I was at a gunshop today that I haven't been at in quite a while since it is a fair distance from my home. Anyway I came across 15 or so boxes of Sears 30.06 150 grain ammo at $10.99 a box.

I am 50 years old and cannot remember Sears ever selling guns or ammo. Can anyone give some clue as to how old this ammo might be???

Sears sold lots & lots of guns! Don't remember sears brand ammo though.

What? I use to drool over the guns in a Sears catalog and at the store as a kid and I'm younger than you.

Don't know who made their ammo, Herters maybe.

It might have been Winchester-made on contract. They sold guns under the Ted Williams logo for years and as J.C Higgins before that.

Sears sold guns and ammo all the way up to the early 80's. I remember buying Sears "Ted Williams" shotgun shells in the late 70's and at that time they were obviously manufactured by Federal for Sears.

This had to be one of the widest things I have come across. All the boxes were pristine too!

A coworker and I have been hitting a lot of gunshops lately to help ease the dead winter doldrums.......amazing what you find!!!

Off Topic but my Marlin Model 60 is stamped "Western Auto", if anybody remembers that store.

Sears, JC Penny, Western Auto, lots of stores sold guns back in the day. I'm in my 40's and I can remember seeing them in the stores when I was a kid.

I recall going into Sears stores in the 1950's and drooling over the JC Higgins 30-06 and 270 rifles made by FN in Belgium. Both Sears and Wards sold their own brand of ammo, Sears under the name JC Higgins and Wards under the Hawthorn brand. I think Federal made the Hawthorn ammo

Could be less than 30 years old but not much.

Sears bought Western Auto then sold it again right before the name disappeared.

Montgomery Ward used to sell a lot of firearms as well.

Of course I remember Western Auto stores; I still have a set of metric open end wrenches with the Western Auto name forged into them.

Sears sold guns and ammo in 1980's.

The rifle came from my Grandad about 1965. It is a shooter.

Western auto had their own line of guns sold as the "Revelation" brand.

Sears centerfire ammo was all made by Winchester. They stopped around 1980. They are collectible if old enough. Post a pic!

When I was about 14 years old, I was hunting with a friend my age, and another guy a little bit older. We were in a dove field, and having typical success on doves (i.e. lots of empty shells, not so many dead doves ).

We had about run out of ammo, so said something to the older guy, who had driven us out there. He said "Go up to the car and get some more".

Um... OK. We looked at each other and headed for the car. I can't remember exactly how we decided, but I drove into the nearest small town, about 10 miles away, and he drove back. We knew there was a Western Auto parts store there where we could buy more ammo.

When we pulled back in to the field an hour or so later, our older buddy was flipping out! "Where were you??"

"Uh, we went to get more ammo, like you said. Want some? We got you a box..."

Turns out there were a few boxes in the trunk!

Underage driving, with guns in the car, buying ammo at 14 years old with no questions .... aaahhh times were better back then...

I've got a Western Auto chainsaw.

I still have a few 12 gauge shotguns shells from Sears.

My first 22 rifle was ordered from a Sears catalog. It was a Winchester bolt action single shot.

I bought my first shotgun from Western Auto. I was putting in the sewer line to a new lagoon when I was 17 years old. In Aug I took a pay check into Western Auto and bought a new 20 gauge Remington 1100. I didn't even have to have my parents permission back then, much less the governments permission!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I forgot it is also stamped "Revelation".

I still have a full brick of Montgomery Wards .22 long rifle ammo tucked away.

a bit amazing to find pristine boxes right now, 20 years or so later.

But I went through a LOT of Sears marked ammo over my youth. Was lucky that I used to shoot up a brick or two every weekend with my glenfield 22.

And come dove season ran a LOT of 20 and 12 from sears.

I bet I could go to my cousins house now and find Sears ammo, a number of boxes as his dad bought him a couple of guns and as I recall basically a case of ammo for the 3030 and same for 22 and 20 ga and he's rarely shot em....

Gary........you remember the Western Auto on McKnight Rd.???

There is a West Marine there now!!!

I have 5 boxes of Sears 30-06 ammo. Sears headstamp, Sears boxes, looks to be Winchester 180 power point, but not sure-

I bought it from the Sears store in Bremertom , Wa. when they closed out the guns and ammo.

I have an old 22 marked Western Field, I think it was sold by Western Auto.

nash

I have a Western Field .22LR rifle that I picked up at an auction 15 years ago... Pretty sure that was a Montgomery Wards brand.

I thought it was one of the 2 stores, wasn't sure which one.

nash

i have a bunch of boxes of montgomery wards ammo in 7x57. Labeled at something like 2bucks a box.

I have some brass somewhere around here, that is marked Sears on the rim...some in 243, 30/06 and 30/30...

My Model 700 that I have a 6mm Rem barrel on, was bought in about 1980 at Sears for $319 and it was chambered in 30/06 at the time.

it was a wood stocked ADL...

yeah 30 plus years ago, It is amazing what stuff some stores carried that they don't anymore...

In MN, I use to stock up on shooting ammo, right after deer season, at Target of all places...and then KMart...

I also had some brass stamped with KMart on it around here..
think it was 30/30 brass...

I remember that ammo in 30/30 was less than $5.00 a box after deer season was over... and 06 like a buck or two more...

The boxes are probably collectors items

My Dad had some Sears ammo in 35 Rem and 06.

Also, who bought ammo at the Holiday gas stations like we did as kids?

Dober

I have a Sears Win. 101 20 gauge that I bought with a case of Sears shotgun shells. It is stamped with Ted Williams name. It is one of my $200 guns.

Once upon a time I had a Sears 30-06.

Cheapened blind box magazine model 70 winchester with lower level of fit and finish.

Still shot just fine!

Have a buncha ammo from the 60's. Several boxes if 308, one a box of Winchester Silvertips, and several boxes of Hornady '06, couple of Remington 41 Mags and a suitcase of paper shot shells, some Federal Lighting 22LR, and more. Reckon I should shoot a bunch of it up before I die and don't get the enjoyment of shooting it.

My chopped J.C. Higgins (High Standard) home protection piece. A $150 pawn shop deal a couple of years ago.

Sears and Monkey Wards sold guns and ammo up to the early '80s. Sears started out as J.C. Higgins and ended up as Ted Williams. Monkey Wards was Western Field. J.C. Penny also sold guns and ammo up to the late '70s early '80s. Not sure but IIRC they sold such under the Formost brand. ICBW. Bought my first rifle (Remington 552) in '64 at age 12 with nothing more than cash money over the counter. My first revolver in '68 at 16 with the same. Then a few months later after the GCA of '68 I had to have my Mother by my .22 shells. Your government at work.

Those High Standard pumps are sleepers. an excellent gun, but not widely appreciated. Super smooth pump action.

The one thing to watch are the little tabs on the trigger group housing. They can break off, and some of the later ones may be plastic. Of course parts availability is always an issue with obsolete guns.

As for the ammo, as others have said, it might have some collector value.

Paul

My wife and her mother used to buy bricks of Sears brand .22LR ammo so my wife could practice target shooting with her Colt Woodsman Match Target. In fact I still have some of those boxes salted away somewhere just for memories. That was back in the 1970's. I think the record keeping as a result of the 1968 Gun Control Act did away with most department store sales. I remember buying a Remington 40X rifle from the GEMCO store in California for $264 in early 1970's. Cash and carry then.

For sure,

in many of those small towns in Northern Wisconsin and Northern MN, Holiday was the most reliable place in town to grab ammo at.. especially for the guys who got 'up north' to hunt, only to find out they left their ammo back home...

gas up the truck and pick up an extra box of ammo... "just in case"....

for any of the MN guys, is Toby's in Hinckley still selling the best Sticky Buns or Cinnamon buns in the Upper Midwest?

That was another 'heading up north' tradition in MN.. with everyone wearing blaze orange everywhere but the waitresses?

I have a '06 Ted Wiliams in the safe. My wifes uncle bought it to try hunting with her family and probably doesn't have more than 100 rounds through it. Model 70 with hinged floor plate and basic birch stained stock with rolled checkering. It shoots fairly well but I haven't spent a lot of time with it.

Back in the '60's, I bought a Sears brand .22LR bolt action. I still have it and it's a great gun. 20 years later I bought my son a used Marlin bolt action 22. All the parts between the 2 are completely interchangeable. The only difference is the Marlin has prettier wood.

Found out who JC Higgins was the other day. He was an accountant for Sears,Robuck and co. Had absolutely nothing to do with sporting goods!!!! Wasn't even a hunter/shooter. Go figure!

Best friends mom work for Sears. And all the ammo she would bring home to us was FC head stamp. Federal.

What was the model numbers on those JC Higgins FN actioned Mauser sporters? Model 50 or 53??? Still see a few come thru the shop.

I believe they used to sell guns with their own brand name. I'm pretty sure one used to be in our family: a single-shot, break open, shotgun in 16 gauge.

I still have a box of ted williams 4 10 shells.

I'd buy it. The manuf date is on one of the short inside box flaps.

Oh hell yeah,...Sears was one of the major gun buying locations back in Paducah.

My 20 gauge single came from there.

I have a model 94 Winchester from Sears now. They called it a Ted Williams Model 100.

I wonder if Sears will be with us in ten years???

I had a Western Flyer bicycle when I was a kid, I went to town with Dad and we picked it out of the dozen or so in the Western Auto store on Main Street. I think it was an AMF, but no matter, it held up pretty well on the gravel roads with balloon tires and a soft saddle.

My old Glenfield .22 (M60) is marked Coast-to-Coast M40, yet another hardware store chain from that time frame. Everyone had a "brand name" line of firearms and ammo, even C-to-C.

Sears sold all kinds of ammo, here are some shotgun shells I've picked up over the years. Kinda look like winchester Super X's to me.