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Phil

Heavenly, simply heavenly. Were any featured in John Dutcher's Ballard book? I'm embarking on a Ballard #5 build (with an orphan action and a .32-40 Ron Long barrel I have salted away), and aspire to that quality but if I attain it is anybody's guess.

My only Pope barreled rifle is this .32-40 High Wall. His barrel #53, on the action it was originally fitted to in 1896, but with new wood in Winchester's Special target flavor by Steve Durren. (The original stock was swapped out for a poor facsimile by someone in the distant dark past.) It has been a real bugger to suss out the combination of bullet/powder it sings with (breach seated and/or muzzle/breach loaded, not uncommon with a Pope barrel).

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