No problem Zack. I know you were kidding. 

I am sorry but I do not have any photos of it because as I stated earlier I haven't purchased it as of yet. Getting closer to jumping off the deep end. If nothing else, I could shoot it breech seated beside my Ballard #8 32-40 and be a happy camper. It does have scope blocks and palm rest which the Ballard is lacking. Still a lot of money to dish out. May have to go visit it again this weekend and fondle it awhile.

Flatlander

We squared up via PM. Both decided that talking guns is more interesting than slinging mud. So- i am kinda hoping that Flatlander buys this Ron Long rifle just so we can see pics. Hope that Ron is doing well. Have not heard any news if him in quite a while. Ron would be placed at the top if anyones short list of "best of the best" gunsmiths- contemporary or otherwise.

FL - Photo of Chuck Brockway and Dave Stahl with the Ron Long Hiwalls they won at the 1983 Coor's Match. Ron did not have the rifles completed for the match but finished them beautifully in the weeks following, all of them were the same with pistol grip stocks.
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Ron's work was ONLY first class...ne plus ultra.

I found my Stevens-Pope 33-47 to shoot BP best ML and smokeless shoots best BS.  The proper BS bullet is too large to shoot ML.   The ML bullet doesn't shoot premium accuracy BS.  YMMV.

Having made quite a few muzzle/breech loading rifles a few comments. I agree with SM best results with BP when proper bullet is muzzle loaded, even better results when breech seated with proper smokeless powder and bullet are used. The proper bullet for m/l should be tapered (Pope style) where forward band is bore dia. and base band groove to .002 over groove dia., cast 30 to 40 to 1 alloy. 
  The false muzzle if properly made is actually throated in reverse with a free bore that allows the bullets to be entered into it base first for most of its length. With the f/m in place the bullet starter is put place and the bullet is 
pushed several inches into the rifling. The end of the starter rod must also have a brass end that conforms to the nose of the bullet being used. The loading rod is used to push the bullet through the barrel until the base makes contact with a plug case placed in the chamber. By muzzle loading the bullet it was claimed that the bullet could be more centered in the rifling and by the process of pushing the bullet through the bore it cleaned fouling from the 
previous shot. Keep in mind the barrel should be rifled with a slight choke 
and tapered bullet used to cause as little deformation to the bullet as possible. When the bullet is fired the soft alloy will cause the tapered bullet to 
upset to fill the rifling grooves. 
  I always throated my barrels for breech seating and supplied two moulds with the rifle one for m/l and one for b/l. The b/l bullet was cylindrical having only a slight taper. Also both the barrel and the false muzzle are both slightly crowned.
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uscra112 wrote on Aug 16^th, 2016 at 8:21am:

BS in mine requires mechanical advantage.  There is the end of the case, then the rifle 's bore; no tapered throat.  I used a push type seater on a couple of other rifles I shot for a while.  

I can feel the choke in my Pope when cleaning. 

I have shot the FM more than once   The bullet hits an inch or two low at 200 yds

The sight block pin doesn't show in a scope.  I  attached a plastic shield to the pin that definitely blocks the scope