As is often the case, JLouis has made what is for me an attention-getting comment.  I'm not familiar with Steve Barber, let alone his new action.  Can others (including, of course, Mr. Louis) point me toward sources if information"  Or post it here, with pictures, if possible?

Bill Lawrence

Thanks for the heads-up, Mr. Louis; I enjoyed the entire post.

The action looks interesting and might indeed be considered "traditional" in a few more generations.  Unfortunately, if I understood the conversations correctly, your $500/$600 price quote is for a kit.  If that's the only option, I with my 10 thumbs and no shop will have to pass.

But thanks again.

Bill Lawrence

A good topic I have been competing for a little over 17 years now and have always used a traditional rifle or my current one by traditional design the FBW's action disqualifies it. Never considered myself to be handicapped just worked real hard to earn all that I have been able to acomplish during that time and could not have wished for more. To the point now and getting closer towards the end of my competitive years I really don't care as much as used to about the traditional rifles being a thing of the past. It's up to the governing bodies to worry about such things and not me any longer.
John Sidle was making 20X Target scopes with either 11/2, 13/4 or 2 inch objectives prior to 1917 and really no different than the Feckers, Supertarget spots etc. John D Kelly used one as well as one of his tubes sights Pope considered him to be the dean benchrest shooting. Some will argue the point they didn't exist but not worth my time to argue over. It's clearly noted in the history of the sport and I have pointed it out more times than I now care to remember and don't really care at this point to do it again. Pope actually worked for Sidel after he lost everything in the 1902 San Francisco earth quake.
Cummins also made an enternaly adujustabe scope way proir to 1917.

JLouis

BobZ below are the ISSA Traditional Class Rules.

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JLouis

Good points, Frank.

I like RSW's idea for the powers that be at ASSRA, ISSA and WSU to appoint a team to revise the rules to a common standard for all three organizations.
The game is expensive enough as is for young blood newcomers to enter into it, and being able to put together a scoped rifle that will meet the same requirement for all three organizations reduces the financial burden required to enter the game, as well as increasing the opportunities to pull the trigger using the same setup.
The easier you can make it to enter into and play the game, the longer the game has a chance to continue on into future years.

Cataract rifle scopes too, that preceded the Stevens scope line?
Have seen a couple here and there.

The "Old Dead Guys" who actually shot and set the records back in the Golden Age.

Since I am the one that started this thread, I will state my opinion. 
I posted the  question because a friend asked my opinion regarding a scope he wanted to buy and I told him that I was under the impression that for Traditional rifle, the tube had to be 3/4" or less. When I read the rule, I could not find that part, so I posted the question here.
I just wanted clarification on the rule, which I have received, so THANKS!
As far as the rule is concerned, its fine with me. I shoot several Lyman STSs and Unertls with the 3/4" tube and they work for me. The Unertl with the 1" tube is on my rimfire rifle which does not have a traditional class anyway.
At the Eau Claire regional, we had nine out of approx. 30 shooters who were in the Traditional Rifle Class. Traditional rifles were well represented at the Davenport Schuetzenfest also, so I think the interest in the traditional rifle class is alive and well. 
Joe S