Hi guys i inherited this rifle from my great uncle its a sears roebuck model 53 and i did a google search on it with little results, and i was wondering if any of you would know anything about it like, what year it was made, what company it was made by for sears or any other info would be greatly appreciated ive included these pics hopeing they would help a little




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Bill,

About the only thing I know about the rifle is that it is a Mauser (98) action, and they were well made. The action today is much sought after as it is one of the best.
Most were in 30-06 that I saw years ago in Sears.
Someone in the know will come along with details about who made them and in what years. I remember seeing them in Sears years ago.
Don

Winchester made the gun. A copy of the Model 670. Most likely made in early 70's.

Bo, I think you are right on!

Wow that was quick, thanks guys someone had told me it might be made by winchester.

Your "Sears" rifle was made by Winchester and is essentially the post-64 Winchester Model 70 with a hardwood stock and impressed checkering. Winchester's own "economy" model was the very similar Model 670.

Although the post-64 was not popular among rifle purists when it was introduced, it was actually very functional and a pretty good rifle.

By the way, earlier Sears bolt rifles (Model 50 and/or 51, I believe) were built on an FN Mauser action. There was also a lever action Sears model contemporaneous with your rifle that was a Winchester-built .30-30 variation of the Model 94.

So, by the sounds of it this rifle prolly isnt worth much in terms of money. This rifle is actually the first rifle i ever fired at the age of twelve so its worth alot in sentimental value.

correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't the 670 have a 2 position safety like a remington p-17???? on the side of the receiver??? the pics on this gun show a 3 position safety on the bolt...all the 670's ive seen/handled/shot had a different safety than pictured on this gun....

The Sears model 53, just like the Winchester, did indeed have a three position safety. You have a good, serviceable rifle worth about $450.00 if it is in good condition.

I got a 670 around here in .308 Win that I just have to keep due to the amount of deer & Hogs that its killed. Any ideas on when it was made. Ser # 129xxx. It even has the same over and under mounts along with open sights. Damn I love that gun. Its just an ugly old killer.

It was indeed made by Winchester, and, as several other respondents have said, is more-or-less a copy of the Winchester 670. It has the Winchester 3-position safety.

The earlier Model 51 Sears rifle was on the FN Mauser action -- not this one.

I doubt that this one is worth $450.

I like everything about what you show in your picture except those horrible see-through scope mounts. I recommend you get a lower mount and mount the scope lower to the bore of the rifle. Then find out what loads it likes and go hunting with it. It's a 30-06, and that is good enough for anything native to North America (and most of the rest of the world).

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I like everything about what you show in your picture except those horrible see-through scope mounts.

Hey! I have a set of those horrible see thru scope mounts! In a box. They were given to me and I wouldn't use them either.

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Originally posted by wymple:

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I like everything about what you show in your picture except those horrible see-through scope mounts.

Hey! I have a set of those horrible see thru scope mounts! In a box. They were given to me and I wouldn't use them either.

The bad thing is if they start calling you from the box. I cuss them, call them names and they still to this day remain on that 670. Heck they maybe originals from they day it was bought for all I know.

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Originally posted by CORNERSTONE:
Damn I love that gun. Its just an ugly old killer.

No better reason to keep one!

I have some that are plain ugly but they have some sentimental feelings attached. They too stay as-is.