Ted Williams in .270

[Rifletom]

Had a friend[RIP Don] who had a very nice looking and fantastic shooting .270 called a "Ted William's" on the barrel. His was the only one I've seen. Who made that rifle? It looked like an FN, but I'm pretty much guessing here. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[Scorch]

Ted Williams was a store brand for Sears in the 1970s to early 1980s. More than likely, it was a Winchester Model 70 or 670.

 

[Geezerbiker]

A friend of mine has one of those. His has a FN Mauser action and is very accurate. The bottom line is Sears had different gun suppliers over the years and you will likely need to post pix of it to get a definitive answer...

Tony

 

[Rifletom]

Don passed away 6 years ago, and I have no idea where the rifle may have gone. Pretty sure it had the FN action.

 

[Rancid]

Look in the back of a recent edition of Gun Values and they list all of the mfg's that supplied guns to Sears. A friend of mine has a Ted Williams O/U that he bought at a pawn shop for next to nothing. It is actually a Winchester 101 with the Sears label.

 

[natman]

Sears sold FN Mauser actioned rifles with chrome lined barrels in the early 50s, but under the J.C. Higgins label (Models 50 & 51).

AFAIK, the Ted Williams labeled guns came later and were post-64 Winchester Model 70s and were called Model 53.

 

[Guv]

My Uncle had one and it was a M 70. All I remember about it was to a young boy it was an very pretty looking rifle. It had a scope but I have no idea what type. I also think the only time it made it to the deer lease was when my Dad borrowed it, maybe twice?

 

[Paul B.]

"AFAIK, the Ted Williams labeled guns came later and were post-64 Winchester Model 70s and were called Model 53."

That's absolutely correct. I had one in 30-06 Had a somewhat cheap looking hardwood stock stained to look like walnut. Got it for $100 at Sears as when I was looking at it I could tell it had been fired and not cleaned, had a few beauty marks and scratches on the metal Argued with the clerk who insisted it was new. The manager of the section came over and I said this was a used gun. He said it couldn't be. I said let's check the records. He did and sure enough it was a return, "reason unknown." He asked would I take it for $100. OH YEAH! Took a bit of work to make it a decent shooter. Did I say a hardwood stock? Toughest piece of wood I'd ever worked. IIRC, it had some kind of impressed pattern that wasn't checkering but it's been at least 25 years or more since I gave the gun to a kid who wanted to hunt but couldn't afford a gun. Took him on his first hunt too. The safety as I recall as the same as the M70 but was a flat piece of metal rather than the normal M70 style. It also had a blind magazine. A bit heavy and clubby too but was a strong reliable rifle. Just way too plain to suit me.
Paul B.

 

[T. O'Heir]

The FN action would have the J.C. Higgins brand name. Ted Williams brand was a Win M70. Total of eight different rifles, cf and rf, had the Ted Williams brand name. Plus shotguns.