There is a rifle for sale that I find interesting..  There is no chance I'm going to buy it.  I'm tapped out for now, and I don't particularly like it, but it's a Winder highwall that has a cut out on the right side.  The seller claims that Pope did this sort of thing and that this may be one of his rifles.  I think the whole rifle looks way to crude and I can't imagine Pope did much of anything with Winders other than cannibalize them for the action.  Anyway, I'd be interested to see what others think.

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Did Pope buid rifles w/o marking them as his?
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Brent

The seller makes it fairly clear that he is guessing so I guess he is on the up and up more or less.  But I have to wonder how a rifle could shoot with Pope-like accuracy with a cut out like this, especially being on only one side.  So, when folks say that at least Pope did cutouts like this, even if this is just copycat work, I'm quite surprised.   

Thanks for the notes.   

Brent

There were numerous gunsmiths in the post WWII era that butchered High Walls with the same cutout on the right side. I once had a Buhmiller .22 Hornet High Wall that was similarly cut, and restocked with Bishop stocks.
Not only did Pope mark his barrels, but he also marked them with a number underneath the forearm.

The P in the circle is often the hallmark of the infamous Harlow Parkenfarker. Parkenfarker has butchered many a High wall, he is most famous for converting High Walls to full auto. 

40 Rod

That is not a H. Pope built/modified gun. It is a Second Model Winder Musket that has been crudely built in to a target rifle  by Joe Smith the gunsmith. The "P" in the circle is not "the infamous Harlow Parkenfarker" ... it is Winchester's proof mark for a barrel sold for outside fitting, and it was used in place of the normal "WP" proofmark.