Yes.
Montgomery Ward did not make firearms. They contracted with makers and had their store brand put on them.
Winchester Repeating Arms Company does not still make shotguns. The company was founded in 1866 by Oliver Winchester and was defunct on March 31, 2006.
Mainly low cost shotguns.
Spesco did not make firearms. They imported them.
Crescent manufactured shotguns from 1888 to 1940. They sold a million utility shotguns that were "branded" by hardware stores and the like. Typical value is $85 to $150.
Sears stopped selling firearms in 1988. Sears never made firearms, they contracted other gun companies to make guns for them under the Sears brand name.
Browning does not make firearms, FN does.
No. Crescent made inxpensive shotguns under more than 100 different trade names.
The Western Auto company did not MAKE firearms, but like many retailers, had firearms made under their name by gun makers such as Savage, Marlin, Springfield, etc.
These shotguns were made from 1926-1945.Stevens did not keep records as to the year of production by serial numbers.
These shotguns were made from 1940-1945.During this time frame the belgium factory that produced Browning shotguns was overrun by the Nazi forces of Germany,and used to make firearms for the Third Reich.