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Reply #15 - Mar 14th, 2018 at 2:21pm
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I brag on the Winchesters but my long range rifle this year will more than likely be the Hepburn again, back up is a Borchardt.  The .22 will be a low wall and the Schuetzen will be a high wall in 32-40 so two out of three isn't bad.  Back ups are mostly Ballards - too many options and not enough shoots-
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Reply #16 - Mar 14th, 2018 at 5:45pm
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I've never had very many options, so I decided I'd stick with the best one available.  Wink Several times over, I've made the choice and not been unhappy. I'd sure like a Hepburn, but may never get one, nor many of the others either. 
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Reply #17 - Mar 14th, 2018 at 6:08pm
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The Hepburn was designed by a target shooter.    Wink
  
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Re: 1885 Winchester function
Reply #18 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 2:55am
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BP wrote on Mar 14th, 2018 at 6:08pm:
The Hepburn was designed by a target shooter.    Wink

If you shoot backrest position you will realized Hepburn designed it for that purpose  Huh
  
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Re: 1885 Winchester function
Reply #19 - Mar 21st, 2018 at 7:01am
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My HW closed on half cock.  Reversing the fly caused it to close on full cock.  However, pulling the trigger on half cock causes it to fire.  The fly appears to be from a Winder.  Are the Winder and set trigger flies different? 
  
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Reply #20 - Mar 21st, 2018 at 9:01am
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i did try reversing the fly to get 1/2 cock on closing....it did not work.
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