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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 583 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Sep 2^nd, 2018 at 4:22pm	Print Post
	I thought this little pistol might be fun to share. Its an original Stevens No.35 pistol but the barrel is a section from a .22 Cal Stevens-Pope rifle barrel complete with left-handed twist. The barrel measures 5-5/8" long and approx 0.910" across the flats. The bore is mint. The gun was bought in its current configuration from Bill Sukalle, gunmaker, in Phoenix, AZ. Whether he was the one to put this barrel on the pistol frame in unknown but I think likely. This little pistol showed up at auction in June, 2017 but was in smooth gray condition. It was very recently given a mechanical tune-up with a new hinge-pin, hammer spring and the entire pistol has been rust-blued.


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #1 - Sep 2^nd, 2018 at 4:26pm	Print Post
	Extremely Charming !! Wow JLouis

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Bill Lawrence Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1037 Joined: Mar 17^th, 2014	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #2 - Sep 2^nd, 2018 at 5:30pm	Print Post
	Wow, indeed! I particularly like the way the barrel has been gracefully adapted to the tip-up action. By the way, Sukalle was a pretty good barrel maker too. If he did fit the barrel he most likely also cut the chamber; if so, that little rascal may well be (to again make very gentle fun of JLouis) a very good shooter indeed! Bill Lawrence


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15994 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #3 - Sep 2^nd, 2018 at 6:42pm	Print Post
	Pretty darn sexy the way the heavy octagon fits the 35 frame! A lot neater appearance than the typical pencil thin barrels they came with.

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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2849 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #4 - Sep 2^nd, 2018 at 11:02pm	Print Post
	Interesting. How does it shoot?


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SBoomer Oldtimer Offline Posts: 949 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #5 - Sep 3^rd, 2018 at 10:07am	Print Post
	Oh....would that be fun a nice fall day. I would just be sitting on the porch slowly burning up a box of low vel shorts.


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bnice Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1844 Location: Iowa Joined: Nov 30^th, 2006	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #6 - Sep 5^th, 2018 at 8:27pm	Print Post
	How about a picture with the barrel tipped so we can see the rest of that neat work! Fun gun


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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 583 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #7 - Sep 8^th, 2018 at 3:31pm	Print Post
	Thanks for all the compliments! I have not shot this pistol (yet) but will report back when I do. Joe


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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 583 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #8 - Sep 8^th, 2018 at 3:32pm	Print Post
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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #9 - Sep 8^th, 2018 at 4:23pm	Print Post
	Is it shorts only or long and long rifle? Nice pistol! We need more of them and matches too!

	"some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15994 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #10 - Sep 8^th, 2018 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	Pretty darned nice workmanship Joe! And I love how they retained the rollstamped portion of the barrel too! Wonder where the rest of the barrel got used? Probably several more pistols left in the rest of the barrel!

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craigd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2045 Location: midwest Joined: Feb 22^nd, 2009	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #11 - Sep 8^th, 2018 at 7:15pm	Print Post
	Thanks for showing it Joe. Great pictures and interesting pistol. I'll follow along and like to read about how it shoots.


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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2849 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #12 - Sep 8^th, 2018 at 8:40pm	Print Post
	I'm making a guess that this was originally a rifle barrel that either had a bulge in it or got damaged in some other way and someone used it on this pistol frame. Anyone aware of Pope ever doing any pistol barrels?


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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 583 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #13 - Sep 8^th, 2018 at 9:11pm	Print Post
	Good point. I can’t imagine anyone ruining a full-length barrel for this little pistol. Something must halve been wrong with the original barrel. Yes, Pope did some pistols also. Some time ago I posted photos of a Colt Camp Perry single-shot pistol with a Pope marked and numbered barrel. Joe


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terry buffum Full Member Offline Posts: 144 Location: Bend, Oregon Joined: Feb 11^th, 2007	Re: Custom Stevens No.35 Pistol w Stevens-Pope barrel Reply #14 - Sep 10^th, 2018 at 3:21am	Print Post
	Joe saw this Pope 1891 S & W when he visited some time ago. I think the S & W is the most common Pope barrelled handgun. The gold medal is from the 908 Olympics, the same as the one won by J E Gorman with this pistol. I guess I'll have to try again to get the photo to move from Photobucket.

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