Thanks for the information about Roy and the compliment on the rifle. I really like it too. To bad about the lack of history on the rifle, so much has been lost over time on these great old guns.I do like the Ballards best, but still have a few High Walls and Hepburns too.Dave Crosno has one now that I can't wait to shoot this summer. It has an unfired Stevens-Pope barrel (#1179)and Dave is mating it to a Ken Hurst engraved receiver along with some of Daves XXX wood. I picked up the barrel about a year ago and when Dave bore scoped it, he didn't think it had ever been fired, perfect bore. The chamber cast I did shows it to be a 33-40 or 47.
Afraid I don't know Dave Hillis. I know alot of TLBAA breeders though, I was the National President during the late 80s and on the board over 20 years. I do know alot of Texans as over half of our membership are from Texas.
