Well, IMO, the prices I listed above shows it was one of the middle cost, and maybe, middle quality guns. Back in those days the only "el cheapo" guns were the CVA's from Spain and some guns made in Belgium for export to Africa. Yes, these are the pieces of manure that were imported by Stoeger Arms Corp. In the book, "A Shooter'f Bible Publication BLACK POWDER GUIDE" by Major George Nonte, he says about these Stoeger imports, "These guns are still available today for decorative purposes only and are described below...."
Now,
THOSE were el cheapo's.
I sold mine to a guy at a local gun show. I don't remember what the price was. Anyway, he was all charged up to shoot it and because it was a flintlock I spent a good half hour telling him about the need to use real black powder, how to load and prime it, how to adjust the flint and a bunch of other things.
About 2 years later, I ran into the same guy at a gun show and I asked him how he liked shooting it. With a rather disgruntled face he said, "I haven't shot it yet. When I got it home, my wife thought it was so neat and so nice, it should hang on the wall and I wouldn't be allowed to actually shoot it."
It's probably hanging on their wall today, never again to re-live the day when it was carried out into the desert by me and it was used to kill a javelina.
That javelina went down like a semi-truck hit him when he was hit and never moved a muscle.