Reeder Custom Guns - the store brand guns can be the buy of a lifetime

Gary Reeder
the store brand guns can be the buy of a lifetime
Thursday, January 31, 2019, 16:00

Various companies made guns for Sears, Montgomery Ward, Woolworths, Western Auto, J.C.Pennys, Coast to Coast and a lot more. Guns by Winchester, Marlin, Savage, Mossberg, Stevens, Fox, High Standard, Sako and a lot more. These are the same guns as put out under the gun company's name with maybe a bit less fancy wood. But they are real bargains these days.
A few years ago at the Tulsa show Kase was wandering around and spotted a 577 Nitro double rifle marked Army-Navy which was a big sporting goods store in Europe. He came back to my tables and asked me about it. I looked it up and they were made by both Holland and Holland and Jeffery's and sons. Either way it was a $75,000 gun and was priced at $12000 as the guy at the table had never heard of the Army-Navy brand. I went over to the table to grab it and it had just sold. That would have been a great buy for a true English side by side rifle.

I have seen Winchester Model 70s priced super low that were marked Sears model 100 and Winchester model 94s listed as Sears 53 and so on. So they are a real bargain if you watch the gun shows.

I know GNR likes both .22 WMR and store brands... - WB, 2019-01-31, 15:23
- 22 WMR - stonecold, 2019-01-31, 15:56
  - I like your thinking. (nm) - WB, 2019-01-31, 16:02
- Those are neat guns. I have the M62 in 256 Winchester... (nm) - Huey, 2019-01-31, 15:29
  - the store brand guns can be the buy of a lifetime - Gary Reeder, 2019-01-31, 16:00
    - Kessler was the company that invented the action - WB, 2019-01-31, 16:14
      - serial numbers weren't really considered - Gary Reeder, 2019-01-31, 17:30
      - My first shotgun was a Kessler. (nm) - IC, 2019-01-31, 16:34
        What was it, a 12 ga. Bolt action? (nm) - WB, 2019-01-31, 17:28
        Yep. My father thought - IC, 2019-01-31, 18:07
        LOL, you are still in good company today! (nm) - WB, 2019-01-31, 18:24
        12 GA pump worked much better. (nm) - IC, 2019-01-31, 19:05
        My best dove gun was a Winchester M24 - WB, 2019-01-31, 19:27