You've got the Hepburn disease awfully bad, Glenn. I only have 2.  Bob

I agree with you guys. Now have two Hepburns also! I took the one pictured in 45-70, I restored it last year, but haven't shot it much because of the recoil. So last spring when I was at Dave Crossno's place I bought one of his .22 liners. It is sweet. I only shoot for fun and now I am having a lot of fun with it. Very accurate too.

Richard

The double set triggers are nice, I haven't put a gauge to mine, but it is certainly less than a pound. Dave Crossno did the work on getting them set right. Not much more than a touch and it fires. I understand now why some of the old schuetzen shooters used to sandpaper their trigger finger to feel the touch.
My other Hepburn is in 32-20 with a single trigger and it probably has about 1 1/2 lb. pull, still very light. I haven't had enough time to shoot it enough to truly know how accurate it is. Hopefully can play with it more this fall and develop different loads.
Richard

If someone wants the wood and .219 Zipper barrel I'm sure we can work out a trade for some other wood. If not, I'll likely work it down to a more traditional look. I've got nothing I would shoot with the .219 Zipper. By that, I mean I shoot my rifles in various competitions and that cartridge doesn't fit in anywhere. I'm thinking something along the lines of a 38-50 or 40-60 Win BN that could serve a dual role as both an off-hand rifle and a BR rifle. Am also thinking a 40-70 Rem, which would be historically correct. Would order a reamer that would allow for cut-down 45-90 cases as the starting point. Think it would be better than the 40-70 Sharps BN due to the longer neck, which would make it easier to load.

It seems to always take a year or two. Locating original barrels to mate to a action, or finding the opposite. Getting stocked, checkered, finished, etc. Some of the longer waits is finding the original proper tang sights or spirit level front sight. All in all, it's an enjoyable adventure!

Richard

Another question. Just noticed that the side of the both the upper tang and lower tang on one of my Hepburns have an 1803 s/n, but the bottom of the lower tang is stamped with a number which is almost 600  higher, at 2392. Which is the actual serial number?

Took the DST out of this Hepburn and installed in my 40-65 BPCR Hepburn after a bit of stone-work and inletting on the stock. The DST works great at ~1# compared to the 2+ pounds of the single trigger it replaced. 40-shot match Saturday (if we don't get rained out) to see how it compares.