New to these parts and in Chattanooga. I acquired a pile of guns and ammo, to include Uberti Santa Fe .54 cal from Lakeville, CT and several others.

dirtroadhound said:

Looking for some insight on these. Some look newer but a couple look old and clean.

Uberti .54 cal, Santa Fe, Lakeville, CT SN 10xxx
Thompson Center Arms .50 cal x 2

Thanks

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Very nice!
If I’m reading the two letters on the square box correctly, your Uberti is a 1993 model.
Verify the bore diameter, as these were marked .54 caliber but actually require a .520 ball. I don’t know if this was changed on later guns like yours.
Here’s some history on the Uberti Hawken rifles: Uberti Santa Fe Hawken – GRRW Collector

Crockford said:

Dirtroadhound, without seeing the whole gun including the bore, it is hard to give a value. Neither is over 50 years old so not an old antique. I would personally put a little more value on the Uberti, Santa Fe. It is more "Hawkenish" than the Thompson Center. But there is a lot of people that love the Thompson Center guns too. I see these guns sell from $200 to $450 dollars pretty regularly. But you see an occasional one sell for $100 and one sell for $600. No rhythm or reason.

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The rhyme and reason is the uncertainty that stems from both future regulation fear and concern over what the US dollar will be worth a week from now. Many have lost half or more of the value of their life savings in last 2-3 years and buying anything that appears to hold value.

I swear... been a member here for 23 years... not active much the past 15 years... the level of petty bickering and snarky juvenile one-ups-man-ship around here is sad.
And I ain't about to make the now customary CYA statement that this post is directed at no one in particular... if you think it's directed at you... it is.

dirtroadhound said:

Looking for some insight on these. Some look newer but a couple look old and clean.

Uberti .54 cal, Santa Fe, Lakeville, CT SN 10xxx
Thompson Center Arms .50 cal x 2

Thanks

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I'd never heard about Uberti's Lakeville address until finding my rifle; I don't know what year it was made, must check again for date code if it's there.

Kabulrocks said:

Very nice!
If I’m reading the two letters on the square box correctly, your Uberti is a 1993 model.
Verify the bore diameter, as these were marked .54 caliber but actually require a .520 ball. I don’t know if this was changed on later guns like yours.
Here’s some history on the Uberti Hawken rifles: Uberti Santa Fe Hawken – GRRW Collector

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I hadn't noticed the box date code, looks like BC.
I didn't know the Santa Fe Hawken was still in production that long, always figured it was NLA by mid to late 80"s.
Good info

springfield art said:

I'd never heard about Uberti's Lakeville address until finding my rifle; I don't know what year it was made, must check again for date code if it's there.

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New to me too, should be square box stamped, usually on the left barrel flat, with 2 capitol letters inside the box that are the date code.
May have to remove the barrel from stock to see it depending on how it was stamped.

To get back to checking to see if a ML rifle is loaded I fairly recently purchased 2 from gunbroker and had same concern as Rancocas and Eterry. I measured with the ramrod as said but also removed the nipples from both and inserted a white pipe cleaner thru the fire channel into the barrel which I was able to see in the barrel using a bore light This was tough with one as its a .32 but could just barely see the pipe cleaner , I could see it much easier with my .50. Both are fairly short barreled t/c’s , 21 ” and 24” barrels. Not sure if anyone else has tried this but it made me a little more confident I wasn’t going to blow my face off

Dirtroadhound, if you are wanting to sell those you will not have a problem getting rid of them. They both look from the pictures like they are in good condition. Sites like this one are a good place to sell them. The last place to sell them would be a pawn shop. If you feel like you are interested in muzzleloaders, I wouldn't sell them. Both guns should be good shooters and both guns are great for hunting deer and the like. Muzzleloading is a fun sport and most in the muzzleloading community are willing to help out. I will warn you.... you may end up with more guns and stuff related than you expect. Shoot them and have fun. The value of a gun can also be measured in the amount of enjoyment it is to shoot.

dirtroadhound said:

Looking for some insight on these. Some look newer but a couple look old and clean.

Uberti .54 cal, Santa Fe, Lakeville, CT SN 10xxx
Thompson Center Arms .50 cal x 2

Thanks

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dirtroadhound said:

Looking for some insight on these. Some look newer but a couple look old and clean.

Uberti .54 cal, Santa Fe, Lakeville, CT SN 10xxx
Thompson Center Arms .50 cal x 2

Thanks

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The Santa Fe is one of the better early production guns styled after an original Hawken. The Thompson is a great hunting gun, but not really styled like a Hawken. Either 1 will shoot round ball very well!

Thanks again for all the replies.

sturmkatze said:

Means nothing when it comes from someone who sounds like a kid with a paper a hole.

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Spoken like a true keyboard warrior. If ya can’t refute,, start slingin’ mud. But I’m impressed. Only took you a day & a half to come up with this attempt at bad@$$ery. You failed.

It would be nice for the rest of us that includes ladies and children, for y’all to carry the conversation to pm.

Crows-R-US said:

Spoken like a true keyboard warrior. If ya can’t refute,, start slingin’ mud. But I’m impressed. Only took you a day & a half to come up with this attempt at bad@$$ery. You failed.

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I actually work and don’t live on the forum. I look in the mornings when I get up. Often on the toilet for posts such as yours. Anyway, you just hit the ignore list. Go away little man. Don’t go away mad, just… go away.

Thinks he’s a wit and he’s half right. Like everything else, it’ll sail right over his head.

Crows-R-US said:

Nah. Came here to learn or to teach, not buy & sell. And to amuse myself reading comments from the sycophants…….such as yourself.

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Not making any friends. Oh, thats not why yer here. Carry on.

It seems that a lot of posts here of late become adversarial, not a good sign.

azmntman said:

Not making any friends. Oh, thats not why yer here. Carry on.

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I’m as friendly a feller as you’re likely to ever meet. Just have a low tolerance for pilers-on who incorrectly think they’re clever. One of the perks of old age I guess.

Just a short refresher course;
Personal attacks will NOT BE TOLERATED.

mushka said:

It seems that a lot of posts here of late become adversarial, not a good sign.

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We're taking action, but we can't be everywhere.

" If you see something, say something, please. "

No personal attacks? Dang it, just when I ready to accuse somebody of being an anti-contrarian.