Remington Hepburn Question

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My great grandfather was a WW1 sniper and also a competitive shooter. At some point he won or was awarded a Remington Hepburn No3 match rifle in approx 1912-14.
After doing some research on this rifle, I believe it is the B quality rifle.
It has the half octagon/half round barrel, checkering, vernier rear sight, wind gauge w/ spirit level front, double set triggers and chambered in 38/40.
To the best of my knowledge, it has never been fired. It came to me in a wooden case and is well lubed for long term storage.
There isn’t a mark or visible blemish on the rifle. Looks like the day it was built.

My question is .......Does anyone have any idea of a fair value that I could put on this rifle for insurance purposes???

And No.....This old girl is not for sale.
 
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I am not a Remington Hepburn expert, but I am into classic single shot rifles. An un-fired match rifle in excellent condition would be pretty valuable. I would imagine in America it'd fetch well over 5k USD, possibly a fair bit more. I'd spend a little time browsing the US auction sites.

One place you'd find good advice would be the American Single Shot Rifle Association web forums. assra.com

Chris.
 
I'm going to agree with GUnlakers estimate as a minimum for that grade & documented history....but wouldn't be surprised if double that was estimated by a professional estimator. I would contact one of the auction houses south of the border that does very high end auctions such as Rock Island, they will have a qualified estimator on staff.
 
If you are in Winnipeg and Up for a show and tell....just kidding yes pictures of single shot P*O*R*N* would be nice
I would also love to hear the history of your grandfather being a WW! sniper
 
mooncoon said:
38-40 seems a strange caliber for a target rifle. Are you sure it is not something like a 40-70 sharps straight ?

cheers mooncoon
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Yes....38/40 is an odd target caliber, but that is what it is.
while researching this rifles, there was only mention of two offerings....38/40....38/50
Can’t post pics at the moment. The rifle is stored at my sons place right now. The rifle will be passed on to him in time.
Will try and post a few pics when I pick it up.
Thanks to everyone for all info. It has been quite helpful.
Much appreciated
 
They were both chamberings for that rifle from what I understand. I have never seen a .38-40 cartridge, but I do shoot a .38-50 Remington Hepburn, but in a Winchester highwall. It's an excellent cartridge, pretty easily formed from .30-40 Krag.

I did some looking at various auction sites as I was curious. It's likely worth more than I expected. I assume it has a hooked buttplate like on the top rifle in this article?

Chris.
 
I should mention that the Remington Hepburn .38-40 is nothing like Winchester's cartridge with the same name. From what I can see it's a shortened version of the .38-50 Remington Hepburn cartridge, so if you ever wanted to shoot it, you could make brass from the .30-40 Krag with a little work.

Chris.
 
cdnrokon said:
If you are in Winnipeg and Up for a show and tell....just kidding yes pictures of single shot P*O*R*N* would be nice
I would also love to hear the history of your grandfather being a WW! sniper
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The history of my grandfather is something that I am still sorting through.
When I got the rifle, it came with boxes full of papers and it looks like every post card he ever sent home is there as well.
All post marks correspond with the war. Some military papers and some medals.
 
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