Hatfield Full Stock Value

troutcreek · January 30, 2013, 11:25 PM

Hello,
I have a Hatfield full stock in 50 calibre that I’d like to sell to a friend. What is a fair price?
Photo’s are attached. The rifle was purchased in the mid 80’s and is decently well made.
Thanks in advance.

Mr.Guido · January 31, 2013, 10:08 AM

$350

Pahoo · January 31, 2013, 12:33 PM

Keeping in mind, that he is your friend but you sure you won't regret selling it? ....

Be Safe !!!

Doc Hoy · January 31, 2013, 03:21 PM

....Don't sell it to him.

Give it to him.

troutcreek · February 4, 2013, 01:18 AM

Good point Doc. Lets call him a guy who hangs out in my workshop.....

Scorch · February 4, 2013, 03:21 AM

Being as Hatfields are semi-custom rifles and sold for around $700 in the late 1980s, I would expect one to sell for a bit more than $350. $500-$700-ish, I would expect, but since they are so hard to find they might draw a lot more.

FrontierGander · February 4, 2013, 05:22 AM

sold one earlier this year with both the percussion lock and the flintlock, $800, sold the second day i had it up for sale.

eastbank · February 4, 2013, 06:47 AM

i had a .36 FL and it was a very good rifle,the only problem i had was that it had a very tight .36 bore,and i had to have a special mold made for it. after that it was the cats meow. i would think it would start at 400.00 and go up.eastbank.

Pahoo · February 4, 2013, 04:16 PM

I'd be interested in buying the rifle even though we have never met. If not, is that whiskey crate for sale? Great range box for M/L's ...

Be Safe !!!

olmontanaboy · February 5, 2013, 12:19 PM

If it has an excellant bore I would start @ $600 it's a nice gun.

troutcreek · February 8, 2013, 01:39 PM

On close examination of the Hatfield rifle there is a repair done near the cheek piece. It appears that the repair was done by the maker during the initial construction.
How does this impact the value?
Thanks and regards.

Pahoo · February 8, 2013, 03:24 PM

Quote:

How does this impact the value?

Sadly it will but to what degree, depends on demand and how bad someone wants it. It is an excellent repair and finished out pretty well. Even at that, if I were the maker, I would not have let it go out that way. Those guys had/have too much pride in their work. .....

Be Safe !!!

bedbugbilly · February 11, 2013, 01:33 PM

Kinda depends on if your friend's name is McCoy?

**4V50 Gary** · February 11, 2013, 09:49 PM

$600 plus.

Hatfields could vary in quality with the earliest ones being better. Many were made on demand of the customer. I know because I tried buying one myself over fifteen years ago. Hatfield took my order and folded (thankfully no money sent to him). I wound up taking gun building classes on my own.

Bishop Creek · February 11, 2013, 11:32 PM

I bought a Hatfield for $600 new back in 1987. It was a nice gun with beautiful wood and fit and finish. Wish I hadn't sold it for $300 in 1999.

January 31, 2013, 12:33 PM	#3
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 4,414	$450.00 to $550.00; My SWAG Keeping in mind, that he is your friend but you sure you won't regret selling it? .... Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

January 31, 2013, 03:21 PM	#4
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 3,350	If he is a true friend... ....Don't sell it to him. Give it to him. __________________ Doc My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson

February 4, 2013, 01:18 AM	#5
troutcreek Member Join Date: August 10, 2012 Location: Southern Washington on the Columbia River Posts: 59	Hatfield value Good point Doc. Lets call him a guy who hangs out in my workshop.....

February 4, 2013, 03:21 AM	#6
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 11,044	Being as Hatfields are semi-custom rifles and sold for around $700 in the late 1980s, I would expect one to sell for a bit more than $350. $500-$700-ish, I would expect, but since they are so hard to find they might draw a lot more. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Taylor Machine

February 4, 2013, 05:22 AM	#7
FrontierGander Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2009 Location: Boncarbo,Colorado Posts: 297	sold one earlier this year with both the percussion lock and the flintlock, $800, sold the second day i had it up for sale. __________________ Frontier Muzzleloading

January 31, 2013, 10:08 AM	#2
Mr.Guido Member Join Date: May 14, 2009 Posts: 33	$350

February 4, 2013, 06:47 AM	#8
eastbank Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2008 Location: pa. Posts: 833	i had a .36 FL and it was a very good rifle,the only problem i had was that it had a very tight .36 bore,and i had to have a special mold made for it. after that it was the cats meow. i would think it would start at 400.00 and go up.eastbank.

February 4, 2013, 04:16 PM	#9
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 4,414	I like em !!! I'd be interested in buying the rifle even though we have never met. If not, is that whiskey crate for sale? Great range box for M/L's ... Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

February 5, 2013, 12:19 PM	#10
olmontanaboy Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2009 Location: Northeast for now Posts: 245	If it has an excellant bore I would start @ $600 it's a nice gun. __________________ Olmontanaboy No good deed goes unpunished. A loaded gun, a faithful dog,,, consider yourself lucky.

February 11, 2013, 01:33 PM	#13
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 1,321	Kinda depends on if your friend's name is McCoy? __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

February 11, 2013, 09:49 PM	#14
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 15,424	$600 plus. Hatfields could vary in quality with the earliest ones being better. Many were made on demand of the customer. I know because I tried buying one myself over fifteen years ago. Hatfield took my order and folded (thankfully no money sent to him). I wound up taking gun building classes on my own. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

February 11, 2013, 11:32 PM	#15
Bishop Creek Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2011 Posts: 196	I bought a Hatfield for $600 new back in 1987. It was a nice gun with beautiful wood and fit and finish. Wish I hadn't sold it for $300 in 1999.