Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Match Rifle - $2750.00
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high grade Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Match Rifle. Serial number 5488. Nicely figured, checkered pistol grip walnut stock with "Swiss" buttplate and cheekrest, forearm with schnabel tip, also with nicely shaped checkering. Half octagon, half round barrel, vernier tang sight, Beech combination front sight. Barrel marked "REMINGTON ARMS CO ILION NY" on flat, left side of frame marked with Hepburn's patent, barrel caliber marked 25 20 on underside. Scarce, under 1000 estimated in Flayderman's. 28" barrel. Metal parts are an uncleaned medium patina with slight granularness on the barrel. Stocks are nicely figured and finely checkered, having an attractive coloration and original appearance, appears free of cracks and chips, showing a few expected handling marks from over the generations. Mechanically good, sold as a collector item only, not warranted safe to shoot.
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