I can grantee that this is a fake, and a clumsy one at that. Pope did set up a shop in San Francisco but the day before he opened he was wiped out by the “Great San Francisco Earthquake”. He lost everything in the quake and resulting fires. The only thing that he saved was a ½” micrometer and a pocket scale. Reboreing a #1 barrel from .22 WCF to 32-20 is a highly unlikely job for Pope to have done.  If he had a job on it is much more likely that he would have replaced it with a heavier barrel and in a different caliber. I don’t know of any Pope 32-20 barrels ever made. Pope specialized in Target barrels and the 32-20, while a popular game getter never enjoyed a reputation as a target caliber. The rifling is not gain twist and while Pope did make some barrels in uniform twist they were for the 30-06. I have never heard of a Pope barrel other than .30 caliber in uniform twist. 

40 Rod

Well I knew that his .30 barrels for smokeless were uniform twist and I should have included the 30-40 Krag. But I have never heard of him doing 7MM barrels It may be the only one. The real point is if he had done a 32-20, and I am not aware that one was ever done it would have probably been a gain twist. 

40 Rod

There are a lot of misconceptions regarding Pope barrels. 

I’ll add to what Terry said by saying  Pope also did 9mm sporting barrels.

My Pope 38-72 is a breech-loader, left hand twist and it does NOT have a gain twist. 

My 30-06 sporter is right-hand and uniform.

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The twist is slower at the breech and then increases (gains) towards the muzzle. The theory being that it imparts less "shock" (or distortion?) on the bullet. 

John Gross