This one was a 219 Zipper Improved varmint rifle, which didn't interest me at all. It's a project in progress, without much progress for a while. It still has a long way to go. I tend to get distracted and start other projects before finishing them. 

It now has a stock (that I never did finish) that I used on my other Hepburn for BPCR with a 38-50 barrel for a while. I had a .32 caliber barrel with 8 lands and grooves of unknown manufacture that needed a home and I thought it would be a good match. It's 30.5" long and measures 1.20 across the flats, chambered in 32-40.

This is where it is now. I need to cut a slot for the extractor, make a forearm, install a buttplate, and finally finish the stock.

This one's serial number is 214 after my other one.

JerryH

Looks good. Hepburn ball pistol grips are hard to do well. That one looks good. 
Chuck

Very nice! That's a great looking piece of wood. Do you have the matching forearm? With a 32cal hole in the middle of that barrel I'm guessing that isn't going to be your off-hand rifle. 

Looking forward to your first shooting report as I also have a 32-40 Hepburn that started life with me as a .219 Zipper. Will eventually have the original 28" full octagon barrel relined back to 32-40, as it came from Remington. Just finished the 35-40 Hepburn and the 38-50 Hepburn metal is out for case-color & bluing before fitting the barrel. While not the "best looking", the Hepburn just seems to "fit" better than any of the other single-shot rifles I've shot.

I have been in a swoon over all the Rolling Blocks we've seen in the past few days. Some beauties there for certain. But, though I've never even owned a Remington single shot, I really like the Hepburns more than the other- even this one, unfinished, is a joy, and makes me glad to get back to the straight and narrow life of a falling block lover. Thank ya, Jerry.

My restored Hepburn in .45-70.

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And my Match B in .32-40 B&M.

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My .40-70SS Hepburn.

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Long Range wrote "I fell in love with the Hepburn the first time I saw one but I never got around to buying one. Believe it or not, they were really cheap in the early '60s."
Don't know if this counts as really cheap but back then (the mid 60's) I had a choice between a Hepburn at $150 and a Borchardt at $125. The Hepburn had one of those custom stocks whose lines, how can I put it nicely, did nothing to enhance the appearance of the rifle. I chose the Borchardt.