Happy New Year, all.
I went to dinner at a cousin's last week and he showed me a shotgun that had been his grandfather's, but is new to him, as it has been in the possession of an uncle for decades.
It's a 16-gauge Montgomery Wards "Western Field Deluxe" with 28-in. barrels that looked mod and full. I liked it a lot ... still tight and unmessed with, but with the carry wear you'd expect from a Depression-era field gun. It has the characteristics of what I call a "high-end hardware store gun," and I wanted to figure out who actually built it, but none of the other markings meant anything to me.
However, it really reminded me of a Lefever Nitro Special, but I can't find much evidence that Ithaca built side-by-sides for Montgomery Wards. The Blue Book suggests Savage or Stevens, but it just doesn't look like one of those to me. Can anyone help me figure out if this gun could have been built in Ithaca?
Thanks in advance. TT
