Bill Lawrence wrote on Apr 3
rd, 2018 at 11:22pm:
I wouldn't think so. No more than a Winchester with a Stevens barrel is a Stevens.
I don't think Marlinguy's logic is entirely valid. That is, his example is indeed just a Winchester with presumably a Stevens-factory-replaced barrel. But a Hepburn rifle with a Walker-marked barrel presumably left the factory that way - i.e., it's completely a Remington product.
Moreover, I have heard of both No 3 Models (the company's actual name for the since-popularly-named Hepburn) AND rolling blocks (all Creedmoors I believe) with Hepburn-stamped barrels.
In short, if a Pope-barreled Ballard can be called a Pope-Ballard, then surely those factory-produced rifles can even more legitimately be prefaced with "Walker" and "Hepburn", respectively.
Bill Lawrence
I'd disagree heartily! A Pope barreled Ballard would indeed be a Pope Ballard. But putting a Walker barrel on a Hepburn, without any of the other Walker features doesn't make it a Walker Hepburn. It matters not whether it was factory installed or later swap. I seriously doubt you'd find any aficionado of Remington single shots who'd look at a standard Hepburn with a Walker barrel and call it a Walker for that one feature. Just silly talk.
But put a Pope barrel on any gun and it becomes a Pope...... That's accepted across the board by everyone, and not just because of the Pope barrel. Pope was not known for building complete guns, but for his fine barrels. So unlike Schoyen, Zischang, Schalk, etc... a Pope barrel makes the gun a Pope. If it was one of the other makers a person can look at the complete gun and say, "It's a Schoyen barrel, but not Schoyen rifle" or "It's a Schoyen rifle, because it has his barrel, and is his style of rifle also."
Your example doesn't hold water.
And please tell us what a "Hepburn stamped barrel" is? I've got three Hepburns, and the rollstamps on the barrel are no different than my half dozen Rolling Block rollstamps? Hepburn barrels didn't have any different rollstamp that I'm aware of?