Please help me put a price on a Rifle
It's a Hatfield and MaCoy 36 cal flint lock kentucky style Rifle. It's a Repuduction made in Las Vegas, Ive had it for about 17 years and it shoots Great.
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36 caliber puts it in the Squirrel Rifle catagory...As for the Hatfield and McCoy name being used by a Maker in Las Vegas....? No Idea...! A complete and Total discription would be of some help..Depending upon the the quality of craftsmanship and the Type of Wood and Enlays, Trigger/s, Patch Box, Butt Plate and Trigger Guard....Do You have any idea as to who made the Barrel? Is it Rifled or Smooth Bore...Ram Rod, Escustions under the Barrel?
You say its a Flintlock...Modern or Antique? To be a Kentucky it will be a Full Stock...Can You Post a Photo or send Me a Photo along with whatever information You can come up with?.....Best..........
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff0 -
Hummmm?.....Hatfield's as in St Joseph, Missouri?....some of the finest custom black powder rifles I've seen. 0 -
Thanks Cap, I dont know how to do pictures, It is a rifled barreled and Kentucky style. thanks any way.
Rem thanks for reply but I heard it was made in Las Vegas.0 -
If it's an original Ted Hatfield creation in good shape, could bring $1000-$2000.
Does it look like this?
http://www.muzzleblasts.com/vol3no1/articles/mbo31-2.html
http://www.100megspop3.com/oldvalkyry/hatfield.html
Some years back, Ted Hatfield began building a pretty good
reproduction Kentucky-style rifle down in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The gun was a close copy of rifles built by his
great-great-grandfather, Moses Hatfield. If you seem to
recognize the name, well you should. This is the same Hatfield family
of the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud from Kentucky and West Virginia.
It is well known as one of the longest and bloodiest feuds on record
I'm told that it started when the Hatfields invited the
McCoys over for dinner and served them a rustled McCoy prized pig and
then bragged about it. When I was growing up in Idaho, I knew of
ranchers who considered it bad form to eat their own beef--always
the neighbors'. Never knew any feuds to start over it, but then maybe
they didn't brag about it to the cows' owner.At any rate, the Hatfield
rifle was pretty well received and several were sold, when due to one
thing or another, the company went dormant for a while. It has
recently been bought out by Missouri River Rifle Works, 224 North 4th St.,
St Joseph, Missouri 64501.
They are making the same basic rifle as before with a few changes in
components.The full-stocked Southern-style rifles all utilize select
curly maple.The guns balance and point well. Relief cuts parallel
to the ramrod extend from the entry pipe to the muzzle end of the
wood, giving a long, thin look to a forend that is rather wide for
this style rifle. The overall effect is a graceful, well designed
rifle.The overall length is 54+ inches with a 13+-inch pull and 3+-inch
drop at the heel. The guns are available in .36 caliber with a
1:48 twist and in .45 and .50 calibers with a 1:70 twist. These
are definitely round ball guns. The barrel is 39 inches long. A .32
caliber with a 13/16 inch barrel is also available as a custom
shop option, as are silver or brass inlays, brass nose caps,
patch boxes, engraving, adjustable rear sights, and iron hardware.
Guns come standard with brass buttplate, trigger guard, and
ramrod ferrules, and a plain, uncapped forend. Iron sights are
standard blade front and buckhorn rear. Set triggers, styled
correctly for the rifle, complete the system.
The locks and triggers are made by L R Lock Company and are
interchangeable between percussion and flint. A touch-hole liner is
used for flint, and drum and nipple for percussion,
making this interchange possible.Barrels are made by Green Mountain.0 -
Thanks a lot Rem. I'll have to check it out. 0
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