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Stevens Pope Rifle

This rifle is an example of the Winchester High Wall re-rifled from 25-20 SS to 28-30 using Pope's left hand gain twist. Please see Warren Greatbatch's comments listed below, for more accurate description
Receiver and Special Tang Sight
Receiver and Special Tang Sight		 Right Side of Buttstock with Pope Buttplate
Right Side of Buttstock with Pope Buttplate		 Pope Stamp
Pope Stamp		 Left Side Buttstock
Left Side Buttstock		 Forearm
Forearm
Ebony Tip and #3 Barrel Marking
Ebony Tip and #3 Barrel Marking		 Winchester #3 Forearm Marking
Winchester #3 Forearm Marking		 Pope Lengthened Trigger Guard
Pope Lengthened Trigger Guard		 Serial # and Patent Date
Serial # and Patent Date		 Nickled Butt Plate
Nickled Butt Plate
Open Action
Open Action		 See Note From Mr. Greatbatch Regarding Pope's Rifleing Machine Codes
See Note From Mr. Greatbatch Regarding Pope's Rifleing Machine Codes		 Original Pope Tang Sight
Original Pope Tang Sight		 Winchester Markings
Winchester Markings		 Original Winchester Caliber Markings
Original Winchester Caliber Markings
Original Owner's Initials
Original Owner's Initials		 Pope Adjustment Pin
Pope Adjustment Pin

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Bonnie 06-Oct-2008 01:51
I have a pope rifle that was my great great grandfathers. It was made in Hartford, CT. He used it in the war. Anyone interested?
Warren Greatbatch 07-Nov-2007 20:33
I just found your photos of the "Jersey City Pope". I am the Pope archivest for the Amercian Single Shot Rifle Association. Your photos are of a Stevens Pope not a Jersey City Pope. The barrel stamp is what we, nobody else that I know of, call a transition stamp. No. 527 is very early in the Stevens sequence and it is thought that Pope brought unfinished rifles from his Hartford shop and finished them at Stevens. So far there are 18 other rifles in the database (about 900 Pope rifles) with a similar stamp.

The barrel code on the bottom of the rifle is for Pope's rifling machine settings and are not directly related to the rifling twist. Pope's Jersey City rifling machine still exists and the owner, a gifted instrument maker, rifles the occasional barrel. I have seen the machine and he explained how the codes work, but I didn't really understand what he was talking about. The numbers are ratios of pullys and gears but beyond that I was lost.

I owned this rifle a number of years ago.
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