SSShooter wrote on Apr 1^st, 2015 at 8:21pm:

I would agree it's form works well for tang mounted peep sights; but putting a scope on one might result in a visit to the Chiropractor , unless a shooter could be classified as a "pencil necked geek"

Need to qualify my former statement in that it did not extend to the factory stock, unless you have one with the higher comb and shotgun buttplate, which were not plentiful. My Hebpurns (40-65, 38-50 & .22LR) are all with new wood, so the comb is as tall as is allowed by the rules and are most comfortable to shoot. The side lever is very 'handy' for shooting from the prone position as the rifle does not need to be rotated in order to open the action as is often the case with a lever on the bottom of the action, like a High Wall or Sharps. Shoot mine with both a Hoke tang sight and an MVA scope with no problems.

Deely & Edge also offered a side lever, striker fired action dating from around 1882, or so. There is a nice restoration article in one of the more recent issues of BCN.

Indeed, you are correct.

JLouis wrote on Apr 4^th, 2015 at 4:11pm:

New member 'High Noon' might disagree with your last sentence on shooting a Hepburn from the bench. My CBA shooting friend, who shoots a modern Hepburn, might as well.

Not saying one can't shoot good bench scores with a Hepburn, Tony Heitz does just that. Simply saying it is not as popular as the others for such work. In 15 years of serious cast bullet benchrest competition Tony's is the only one I have ever seen on the line. The conversation was in regards to striker breach blocks and why no one had converted a Hepburn but they have converted others. Popularity of other designs could play a part in answereing that question. Bottom line still is there are not many who can design and build a working striker breach block for a Hepburn or any of the more popular designs for that matter. I believe Steve Durren would be one and Connie Grimms has. I would think the length of the breach block mortice could be a limiting factor on most designs with the exception being the Ballard. One of the fellows that shoots at Etna Green, Dale Reynolds I believe, please correct me if I am wrong has also successfully designed and built a striker conversion. I do not remember on which action it was created on?

JLouis