US Cartridge Company

but, he's saying: ''If I had a winchester, I could shoot like this guy.''

That is great Bob thank you for sharing!

Schutzenbob wrote on Jun 1^st, 2025 at 1:35am:


I've got a little Ballard #3 that was .22Long and got sent to Stevens when it was very new to be rebored and rifled foor the .25 Stevens Long RF. It's marked under the forearm by Stevens with, "Rebored and Rifled By J. Stevens A&T .25 Cal."
The Ballard is minty, and likely because of the rebore that resulted in it being fired far less.

Third National Bundes Schuetzen Match 1901

Even back then, one could find just about anything in LA in short order. His lathe may have survived the earthquake and fires. But I too was not aware of his time in LA after the quake.

This is just a guess, but it was probably Joe Singer.

Like a lot of these questions, we may never have all the answers. Such as, did Pope lose all his equipment, some, or simply a safe place to work? Although, in retrospect, moving to LA would not be the best choice to avoid a repeat. Possibly others with more interest  and knowledge of all things Pope do have some of the answers. I thought that I had read much of Pope's long life, but obviously, not all. To be honest I found George Schoyen to be of more interest to me, in part, from having worked in the immediate vicinity of his shop in lower downtown Denver, and a good friend sharing some of his his immense knowledge and collection of all things Schoyen with me. Unfortunately I have misplaced some of that in the, getting denser, fog of time.