Lots of folks are asking for pictures of the as delivered Upper Missouri Remington Hepburn kit. Your wish is my command!

As I said in another post...LOTS of work! This is not a "sandpaper" project. It could be done with files, but you best have lots of time, elbow grease and know how to file. A milling machine is going to make this go a lot easier and more accurate.

The cast parts are taken from the molds, a slight amount of internal machining is done on the receiver, holes are drilled and taped.

The lower tang is about 1/16" proud of the receiver. I haven't looked at the specs yet to see if the receiver needs to be opened or the lower tang reduced in width.

The smaller cast parts are as delivered from the molds. These will easily be the most challenging.

The screws, springs and pins are of extreme high quality. Well finished and very hard.

Here are a few pictures:
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I bet I've talked to a dozen folks that bought these kits and they have been sitting in a drawer for 10 years! Waiting for the time and courage to undertake it. But none of them wanted to sell the kit......"I'll get to it one of these days!"

This is the "Semi" finished kit. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to locate holes etc on the simple castings kit without some type of jig.

So, anyhow.....I'll get back to you in ten years or so and let you know how I'm making out!....

Hello Roy,
Well the hardest parts are done, and they've saved you some machine time and some costs of buying tools. As suggested elsewhere having the breech block mortise and the breech block cut to size by an EDM wire cutter will save you a lot of bother, sadly it isn't cheap, but if the operator knows his job it is superbly accurate. You may still have some jigs or fixtures to make, but that's all part of the fun. Good luck.
Harry

JM.... Sounds like you already have the disease! Go for it....😉

I have access to wire EDM and plunge EDM. But looking at the parts I'm confident I can get within Hepburn 1880s specs with files, milling machine and patience. After all, that is how Remington did it and look what folks are paying for those non EDMed rifles....

After reading the instructions and looking at the parts again, I think I was making this to be more difficult than it will be.......Time wi;ll tell!

frnkeore wrote on Jan 17^th, 2015 at 3:22pm:

That and a Dremel tool !!

The reason that I suggested a disk sander is that it will keep the surfaces square and the surface flat to the ajoining surface if the table is squared up to start with.

Frank