Western Field 72c 30-30 questions

[surferfox72]

How can you tell when it was made? What its worth? I've never seen a trigger move with the lever action. This thing is beautiful. I know its a Montgomery ward made by mossberg under name western field. That's as far as I got.

 

[Hookeye]

Numrich's store brand reference

Brand Cross Reference | Numrich Gun Parts

says it's a Mossberg 472PRA.

Typing that into my non Bing search shows a couple of threads........where I pulled this:

The Mossberg model 472PCA,PCB,SCA,SCB,PRA,PRB and SBA were 1st introduced in the 1974 Mossberg annual catalog.

They changed the model to the 479PCA,PCB,SCA and SCB in the 1980 Mossberg annual catalog.

 

[Mosinguy]

I can't help with value, but I know the "store brand" version of a big name gun is usually pretty cheap compared to the big name gun.

 

[Hookeye]

Being a non .30=30 for general deer hunting state, such rifles may bring less than what they would in other places.
But many folks have a romance of that round, and lever guns, so it may be decent.
Somebody may have fond memories of a comparable rig and pay above going rate to have it.
Ya just never know.