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Re: Hepburn .22
Reply #15 - Feb 6th, 2025 at 7:15pm
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oneatatime wrote on Feb 6th, 2025 at 6:56pm:
And all with a chain saw! You ought to see his bears!


And he does them during breaks at the timber carnival show too!
  

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Re: Hepburn .22
Reply #16 - Feb 8th, 2025 at 5:41pm
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Dave’s work was impeccable, luckily he taught Mike Bassett well.
  
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Re: Hepburn .22
Reply #17 - Feb 8th, 2025 at 6:06pm
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.22Hepburn wrote on Feb 8th, 2025 at 5:41pm:
Dave’s work was impeccable, luckily he taught Mike Bassett well.


I really liked Dave, and his work. I always called about 4:30 PM Ok. time and Dave would be taking a smoke break and he talked a long time. Usually had to apologize and excuse myself at some point.
When I talked to him about having a stock set done for my engraved Ballard barreled action he said he had a blank set aside for a Ballard he was doing for himself and thought my gun deserved it more. So he had it shaped and sent it to me for my project.
  

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Re: Hepburn .22
Reply #18 - Mar 31st, 2025 at 9:51pm
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Here are the latest pics I have of the rifle. When I got it, Mike Bassett sold it to me with the original plus a second buttstock. The original had a rh cheekpiece and I'm a lefty. I had Mike remove the cheekpiece and refinish the stock. It came out really nice and has much prettier wood than the other stock.

  
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Reply #19 - Apr 5th, 2025 at 4:06pm
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Dave was a great craftsman and good friend.  RIP
  
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Reply #20 - Apr 6th, 2025 at 4:53pm
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Same here, Dave did a lot of work for me on Ballards and Hepburns. Mike carved out probably 8 or 10 different stocks. Still miss Dave and Pam.
This is a photo of Dave and his grandson at the Tappen Hill range.

  

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