Cabellas still sells one of the versions Sile sold, If it has the round double ring patch box. If it was an older one with a very close look to the Thompson/Center rifles it was made by ultra hi, a Japanese company. Investarms made rifles for sile in the 70s and 80s they were imported from Italy.
Sure. I like pictures of Hawken rifles.
One of the better sources is the blue book of modern black powder values.www.bluebppk.com or from www.midwayusa.com
100-300 USD
Read books, look at real ones in museums, gun shows, gun shops and ask Hawken collectors.
Go to the website of the MAKER of your rifle (Hawken is a style, not a brand). You should find an owner's manual you can download, or request a paper copy for free.
You need a professional appraisal. Fakes abound and are vey hard to spot if you are not familiar with the item in question.
If its a real Hawken, and most are not, then its almost priceless. The vast majority of the real authentic Hawkens are in museums or private owners who can trace their history back 150+ years.
Contact E-Bay
don't believe any such item as 58 cal. black powder pellets. but, there is a 58 cal. slug for the 58 cal. black powder rifle
Requires professional appraisal
if the rifle was manufactured in 1894 it would be black powder.
I have posted 2 links to original Hawken rifles For more information about Jacob or Samuel Hawken, or about their gun shop see the following: The Hawken Rifle: Its Place in History, by Charles E Hanson, Jr., published by the Fur Press, Crawford, Nebraska, 1979. Probably one of the best sources of documentation of the types of rifles carried by the mountain men, production of rifles by the Hawken brothers, and origin of the myths regarding the "Hawkens Rifles."