$350 is a reasonable ask, BUT....

Do you live in a state with a "primitive" gun season where there's any sort of advantage to the weapons platform itself? Do you live in an area with a strong outdoors-man/hunting culture, or is it all Call-of-Duty wannabe's?

The rifle's themselves and especially the caliber are for the true loonies. The stock is love it / hate it, though.

There's a reason the $299 Savage Axis drove them out of business.

 

Well... I guess I'm a loony, LOL!

I made sure I got a .45-70 Handi with wood before they stopped making them. One of my personal faves... Can do what .45-70 has done for over a century, which is take anything on the continent down with simple cast bullets.

And just for good measure I bought an early Harrington and Wesson Buffalo Classic I found in a LGS too... looked unfired, still had the bit of metal in the front sight slot... had to have it, LOL!

And just for the sake of firepower (LOL!) I had to have a Marlin 1895 GS (though I'd have gone with the Cowboy model had they not been out of stock everywhere back after Newtown.)

So's count me in the loonies. .45-70, though "obsolete" really has a lot going for it, because in modern guns you can go from round ball to trapdoor cast to really hot 300 gr. jacketed, all in one gun.

Some folks call it "mild to wild".

But yes, my .30-06 is probably an overall more practical thing. Especially for the long shots. Much flatter trajectory.

I agree, for *most folks* the budget bolt guns make more sense.

But, being a cast bullet fan, the .45-70 is a great choice since the range of bullet weights is so broad, and the brass is still available. Probably dozens of powders that work well too.

 

The cvs scout in 45-70 comes in stainless with a muzzle break for about $350 so its going to be tough to get much more than $300 for a handi rifle unless you have a unique, non competing cartridge.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/mobile/search.php?q=Cva+scout+v2

 

Just sold an Stainless Ultra hunter in 45/70 for $400 + shipping. It had cinnamon laminate thumb-hole stock, 24" barrel, all stainless, and a legitimate clover leaf maker on the target. So.........the market is tough right now.

 

This is slightly off topic, but have any of you seen there is a company making AR rifles in 45-70? They are making the cartridge rimless and fitting it into the AR platform. One of America's oldest cartridges in America's newest rifles.

https://www.range365.com/an-ar-rifle-in-45-70-good-cartridges-never-die

BW

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Given the right buyer, it could go for over 500.
But how long are you willing to wait for that magical person to appear?

Prices have been moderating faster than I expected.

I'd say it is probably worth 400$ and to get the value of the work you had done to it you will have to find someone else who wanted that gun with those modifications.

Keep your gun, save your money. Chances are it is worth more to you than to someone else.

 

It seems like when one of us gets an idea we like, and pay the fees and labor to have our "custom" pet project made, we are best off keeping it.
It seems like at selling time no one shares the passion like you had when you spent the money on the extras. I am sure someone out there is on the same page as you, you just need to find them. Hope you can get what you need out of it. - thejanitor


-edit- Sorry my answer wasn't what you asked - I would think you should be able to trade it into the 400 - 450 range. But most people don't look at Handis like we do. So cash price, I feel would be less.

 

Thanks for everyone's feed back. This is one of the "left over" Handi's I bought and set up a few years ago when I took my nephews to Namibia hunting. They each got to keep theirs and this was a "spare". Dealer gave me a very good discount because I purchased several at once. The Tromix brake works great and as "new shooters" they were able to handle some pretty stout loads. Though I have no actual scientific data to prove it, I think the brakes may help reduce the wear and tear on the action.

Anyway......thanks again for the opinions.