We analyse available experimental data on the total charged-current {\nu }N and \overline {\nu }N cross sections for quasielastic scattering and single-pion neutrinoproduction. Published results from the relevant experiments at ANL, BNL, FNAL, CERN, and IHEP are included dating from the end of sixties to the present day, covering \nu _\mu and \overline {\nu }_\mu beams on a variety of nuclear targets, with energies from the thresholds to about 350 GeV. The data are used to adjust the poorly known values of the axial masses.

PACS numbers: 12.15.Ji, 13.15.+g, 14.20.Gk, 23.40.Bw