100-340 or so
Your westernfield model 78 is actually a mossberg model 472 that was made for Montgomery wards.
I recently bought a mossberg 472 30-30 for 285.00
The western field (montgomery wards) model 72C was made by mossberg arms company.The mossberg model 472 is the same as a western field model 72C.
200 or so
Best left to a gunsmith
A Westernfield M72 (actually a M72C) is a Mossberg Model 472. You might try http://www.krausebooks.com/category/firearms_knives for disassembly instructions for the Mossberg 472 in the Gun Digest Sporting Rifle Assembly/Disassembly book.
hello, the lever action 30-30 would be a Marlin 336 made for the Westernfield but I see you're askin about the M72. I awesternm pretty sure its the Marlin again, perhaps more closer to Marlin Glenfield. No, this is actually a version of the Mossberg Model 472 lever-action .30/30, not the Marlin. You have to remember that Montgomery Wards had a long-standing business relationship with Mossberg. Wards originally did buy lever-action rifles from Marlin, which were marked as the Western Field Model 33, but in 1971 the Wards buyers contacted Mossberg management about designing a lever-action for the Wards Western Field label. Mossberg took on the project and with collaboration from the gun design group at Belmore-Johnson had a prototype ready within the year. Wards management liked the prototype and a large contract was issued for the gun, which became the Mossberg Model 472. Interestingly enough, the gun did not appear under the Mossberg brand until 1974 - Wards got the first rifles two years earlier. It was produced until 1979, replaced by the Model 479. So, the Western Field Models 72, 72C, 771, 772, 777 and 778 are all variants of the Mossberg 472. 'Revelation' Model 205 and 207 (Western Auto) are also Mossberg 472's. The specific Model 72 is a 24" barrel .30/30 with pistol grip stock, a private-branded 472PRA. Although the Mossberg 472 and the Marlin 336 have a similar appearance to the novice, all you have to do is work the lever. The Mossberg trigger rotates down with the lever, whereas the Marlin trigger remains in the receiver. sales@countrygunsmith.net
There are no public SN records- but your rifle was made for Western Auto by Mossberg, and is their Model 472. That model was only made from 1974-1979, when it changed to Model 479.
Mossberg made the model 207.Big difference between Marlin mdel (205) rifle is Marlin has pistolgrip+ Mossberg doesn't. Mossberg's trigger also pinned to lever .
The model was designed in 1971 by Mossberg for Montgomery Wards. This model was manufactured between the years of 1972 and 1973. It may have been available for purchase in the following years as it was contracted by Montgomery Wards and they would have purchase many of them from Mossberg to fulfill the contract. Later, the model was sold from 1974-1979 as the Mossberg 472. jsm
50-150 or so