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Spotted Bull

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What's it worth?
« on: May 17, 2018, 04:06:45 PM »
A friend acquired a nice TC .54 Hawken that he needs to sell. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm wondering what a price range for such a critter would be?
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Re: What's it worth?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2018, 04:17:31 PM »
Somewhere between $300.00 and $400.00,... usually depends on how bad someone wants it, or how much a seller is willing to take for it.  :bl th up
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Re: What's it worth?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2018, 06:17:24 PM »
Quote from: rollingb on May 17, 2018, 04:17:31 PM
Somewhere between $300.00 and $400.00,... usually depends on how bad someone wants it, or how much a seller is willing to take for it.  :bl th up

The T/C Hawken of the past is a interesting muzzleloader, often selling today for much more than it  original cost.
Now that it's no longer made there has been a resurgence of interest in the gun, with that "new" interest being the exact same thing that made them remarkably popular when they were first introduced.....that being, "They look very much like the buying public thinks a Hawken should look like. "
(A thought that has remained debatable since its first introduction, but that thought has persisted since day one.)
I have read that the demand for the T/C Hawken is as strong as it ever was for the sale of entry level muzzleloader ?!?!?!

I think Rondo nailed it! The value of such guns depends solely on two factors.
What is the seller willing to take, and what is the buyer willing to give.
And that, IMO, is just as it should be.


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Offline Eric Krewson

Re: What's it worth?
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2018, 09:57:08 AM »
There is a big "buyer beware" associated with these guns, I suspect more of them have pitted barrels to some degree opposed than the ones that don't. I see barrels listed on ebay that say "pristine barrel" and show a shiny bore light shot, if you look closely you can see some pitting, not bad but still there. Every now and then a perfect barrel will show up and they will want $395 for the barrel alone, don't know if they will get this price for them.

I wouldn't buy any used M.l unless I looked in the bore myself or it was listed as unshot.
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