What would be very interesting is to know how many Winchester uncut barrels that he actually reamed and cut. And the same goes for the amount of complete Winchester rifles he also did. He must of had a tremendous amount faith in the quality of Winchester's barrels and how the steel was actually being made. To also satisfy him enough to guarantee the accuracy of his own cut barrel process. He also clearly stated that he did not need the action for Winchester actions they were all interchangeable at the time and no individual fitting that was not at all required. That alone is an amazing thing Winchester had their process way above all of the rest and all of their parts were interchangeable.

Might be some Pope HiWalls out there that might be just looked at as coming from the Winchester factory when being handed down and don't actually realize what they have. Allot of times we tend to take things for granted by having a sense that everyone knows about Pope, Schoyen, Zischang, Peterson and some of the rest. To some of the folks that might have some of these rifles its just another rifle to then. Quite a few years back I bought a 28-30 Stevens Pope and what I would consider to be a Wood Chuck rifle. 0441/2 action, straight stock, original tang sight, barrel left hand gain twist and condition I would put at 98%. It just had one little spot on the bottom of the lever the rest of the rifle appeared to be used very little if at all. It was on Gunbroker as a buy it now for $100.00 and one of the gentleman on this site now owns that rifle. If memory serves me right he was going to do a write up about that rifle. Rifle was listed as single shot 22 or something to that affect and came from Washington state. Figured worse case it would be a wall hanger and I knew it was a 441/2 action by the picture and of poor quality. By the time I paid transfer fees, shipping was free I was only into it for around $140.00 dollars + or -.

Soooooooooo... There is a possibility that #329 could be a Pope rebore of a lower # Pope ?

Pictures I am getting are poor. The current owner is very helpful though.

Could that be a Singer stock? Maybe the triggers also? 

JerryH

Jerry that checkpiece looks awfully "singer-ish" doesn't it..although the large drop and resulting contour of wood I would say is a bit taller than what I  have seen on his other efforts (not that i have seen that many).  Sure works well with the contour of the bottom tang.   Not sure about the trigger work...I giggle a bit thinking that Bremmer didn't seem to be able to work on a gun without putting that  trademark checking on it....   Memory is starting to fade a bit, need to look at some photos and re-educate myself.

Great looking piece none the less.  Envious!

Off topic but i'll always loved the looks of the singer palm rest (not present on this rifle).

Singer marked lever rifled by Pope while in Hartford. Sold at auction last year. Probably a Singer stock.