CVA Hawkens from the Early 80's...Questions

[tippit]

I have two CVA Hawken's rifles from the early 80's...percussion 45 cal and a partially finished kit flintlock 50 cal. (never been shot &  missing a front sight).  I shot the 45 cal twice then I got into shooting English muzzleloader side X sides and never returned to these rifles.  They are just taking up space in my safe.  I know they were cheap but have no idea how much they are worth?

[Mike Brooks]

Price is relative for something like this. I wouldn't give you anything for them. But others would probably figure they're worth $350-$400. The barrels shoot incredibly well.

[Hungry Horse]

Well for starters, they aren’t Hawken’s. The top one is a second generation CVA Mountain Rifle, and the bottom one is a CVA Fronteir Rifle. Neither CVA, or Traditions, that bought them out, still build the old Mountain Rifle ( but I have seen it offered by someone else in magazines). They are a good shooting gun, but the locks wear out pretty fast, if you shoot them a lot. I wore a Mountain Rifle like that one out. It was nearly a smoothbore when I traded it to a neighbor for a chainsaw.
 If you check EBay you can get a feel for what they are worth, although they are often broken down to component parts to dodge the rules.

  Hungry Horse

[Bob Roller]

This is another "willing seller,willing buyer" situation. They were low $ guns to begin
with and the kind a hunter could use instead of a fine custom rifle that he really doesn't want
to scratch up or risk dropping it.

Bob Roller

[VJM]

Gunbroker is a site that can help you get a feel for value of these as well. There is a little interest for the Mountain rifle out there, more so if it were an earlier USA made model.

[tippit]

I just been bitten pretty hard by the really nice custom rifles and fowlers with in the past 6 months...40cal, 54cal, and a 20ga.  So I figured someone might like these as they are in mint condition...just looking to sell for a fair price as I won't be using them.  How do you know if American made?  The mountain rifle serial #0085932  the frontier rifle serial #0025258.

Thanks for all the help and education...tippit

[Hungry Horse]

I don’t think the locks on these guns were ever made here. But, the Mountain Rifle stands a good chance of being American made. The Frontier Rifle came out later, and could be made over seas, or here, depending on when.

  Hungry Horse