Department store varieties of the Mossberg 500

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I'm looking to compile a list of all the different brand names and model numbers that Mossberg 500's were sold as in departments stores like Sears, Montgomery Wards, etc.

I figure this would be some handy info for anyone looking to buy a used Mossberg 500 shotgun but may be able to find one of these nearly identical 'no-name' guns for a lower price point at gun shows or pawn shops, gunbroker, etc.

So far I know of these models:
Coast to Coast CC660
New Haven 600
Westernfield 550 (or is it Western Field?)

If you know of any others, please add to the list.

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Western Auto 310
 
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Western Field was offered by both hardware stores ( maybe owned by Wards?) and from Wards as the Model 550AD. This probably meant All Department Stores?
My Wards variation has a lighter sorta Orange stain and different forearm slots vertical) and a 2 3'4" chamber only. Maybe it's age?
A single action bar and was originally a 30" tube, now 19 1/2". Full choke gone, now Cylinder bore which still shoots Buckshot pretty tight!
Back in the 70's I had a JC Pennys Savage Pump, very plain Jane with a fixed 28" full choke. A real nice long range gun,you HAD to let Pheasants fly way away or tear em up! I think I paid $130 for it and it was a really good GP gun!
I only paid $100 for the Western Field from a Pawn Shop. I think the single action bar was the reason for the low price as it tends to let the foreend twist a little during cycling. I was familiar with it so it doesn't phase me at all! the action cannot move sideways as it's fixed in the reciever.
 
As marked on bottom of receiver.

Revelation
MADE IN U.S.A
WESTERN AUTO
R310BB

I do not know what store brand this was for but it is a Mossberg 500.
 
Revelation
MADE IN U.S.A
WESTERN AUTO
R310BB
I do not know what store brand this was for but it is a Mossberg 500.
Well Revelation was the trade name used by Western Auto chain stores.

Just like it is clearly marked.

Western Auto is still in business as Advanced Auto Parts, but they stopped selling gun after the 1968 Gun Control Act passed.

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