I bought this Remington No 3 "Hepburn" rifle today. I am told it is a rare smokeless powder gun in .30-40 Krag. The rifle has traces of casehardening on the action. The 30 inch barrel has a serial number under the fore end that matches the number on the lower tang. This gun is number 9844, a pretty late gun in the production, I hear. I don't see any marking on the spirit level front sight. There is no evidence of a rear sight except for filled screw holes in the heel of the stock where a back position sight was mounted at one time. The former owner told me that it was used in competition at Seagirt. (I hope I spelled it right.) I have a Lyman tang sight coming that came off another Hepburn. Below is a full-length photo and a link to an album with 19 photos. What can you tell me about this rifle?
http://s396.photobucket.com/albums/pp48/Vol423/Remington%20Hepburn%2030%2040%20Krag/
