Gentlemen - I have been following this thread with some interest - please let me quote from the book "Respectfully yours, H. M. Pope" Compiled & edited by Gerald O. Kelver fome some of Mr. Popes personal corespondence. "The Pope system, so called, is, as previously stated, nearly the same as the Schalk, the difference being the shape of the cut, and that my barrels are cut to the correct shape, while Mr. Schalk's were leaded. Mr. Scchalk's rifling had eight flat grooves and eight narrow lands, with sharp corners to lands. My rifling has eight wide groves, which are on a radius about three times the radius of the bore, and has the corners rounded out, so dirt is easier removed, and it is cleaner to use. This groove is cut just deep enoughto clean the bore in the center and give a depth at the corners of about .004 inch, which is about one-half depth of the Schalk, but which is of ample depth, and works cleaner, and leaves less to depend on the upset of the of the bullet, and is therefore more reliable." There it is from the words of the "master" himself - you don't have to believe it - but he did. Repectfully to all, rimfire
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