numbers. "O" and "Q" weren't used...Geo

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Its an Ithaca.....jajajaja

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Too ugly to be an Ithaca; maybe Stevens borrowed the roll stamp?...Geo

Not intended to insult your new gun Wanna. A .410 sxs for $300 is a good deal and will be fun to shoot!

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Not an Ithaca!

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That's it...The Oracle has spoke...Thanks Walt..

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Thank you men. I found some pics of Stevens 410 so it is a Stevens.
Just haven't pegged what model yet or estimated year of Manufacture.


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