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Reply #90 - Feb 21st, 2013 at 2:00pm
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Got the Hepburn back from John Taylor (gunsmithing), Dale Woody (metal finishing) & Millard Hixson (wood finish & fitting) today. Beautiful work. Now have to see how it shoots. Replace out-of-focus a few posts below.
Here it is with the 28" MVA scope.
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Reply #91 - Feb 21st, 2013 at 2:02pm
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SSS, it looks beautiful.

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Reply #92 - Feb 21st, 2013 at 3:12pm
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SSS,I'll second that !!!
  
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Reply #93 - Feb 21st, 2013 at 3:13pm
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SSS,Where did you find that gorgeous wood?
  
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Reply #94 - Feb 21st, 2013 at 4:03pm
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3X wood from CPA Rifles. I'll have it checkered next year. Here are few more, clearer pic's (my photo skills are highly suspect - sorta like my shooting Wink ).
  
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Reply #95 - Feb 21st, 2013 at 9:53pm
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Glenn, All I can is "Beautiful". Enjoy. Dale.
  
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Reply #96 - Feb 22nd, 2013 at 7:19pm
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Thanks. The gunsmithing by JT is excellent. Cannot tell it is a lined barrel. Same for the woodwork by MH. The engraving is excellent, as is the case-coloring by Classic Guns, LTD. However, the final assembly by DW, who did the engraving, resulted in a scratch in the side of the receiver as he neglected to space out the lever as requested and his bluing work on the barrel is very sub-standard. When brought these problems to DW's attention, his response was "F U". Great customer relations. JT & MH will be working on my Low Wall, but I won't be sending anything else to DW. Too bad, as his engraving is good.
  
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Reply #97 - Feb 27th, 2013 at 5:52pm
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SSShooter wrote on Feb 22nd, 2013 at 7:19pm:
Thanks. The gunsmithing by JT is excellent. Cannot tell it is a lined barrel. Same for the woodwork by MH. The engraving is excellent, as is the case-coloring by Classic Guns, LTD. However, the final assembly by DW, who did the engraving, resulted in a scratch in the side of the receiver as he neglected to space out the lever as requested and his bluing work on the barrel is very sub-standard. When brought these problems to DW's attention, his response was "F U". Great customer relations. JT & MH will be working on my Low Wall, but I won't be sending anything else to DW. Too bad, as his engraving is good.


Great looking gun! Too bad about the scratch and the attitude.
  
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Reply #98 - Feb 28th, 2013 at 9:05pm
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Yeah, really. Was planning on sending DW the 25-20 Low Wall, but not now. Too bad for us both.
  
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Reply #99 - Oct 2nd, 2013 at 3:12pm
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Got my rebarreled Hepburn back from John Taylor on Monday. Weight is up to almost 12#, where it needs to be for silhouette & long-range shooting. 32" GM barrel with a 14" twist in a full-octagon Win #3 1/2 profile. Out to the range tomorrow to see how it shoots with a 400gr & 445gr Money bullet w/58gr of Swiss 1 1/2.
  
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Reply #100 - Oct 2nd, 2013 at 3:23pm
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Lovely set-up ! I would be interested in benchrest group size
  
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Reply #101 - Oct 2nd, 2013 at 3:50pm
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Thank you.
.......... have never shot for group size with a 40cal. Will be pleased if it holds the 10-ring at 200/300/600yd and minute of animal at 200/300/385/500m. I'll let you know after tomorrow at the range. May not be too impressive as this is also the start of load development.
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Reply #102 - Oct 3rd, 2013 at 5:21pm
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OK........ was lucky to get any shooting in today. Beautiful weather and every retired club member, including me, was out at the range. Did get numbers at 50/100/200yd. Here is the group at 200yd. First shot low and the next three was after a 3moa adjustment (yeah, so I can't count Wink). As expected, it went up ~6", but wanted a group, so did not readjust. Think the vertical is from a very thick slip-on recoil pad I had on the rifle. I didn't find the buttplate until I got home this afternoon and think my hold was not terribly consistent with the recoil pad. Sight settings are the same as with the original barrel, but the added weight certainly makes it a more pleasant rifle to shoot. Think I'll shoot it in our 200/300/600yd mid-range match on Sunday.
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Reply #103 - Oct 6th, 2013 at 6:37pm
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Rifle shot a 97-2x at 200yd, 92 at 300yd and 82 at 600yd in today's mid-range match with a "guesstimate" load of 58gr of 1 1/2F Swiss pushing the 400gr BACo 'Money' bullet. Optimistic about its getting better.
  
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Reply #104 - Oct 6th, 2013 at 8:30pm
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I won the BR match at Glasgow MT with my Hepburn 38-55. Used a thick rubber slip in recoil pad. Didnt seem to  have any effect on accuracy.  Didn't have my tie on leather cheek plate, couldn't find it.  My cheek never touched the stock during the BR match. First time I had ever shot breech seated bullets and smokeless powder in the rifle. First time ever shooting that bullet in that rifle too. Barrel has a ring in it also. Used a 20 power STS scope for the first time on it.
Hard to beat a Hepburn rifle.  Wink

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