Some oldies

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:00 pm

I have had this brick in my ammo locker for quiet some time , it's full, don't know how old it really is except that it is post-1964. Think I'll just keep it and not shoot it.

Wonder how many on this board have never heard of Montgomery Ward?

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:15 pm

Would be interesting to collectors for sure.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:31 pm

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Do ya remember how much it cost, back then - $8 ?

(sigh)

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jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:02 pm

Pete44ru wrote:.

Do ya remember how much it cost, back then - $8 ?

(sigh)

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No more than that, probably closer to 6.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 5:46 pm

Monkey Ward? Sure, ya betcha.....

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:15 pm

When I was a young'n my mother would order from monkey wards, Aldens, Speigels, and Sears. our mail man drove a pickup truck. I ordered bridles, bits, spurs, saddle repair stuff from sears, picked it up in town and took it home on the school bus.

hondo1892 · Post by **hondo1892** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:23 pm

That box looks a lot like some shotgun shell boxes my Dad bought from monkey wards back in the 70's. Don't remember when they closed the store by us but I do remember going there when I was a youngin.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 6:37 am

My dad bought me a Mossberg 500 from Montgomery Wards in 1967 for Christmas. Years later I bought myself a S&W M 63 from them.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:21 am

I bought my first gun from monkey ward, a 20 gauge bolt action mossberg

Mdl53 · Post by **Mdl53** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:47 am

My dad bought me my first gun from monkey wards, probably early 60's. A Mossberg 410 bolt action. Still have it. Probably hasn't been shot a dozen times and looks like it did the day it came out of the box.

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:23 am

I'd like to see the stamp on the brass

Larkbill · Post by **Larkbill** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:13 pm

My everyday fishing combo (qualifier: I collect old outboards) is a '59 Lone Star Skipper 16' powered by a Monkee Wards Sea King 35. They sold tons of Gale built motors with the Sea King name over the years.

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:47 pm

Monkey Wards and Zaiyre Shopper's City was our trip every 2 weeks. They had had a lot of military surplus bolt rifles too. Aaaahh the gold old days with catalogs and Cheryl Tiegs!!

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:39 pm

I don't remember what they cost but I do remember bothering Dad until he bought a box of Shotgun shells at Montgomery Wards in Akron. I do remember buying bricks of CCI mini mags for 6.50 when I started shooting.

missionary5155 · Post by **missionary5155** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 5:45 am

Good morning
Yes Sir... walk to town and there was the "Monkey Wards" next to J.C. Murphy's and around the corner was an ice cream shop where a double dip was just 5 cents. What a fine afternoon that could be. My older sister worked at Murphy's and my "first bought" caliber .22 Savage came from there.
Mike in Peru

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 6:08 am

There ain't much in this town. Even less back then. But we had a Montgomery Ward catalogue store.

Only department store's we had was W.T. Grant and a Woolworth. I still have stuff with their price tags.

On second thought, we had more back then. We had choice. Now it's go to Wal Mart or go without.

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 6:36 am

3leggedturtle wrote:Monkey Wards and Zaiyre Shopper's City was our trip every 2 weeks. They had had a lot of military surplus bolt rifles too. Aaaahh the gold old days with catalogs and Cheryl Tiegs!!

Gulfmart? Gibsons?
The gun shows in San Antonio are in the old Gulfmart building, and you can still read the lettering on their old shingle fading through the white overcoat.

I remember the first Academy in Austin was in an old warehouse at 45th on I-35 access (under the shade of the new upper level). It was nothing but Army surplus and uber-cheap imported fishing tackle then.

daisygordoninc · Post by **daisygordoninc** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 6:48 am

All my flannel shirts came from their catalog, and every other boy in school had the same shirts, just different patterns and colors, sometimes the same because our moms all got them from Monkey Wards catalogs.

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:07 am

my first 10-speed came from Wards - it was too small for me
http://buckeyeslist.com/posts/56777

when that bike was pilfered from a bike rack at Vandy, I bought my Raleigh.
Wish I had my older Sears bikes, a Flightliner (which I never fit) and a Rail (which I outgrew)

SargeMarlin · Post by **SargeMarlin** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:40 pm

I have a single box from monkey ward, but not the brick. That's plum cool.

I did end up with a brick of S&S shorts though, also nearly impossible to find. When I get back home I will take a photo.

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