How is the chamber lead angle determined?

[craneman]

By gosh Kurt your right. I was so worried about that throat/leade I hadn't realized the differences in the rest of the measurements as they relate to my brass. I will have to speak to the gentleman that sold this as a 44-90 and see what he has to say.

Bob,
I like the Feken action, but don't have the ability to set the barrel back and chamber myself which is why I bought this one, thought I was getting what I had been contemplating. If I were starting from scratch I would buy one of Dennis Feken's newer type 2 actions.
Setting the barrel back would be one way to salvage the barrel if it came to that.
By the way, I really like your Hepburn, I have always liked those a lot.

Todd