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Stevens Pope Family Heirloom

slumlord44
Congratulations on keeping a family treasure in the family. This is always the right thing to do. Made my own arrangements to keep one of my dads guns in the family when I am gone. Great tradition to continue.
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  • FrancF
    It may not be a True Pope (barrel wise) but I hear ya! All the firearms that have been collected over the years is fun to pass on to the next generation of family shooters that will carry on the tradition.

    It's a heritage that should not be lost.
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  • GuvamintCheese
    Always.
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  • yoshmyster
    I don't know if my friends and family are worthy [:D]. So I may have to take them with me. I reckon I'll be BBQ-ed then place me and my goodies in a Browning safe then off shore pitched in to the deep blue. Then again I do like them Viking boat pyres.
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  • JohnnyBGood
    I missed the original thread, so I went back and found it.

    http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=505785

    The rifle's frame is a 44 1/2, not a 44. Production of the 44 1/2 began in 1903 and ceased around 1916. About 12,000 44 1/2's were made so your rifle is at the tail end of production.

    Pope left Stevens in late 1905 or early 1906, but Stevens retained his machinery, etc. and continued to offer the Pope-style rifling for several years after he left. This work was done by Pope's right hand man and a superb machinist in his own right, Fred Ross.

    Barrel should be marked STEVENS-POPE but the rifling style will be the true giveaway. If it's Pope-style rifling it will be 8-groove left hand gain twist. Fred Ross was also known to reverse it on occasion and make it 8-groove right hand gain twist.

    Johnny
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  • slumlord44
    JohnnyBgood knows his Stevens Pope's very well. Been looking for one I can afford for years. Still looking.
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