mooncrickit,

The Firehawk is a good rifle. It was dropped when the Black Diamond and other models with removeable breech plugs came along. Everyone jumped on the "clean through the rear" bandwagon and the Firehawk and Thunderhawk were both discontinued.

Are you thinking of buying a used one? Let me just point out that Cabelas has brand new Black Diamonds on sale for $179 in their Winter sale catalog. I would not be willing to pay over $100 for an older rifle when I could get a new one for that price. It's hard to tell how well a ML rifle has been maintained. Especially when you can't take out the breech plug for a good look at the bore.

HTH

Steve F.in MD