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Hepburn Butt Plate
May 23rd, 2025 at 10:27pm
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Is there a source for Hepburn "match grade" butt plates? Maybe some castings or something close that would work?



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Re: Hepburn Butt Plate
Reply #1 - May 24th, 2025 at 11:00am
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jhm wrote on May 23rd, 2025 at 10:27pm:
Is there a source for Hepburn "match grade" butt plates? Maybe some castings or something close that would work?

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If you're referring to the Hepburn Match A and B buttplates you can use the small Farrow style the Ballard rifles use and they're identical, or very close.
Not sure who has them today, but I've gotten them from Rodney in the past.
  
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Re: Hepburn Butt Plate
Reply #2 - May 24th, 2025 at 1:42pm
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The sizes vary a lot I have been looking for one to fit on a nice heavy barreled 32-40 that has a shotgun butt. Have tried three originals with no luck.
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Reply #3 - May 24th, 2025 at 9:52pm
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Afraid Rodney is "out of business" as he has sold all his casting business so unless someone out there has one I guess I too am out of business lol...



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Re: Hepburn Butt Plate
Reply #4 - May 25th, 2025 at 11:00am
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If the plate you are wanting is the one in these pictures, I would think this CPA would work with a little modification of the top extension.  It’s the one I was going to use on my Walker build, but presently looking at changing what I’m doing with the butt plate in it.
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Re: Hepburn Butt Plate
Reply #5 - May 25th, 2025 at 1:38pm
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Thanks everyone. A gentleman contacted me with an original and I have purchased it but the CPA looks really good too.




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Re: Hepburn Butt Plate
Reply #6 - May 25th, 2025 at 3:54pm
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My original Match A and B Hepburns have a point at the top like a Ballard scheutzen model has, so the CPA would work with a newly built stock, but isn't quite like a Hepburn.

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