Oops, I did it again!
10-12-2015, 10:31 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Illinois
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Now isn't that just about as stupid a thing to do as can be? Filing out the Pedersoli name but leaving the ITALIAN proof house marks on there? Sheesh, anyone that knows anything about firearms knows proof house marks and can see those are Italian PH's so that barrel is OBVIOUSLY not American made. At least I don't think any American barrel makers send their barrels to Italy for proofing 
10-12-2015, 11:43 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penns Woods
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A later Hatfield Company??.... So was there an earlier Hatfield Company whose guns were American made as I was always lead to believe? Why does yours have an L&R lock and not a Pedersoli lock or is that not so as was the supposed GM barrel which is Pedersoli?
BPS
Last edited by Blackpowdersmoke; 10-12-2015 at 11:45 AM.
10-12-2015, 11:59 AM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Illinois
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So I'm assuming you didn't get the rifle you thought you got? Since that isn't a green mountain barrel? Wouldn't a Pedersoli barrel actually be worth more? I'm not as familiar as I SHOULD be with the GM vs Pedersoli values.
10-12-2015, 12:18 PM
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Irvine, KY
Posts: 157
I have a .36 frontier from Pedersoli and I love it. It shoots great and is very reliable in igniting the charge. It seems to have a fairly quick lock time and I love to carry it hunting. I know you will really enjoy it. I must admit that yours has a far purdier stock than mine does. My is just a plain walnut stock but I love the way she feels. Good luck and enjoy...
10-12-2015, 12:47 PM
#25
Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
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Semi...
A later Hatfield Company??.... So was there an earlier Hatfield Company whose guns were American made as I was always lead to believe? Why does yours have an L&R lock and not a Pedersoli lock or is that not so as was the supposed GM barrel which is Pedersoli?
BPS
A later Hatfield Company??.... So was there an earlier Hatfield Company whose guns were American made as I was always lead to believe? Why does yours have an L&R lock and not a Pedersoli lock or is that not so as was the supposed GM barrel which is Pedersoli?
BPS
When I labeled the original picture I was going by research that said Hatfield used GM barrels and L&R locks. Well, that was true for the original maker, Ted Hatfield. He built them in St. Joseph, Missouri and the gun was supposedly a copy of rifles built by his great-great-grandfather, Moses Hatfield. It seems that somewhere along the way Hatfield sold the name/design to a group that became the "Hatfield" company, and at one point that company contracted production out to Pedersoli. They built the "Hatfield" guns with all Pedersoli manufactured parts, except for the American tiger striped maple wood used for the stocks.
Anyway, here's a corrected picture.
Last edited by Semisane; 10-12-2015 at 04:48 PM.
10-13-2015, 08:21 AM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penns Woods
Posts: 1,628
Semi...
I have a copy of Fjestad's "Blue book of Modern black Powder Values" from 2002. He stated that the guns were previously manufactured by Mountain River Rifle Works and then by Hatfield Gun Co. Inc. until 1996
The MSR at that time for the Squirrel rifle you have was $600...
Add $20 for flintlock
Add $65 for extra fancy maple grade II and $175 for hand selected grade III
Custom models could run 200% over standard
Maybe this will give you some idea of what you're rifle is worth.
BPS
I have a copy of Fjestad's "Blue book of Modern black Powder Values" from 2002. He stated that the guns were previously manufactured by Mountain River Rifle Works and then by Hatfield Gun Co. Inc. until 1996
The MSR at that time for the Squirrel rifle you have was $600...
Add $20 for flintlock
Add $65 for extra fancy maple grade II and $175 for hand selected grade III
Custom models could run 200% over standard
Maybe this will give you some idea of what you're rifle is worth.
BPS