I took the excellent suggestions of making a trip to visit CPA. I left on Thursday afternoon, stayed overnight in Bethlehem, and then drove on up to CPA. I had called the week before and talked to Paul, he said that he would be going on vacation and would not be there, but that Gail would, and that she could get me on the right course for ordering the rifle. I arrived at CPA at 0930 and meant Gail, a very nice Lady. We talked and I tried a number of rifles for fit. The Pope Butt plate is definitely too small. The Pope Butt stock does look really nice, but I do not seem to fit into it. About 1/2 to 3/4 " of cheek piece would have to have been removed to get it to fit. I then tried another rifle. This one had a #52 butt stock with a single hook butt plate, and the length of pull was 12 3/4". It fit like a glove, so we ended up with the #52 with a pull of 13". Next was the wood for the butt stock. I had planned on upgrading to the fancy wood, so Gail took me upstairs to pick out the blank. After looking for 20 or so minutes we took 3 blanks down stairs to look at. For another hundred, I decided to look at the extra fancy and picked one out. I had decided on 38-55 as I will be shooting black as well as smokeless. I ended up with a 30" #4 Badger barrel. That was the barrel that was installed on the rifle with the #52 stock and single hook butt plate, and the weight seemed fine. I have a C.Sharps High Wall in 45-90 with a heavy 32" barrel, and it does feel very nose heavy. I will start dry firing it for 10 or 15 minutes each night. I also decided on the Pope Lever. Gail had an original with the Pope Butt stock and Pope Lever. It gave a nice grip, and also looks good. The picture is the rifle that fit me, with the exception of an added 1/4" pull. Now the wait begins, should be mid August. Again, thanks to all that gave advice, Ken NRA Life SW PA
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