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I have done it now. Hartford Pope High Wall
Sep 7th, 2026 at 5:53pm
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On its way to me a rather unique high wall. Not sure which Pope did the barrel, heck I didn't even know the Vatican had a machine shop with a rifling machine.  Go figure.
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Reply #1 - Sep 7th, 2026 at 6:48pm
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Your goose is cooked if the Irish Catholic finds out... 

Neat rifle, Jack.
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Reply #2 - Sep 7th, 2026 at 6:52pm
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Just don't tell anyone.  Besides, I will be selling some rifles in the near future.  All 22s. BECAUSE I bought another one of those too!

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Reply #3 - Sep 7th, 2026 at 8:46pm
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Congrats, Jack! Prime candidate for building a .22 centerfire varmint rifle on, no?
  
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Reply #4 - Sep 7th, 2026 at 8:47pm
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Great rifle. Very unique transition on the barrel. I have seen octagon to round and wedding bands but never octagon to octagon.



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Reply #5 - Sep 7th, 2026 at 9:12pm
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Really nice Hartford Pope HW Jack
  
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Reply #6 - Sep 7th, 2026 at 9:50pm
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Good thing I had my cataract surgery. Another iron sight 32-40.
  

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Reply #7 - Sep 7th, 2026 at 10:07pm
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Working up a load for the Pope barrel will keep you busy.

  

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Reply #8 - Sep 7th, 2026 at 10:47pm
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Time I have.  First up will be the Lyman 323060AV mould with 2 different Pope inspired bullets.
  

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Reply #9 - Sep 8th, 2026 at 11:13am
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Nice rifle Jack, now come shoot with us.
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Reply #10 - Sep 8th, 2026 at 6:51pm
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You are welcome to come over to the Tacoma match. September 19th. One day this fall.  Usually a two day match but 1/3 of our shooters (Rick Moritz) can’t make it.  That gives me a slight better chance of coming in second.
  

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Reply #11 - Sep 8th, 2026 at 7:41pm
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Thanks for the offer, I'm going the opposite direction for a three day match that weekend and it's 110 miles closer for me.  Good luck with your match.  I'll bet that Pope will bring your score up 25 pts in the offhand... Wink
  

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Reply #12 - Sep 8th, 2026 at 7:54pm
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Awesome rifle.
  
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Reply #13 - Sep 8th, 2026 at 8:02pm
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Not hard to bring my scores up 25 points since these days they are 0. Might take 7 or 8 shots though.
  

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Reply #14 - Sep 8th, 2026 at 8:07pm
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I won’t have my grubby mitts on the rifle for a week or so  I will keep the existing sights for a while but would like to see how it looks with more traditional ones which I have. 

I also have a sneaky plan to see if I can fit scope blocks by making a bracket that utilizes the Lyman sight screw holes at the rear connected to a 1/2” wide by 1/4” think steel bar held in the front by a very strong magnet. No mods to the rifle required
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