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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4047 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Pope High Wall barrel Markings Sep 23^rd, 2026 at 6:19pm	Print Post
	Can anyone share some of your expert knowledge on interpreting these markings? I know the 285 is the Pope barrel number. Thanks Jack

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12578 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #1 - Sep 23^rd, 2026 at 11:57pm	Print Post
	You need to buy the book/books. Now that you're a Pope rifle owner.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4047 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #2 - Sep 24^th, 2026 at 9:21am	Print Post
	I forgot. I did buy the books. Just need to wash the peanut butter and jam off my fingers.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18306 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #3 - Sep 24^th, 2026 at 9:28am	Print Post
	The 1.41 is a very common number on Pope barrels and I believe it told Pope the setup on his rifling machine to get a particular gain in the twist. The 21 over it is the twist rate but might be the starting twist before the 1.41 gain? No idea with the letters are. Maybe the guy he made the barrel for?

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4047 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #4 - Sep 24^th, 2026 at 12:27pm	Print Post
	Vall hit the nail on the head with the rifling machine numbers. The one paragraph in book 1 mentions it and shows a photo with the same numbers.

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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2218 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #5 - Sep 24^th, 2026 at 12:54pm	Print Post
	Winchester barrel I took pictures of yesterday. Same codes. 32 cal. barrel and the #1 stamp looks similar. Bob


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4047 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #6 - Sep 24^th, 2026 at 1:45pm	Print Post
	The Hartford Pope book says that round dimple is where the rifling machine gripped the barrel. Interesting that mine does not have that.

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7750 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #7 - Sep 24^th, 2026 at 5:29pm	Print Post
	Here's a picture I have but, don't know where I got it.

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Smoke Oldtimer Offline Posts: 881 Location: San Diego Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #8 - Sep 26^th, 2026 at 10:32pm	Print Post
	and now for something a bit different - from a rifle I used to own:

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4047 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #9 - Sep 27^th, 2026 at 3:25pm	Print Post
	No picture in the Hartford Pope books for 374. Here is 380.

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Smoke Oldtimer Offline Posts: 881 Location: San Diego Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #10 - Sep 27^th, 2026 at 4:19pm	Print Post
	374 is a Pope barrel in a dbl set trigger Ballard. Provenance unknown. Stocked by Schuetzen Bob Tyler.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4047 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #11 - Sep 27^th, 2026 at 4:29pm	Print Post
	Smoke. You mean the H. M. POP barrel?

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Smoke Oldtimer Offline Posts: 881 Location: San Diego Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #12 - Sep 27^th, 2026 at 4:40pm	Print Post
	Well, that's where the hole was in the forend! (not Bob's work, I assure you)

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bobw Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2218 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2013	Re: Pope High Wall barrel Markings Reply #13 - Sep 27^th, 2026 at 8:19pm	Print Post
	bpjack wrote on Sep 27^th, 2026 at 3:25pm: No picture in the Hartford Pope books for 374. Here is 380. 380 still looks just like this! Bob


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