Somewhere I have a picture of Hubalek and Pope and some other gallery shooters. Hubalek is laughing and Pope is shooting daggers through his eyes. 
Hubalek was a jeweler by trade but made barrels on the side He is also associated with a slightly smaller Ballard type action with a striker breech-block. 
You should contact Gary Quinlan he has a lot of knowledge on Hubalek. He also owns "May West" one Hubalek's more famous rifles. 

40 Rod

As 40 Rod says, you should call Gary Quinlan, a Pennsylvania dealer in single shot rifles.  I suspect that Gary knows as much about Hubalek as anyone alive.  Gary can be reached at 215-766-3403. Or, maybe better yet, see if he will be at a gun show near you.  He would probably have a Hubalek or two on display.  It would be well worth your time to visit and chat with him.
Doug Nelson

40_Rod wrote on Jun 1^st, 2011 at 5:56pm:


From what I've read Hubalek and Pope were once good friends, and Pope let Hubalek into his inner circle to view everything he did in creating great shooting barrels and guns. 
Later when Hubalek used that info to start his own side business as a direct competitor to Pope the friendship ended, and became a feud in Pope's eyes. I'd guess that would explain the daggers, as it's said that Pope wouldn't even stand next to Hubalek when any pictures were taken.
Hubalek made some rare and wonderful scopes also, and from what I've seen the workmanship was equal to any of the top scope builders!

Here's one;

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Bob

I have or had several Hubalek rifles, mostly .22 but one is a muzzle loading .33 on Ballard action.   

One of the rifles John Dutcher kept when he reduced his collection is a Hubalek lined .22 on Pacific Ballard, (I had it engraved by Arnold Griebel in the early 1960s).  I think Dutcher's decision to hold it speaks very well for his opinion of Hubalek's work!