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Who made the White Powder Wonder

fatbobcatfatbobcat Member Posts: 73 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in Ask the Experts
I have an old single shot shotgun that is marked 20 ga White Powder Wonder ? I am looking to find any information as to who made this and how old it might be. Any Info would be helpful. Thanks
Fatbobcat
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    "White Powder Wonder" was a Sears & Roebuck brand. You could buy one from thier 1927 catalog for $8.39. The picure on the catalog page looks an awful lot like the Iver johnson next to it. I would guess either IJ made it or Sears made it in thier own gun factory, which they had at that time.

    Woods

    How big a boy are ya?
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Sears Factory in that era was called Meridian Arms. I had not seen White Powder Wonder before, but ran into a listing by O'Connor of a couple of dozen names Sears used. Think I will post them next week.
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  • fatbobcatfatbobcat Member Posts: 73 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Woodsrunner and He Dog Thanks a bunch for the information.
    This old timer is a pretty neat looking gun and is in very good shape but I didnt know anything about it. Thanks again. FATBOBCAT!
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  • CAndres35CAndres35 Member Posts: 453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    f.b.c. i have a 16 ga. white powder wonder single shot that dates back to about 1928 that was my dads. it is in good condition and still being used by my brotherin colo. for rabbit and grouse. i dfont think it has much value other than as a shooter. CARL
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is essentially no collector market for any of the Sears firearms. That is not to say that some of them are not very serviceable, but that collectors go for the underlying models under the manufacturers name on collectable models. The value is as a shooter, and what you are willing to pay or sell for.
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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.comcaptkirk3@dslextreme.com Member Posts: 3,804
    edited November -1
    fatbobcat: Good Afternoon Sir; The WHITE POWDER WONDER was made by Stevens Arms..Sold thru Hardware Store's and Mail Order...Its a Singleshot Shotgun,and called the Model 90. Came in Various Gauges, Takedown, Ejector,Plain, and with a Hammer..Worth about $100.00 in Good Shooting Condition...Best....

    Captain Kirk, Tech Staff
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  • fatbobcatfatbobcat Member Posts: 73 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for all the information to all of you !!!!
    I didnt figure that it had much of a collector value but none the less ,its traveling days from gun cabinet to gun cabinet are over
    I had never ran across one of these before,and sure needed the heads up on what it was and who made it.


    Thanks again. Fatbobcat!
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