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Re: Possible Pope Krag .22
Reply #15 - Jun 25th, 2021 at 12:10pm
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I just was curious if they reshaped the firing pin tip when the conversion was done. Apologies if it upset things by asking.
  
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Re: Possible Pope Krag .22
Reply #16 - Jun 26th, 2021 at 7:19pm
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Not upset in the least, Vall; just curious myself if there was any significance in your question.  No one ever asked it before and I had never had even a fleeting thought about checking it.

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Re: Possible Pope Krag .22
Reply #17 - Jun 28th, 2021 at 3:31am
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wcf3840 wrote on Jun 20th, 2021 at 12:24pm:
I have a Highwall with a 29.75 inch barrel which measures .980 at the breech and .620 at the muzzle. It's a .22 lr. It has left hand twist rifling. There are no marks on the barrel. I'm wondering if it's one of the Pope Krag barrels. Trying to post pictures.


If it is a Pope barrel for a Krag, it will have a barrel shank 0.750" long with a diameter of 0.980" and square threads, 10 T.P.I., with a diameter of 0.940" at the bottom of the threads.  The Krag barrel is also 0.980" diameter at the action.

IIRC, a Highwall action requires a shank 0.850" long and 0.935" diameter, with 16 V-shaped T.P.I.

So maybe it once was one of the Pope Krag barrels, but no longer.  The threads for the Krag were removed to adapt the barrel to a Highwall.  Is there a 3- or 4-digit number stamped crossways under the forearm?
  
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