Have a CMC Black Powder pistol, never fired. What's it wort

[bcolins]

Another gun inherited from my father. This was a kit I believe. He built/assembled it back in the 70s or 80s and never fired it. It says "CMC" on the bottom with a serial number.

Anyone know what current fair market value would be on this?

Brian

 

[rafterob]

Right around the $100 mark would be my guess.

 

[Don]

$75 to $100 tops.

Don

 

[trent/OH]

Of all the guns whose value just keeps going up,up,up........

This ain't one of them. If someone will pay you $100, jump on the offer, and send them a Christmas card. I'd guess more like $60-$75, tops.

 

[necchi]

Ah the Classic Arms New Orleans Ace,
Sold in the 70's for $25, in the 80's for $35
Today it's $125; http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=868
But being familiar with these,, uhm``"kit's",,,
I wouldn't offer more than a good lunch and a hand shake., :wink: :grin:
Best keep it un-fired as a memento from your Dad. Maybe get a shadow box and hang it on the wall with a winning poker hand in the box with it.

 

[George T.]

For what it will bring I think I would just hold onto it. My kids and I have my Dad's guns and it's always a special time when we shoot them. Geo. T.

 

[Don]

I own a couple of these pistols. I had to tinker with them to get them to shoot but they are now reasonably reliable. They are not high quality pieces but they can be fun range guns. I load mine with 20 - 22 grains of powder under a patched .433 ball. Not accurate beyond several feet but then again they weren't intended to be.

Don

 

[Zonie]

IMO, this model of Classic Arms pistols is perhaps the best of the bunch.
That's not saying too much because their pepperbox is a pile of junk. I know because I own one of them.

That said, this pistol can make a real neat shadow box gun if the suggestion made above is used.
Based on the "Ace" name I think I might use 4 Aces and a King of Spades.

Shooting it can be fun too but it should be something in the range that the gun was built for.
Maybe a large watermelon at 6 feet? :grin:

 

[RADeO]

Zonie, I think you hold the Classic Arms pepperbox in undeserved high regard. :rotf:

 

[Jason Lewis]

that was my first BP gun! i remember after the first 50 shots the brass ramrod pipes fell out of the dovetails. fun little gun to shoot though. not worth much, $50, maybe more like supersized meal at mc d's.

 

[Don]

I've figured out how to hold the grip just so and use the hammer as a crude sight so that I can hit a paper plate at about 7 or 8 feet.

Don

 

[Jason Lewis]

mine had a rifled barrel on it, why i don't know.

 

[SmokepoleSam]

Mine also has a rifled barrel. My wife bought it for me when they first came out. It was offered in rifled or smoothbore originally. I got it rifled because I wanted to shoot for accuracy. :rotf: