Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Long-Range Creedmoor

About the Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Long-Range Creedmoor

The Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Long-Range Creedmoor is an American single-shot, falling-block target rifle designed by Lewis L. Hepburn and produced by E. Remington and Sons from 1880. The Long-Range Creedmoor configuration was built for the 800-, 900-, and 1000-yard matches held at the Creedmoor range on Long Island, typically chambered in the long black-powder .44-90 cartridge with a 32- or 34-inch half-octagon barrel, a vernier tang rear sight, and a wind-gauge/spirit-level front sight on a deluxe checkered walnut stock.

Lewis Hepburn, superintendent of Remington's mechanical department, was himself a member of the American Creedmoor international rifle team, and designed the No. 3 falling-block action to compete against the Sharps and Ballard rifles that dominated long-range target shooting in the 1870s.

Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Long-Range Creedmoor specifications

The Hepburn action is a side-lever-operated falling block. Only a few thousand No. 3 rifles of all configurations were produced across the model's roughly 1880-1907 run, and the Long-Range Creedmoor target grade is among the scarcest.