Marlin did make a 30-30 for them, same Marlin quality just rebranded.

 

Most say that the rifles with the end caps vs the barrel band on the forearms are more accurate.
Such is the store brands and sporter carbines.
I have a pair of the store brands, the 35 Rem is a JC Higgins made for Sears, the 30-30 is a Westerfield but I don't remember who they were for.
Here's a recent target of mine, and a nice buck that I got with said rifle a little over a month ago at around 100 yds.

RP

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Most say that the rifles with the end caps vs the barrel band on the forearms are more accurate.
Such is the store brands and sporter carbines.
I have a pair of the store brands, the 35 Rem is a JC Higgins made for Sears, the 30-30 is a Westerfield but I don't remember who they were for.
Here's a recent target of mine, and a nice buck that I got with said rifle a little over a month ago at around 100 yds.

Westernfield was "Montgomery Ward's" brand.

 

I'm not sure all the store models have the endcap.

 

Well, idk for sure, could be wrong, but the few I have seen personally all have been.

RP

 

wasn't Westernfield a MonkeyWards offering?


jd

 

That's it, sometimes I suffer from CRAFT disease.
Ya know,
Can't
Remember
a
Freakin
Thang.🤣

RP

 

Western Auto had models made by several manufacturers. I have a Revelation (Western Auto tradename) lever action model 207 made by Mossberg and a model 200 made by Marlin. The Marlin has a pistol grip buttstock, full length magazine, 20" barrel with a barrel band on the forend. Oh, also the wood is walnut. Marlin didn't put the bullseye on the store brand models even though some had walnut stocks.
Hope this helps.
By the way, my Western Auto Marlin is from the mid '60s and is one of the slickest, smoothest actions of any I have.

 

The rifle I am looking at has Revelation Model 200 on the top line, then Western Auto Supply Co below.

It does not have an end cap, it has the barrel band.

 

how are the values of the store brand rifles versus Marlin brand?

 

They still run a bit less but many are wising up and now and you also have collectors who seek out store brands. The stigma is slowly fading.

 

I collect store brand rimfires but wouldn't hesitate to get some centerfires. I do have a mint Spiegel Marlin 30-30 with the carved stock. When I read the first post, my first thought was Mossberg and Marlin both made lever actions for Western Auto, as mentioned in post #7. At a quick glance, the Mossbergs look a little like a Marlin. I had always wondered why Mossberg didn't continue with a lever action. I'm not a Mossberg collector so I don't know how long they were in production or if they ever sold them as a stand alone Mossberg offering. The only ones I've ever seen were Western Auto marked. It wasn't until recent times that they started making a lever action again but it's nothing like the older ones.

 

Amen on that last statement... Nothing. Oh my word.

RP

 

In need of trigger/lever assembly for revelation model 200 30-30. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

look on EBay, Jack First guns.

 

Thanks brother