.22 Hepburn,
Very nice group of .22 Hepburns! Still miss Dave & Pam Crossno, he did a lot of wood and metal work for me over the years.
Interesting cut down Hepburn. Was just right side cut down or both sides. What was done to make the hammer a speed-locked. 

C C; only the right side of the receiver was cut down. To speed-lock the hammer, the cock notches in the horns were were moved, so this moved the hammer forward. Also, note that the upper of Dave’s rifles has both sides of the receiver cut down. He wanted to copy a Hepburn that is pictured in one of the John Grant books. 
FYI, here is a favorite pic of him that I took one year at Raton.

.22Hepburn wrote on Dec 12^th, 2023 at 1:36pm:


Thanks for the info! Do you know if Dave made his actions from billets, or did he have them cast or forged, and then do the machining work?

Great picture of Dave!

Val, he used castings for his actions.

thanks greg,  top one is w-6. in the hepburn book. just got it a couple months ago.lower one is w-24. i found this several years ago. it wasn't completely finished.  2 barrels, 2 breech blocks 2 extractors.  22lr and 38-55. all metal work was done, stock on it was not remington but had the correct buttplate.kept it for a long time and finally decided to get the gun finished with the correct stock and colors.  found the walker palm rest at denver gun show on a gun it didn't belong on so i bought the gun and now it is where it should be. when i got it was told it was probably one that was on the bench and wasn't finished when they stopped making them. i was told many years after they stopped there was a lot of parts left and they made they're way out into the gun world. 
  been a while since i have seen a picture of dave crossno. i was with him 4 days before he died and told my friend goodbye. miss him

Tony and Dave at the Tulsa Gun Show. RIP Dave

That pic records a historic event;
Dave opened his wallet, took out real money and bought a Winchester 25-20 lever gun from Tony. This really happened, lol.

Greg, one of my Hepburns has the receiver cut away just like this. Mine is a single trigger gun, no serial number, and the upper tang has been cut off and the buttstock has a thru-bolt in it. Also, my rifle was built in a prone/position configuration.