SOLD Navy Arms Buffalo Hunter **SPF**

[EC121]

I have a Navy Arms Buffalo Hunter .58cal. rifle to sell. It is something that I thought I wanted at the time. Not now. The bore is like new. It has a couple of chips in the wood, but nothing bad. I had to epoxy the pressed-in key escutcheons in because the previous owner(s) didn't know enough to bevel the edges of the key and knocked them out pounding the key in. I have a Lee Minie mold, a #11 cap nipple,, some Minies, and .570s that go with it $575 shipped.

 

[Rebel]

N/T

 

[longcruise]

Was this a kit build?

 

[EC121]

To my knowledge they were never sold as a kit.

 

[Mark Herman]

These were not kits and make a great handy hunting rifle.

 

[Elkhorse]

It's a rifle, so the barrel is rifled?

 

[Eterry]

Mine is, I never heard of one that wasn't.

I've had good luck with mine. 60grs fffg and old style minie.

 

[Frontier's]

they are rifled. These guns were handle to handle 200gr 2fg loads. A little thumper.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

I think the guy from Dixie Gun Works took one to Africa to hunt dangerous game, IIRC.

 

[TreeMan]

I’m pretty sure these are a factory modified Zoli remington/zouave rifle. Should be a handy hunting rifle.

 

[Orin]

It is a factory modified 1863 Remington Zouave that Navy Arms had made in the 60's and 70's and maybe later dates.
If EC121 would post a photo of the markings then you can tell when it was made.
I have found that mine loves 45 - 50 gr of Swiss 3F shooting a minie made with a Lee 575-500-M mould.

 

[EC121]

Val Forgett of Navy Arms designed this rifle for big game. The breech and barrel are larger than a Zouave. Here's the serial #. The Roman numeral at t he right is XXV.

 

[Orin]

XXV indicates that it was made in 1969.

Here is a list of dates codes up to 2008

 

[RedFeather]

I think these were simply sporterized Zouaves. I could compare mine to my musket, both 1972 vintage, but I doubt it will be heavier at the breech. To me they are likened to the sporterized muskets sold to pioneers following the Civil War.

 

[Griz44Mag]

PM Sent.

 

[EC121]

Still available.

 

[nit wit]

BIG MEDICINE!
Nit Wit

 

[nightwolf1974]

They are nice!

 

[SamTex1949]

Yes please compare ! My observation of seeing them was just a sporterized "Z" also.

I also wonder if anyone ever did a side by side comparison of Buffalo hunter and the and the H&R Springfield stalker in same caliber (and maybe the H&R HUNTSMAN hunter too)

I think these were simply sporterized Zouaves. I could compare mine to my musket, both 1972 vintage, but I doubt it will be heavier at the breech. To me they are likened to the sporterized muskets sold to pioneers following the Civil War.

 

[4575wcf]

I think the guy from Dixie Gun Works took one to Africa to hunt dangerous game, IIRC.

The Buffalo Hunter was taken to Africa by Val Forgett of Navy Arms where he used it to harvest plains game. He used the then current Navy Arms Hawken loaded with a special heavy conical bullet on the dangerous stuff. Turner Kirkland of Dixie Gun Works took an original 4 bore side by side to Africa and harvested an elephant with it. He took Jim Carmichael of Outdoor Life along on that trip if memory serves.