CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST OF Pope Rifle Barrels POPE SPECIAL BULLET MOULDS REAR WIND GAUGE SIGHTS : LUBRICATING PUMPS DOUBLE LOADING FLASKS MACHINE RESTS : ETC. Ha M. POPE RTFORD CONNECTICUT sazca PLMPTON PRINT, HXPORD, COREand I find that I can still shoot a practical’ rifle with the rest, some “arms over your head” cranks to the contrary. (Proof, five dead deer with five cartridges, standing and running, all in thick woods at usual distances). The conditions of target shooting and fleld shooting bear no re- semblance to one another, the most difficult change being not the change in arm, but the change from the deliberate alm at target to the snap shot at game. Therefore, when you shoot at target use every refinement known to increase your scores, as almost every refinement known for target use is impracticable in the field or woods. During the period above mentioned | became Interested in and thoroughly convinced that the so-called Schalke system, devised by Wm. Hayes and Geo. Schalke, possessed advantages for off- hand shooting that placed it far In advance of any other method of loading, This system | adopted, Improving on Mr. Schalke’s method of manufacture and altering somewhat the form of cut, though retaining the essential features. ‘The above-mentioned heavy rifle, as well as the last 25 cal. were so made. Their performance was so good that | had to fit out my intimate shooting friends. and their Improvernent in shooting was so marked that ! began to be besieged by outside partles to make barrels for them. This, for a long time, I refused to do, but finally these: enquiries became 80 numerous, and Mr. Schalke's death occurring about this time, | consented, with the result that my barrels are now in the hands of the most expert off-hand shots in the country and are making Scores that are unsurpassed, and ewry man who shoots @ Pope improves his scores. Don't believe me, but watch the papers and sec if this is nat so, The Pope System, so-called, is, as previously stated, nearly the same as the Schalke, the difference be- ing in the shape of the cut and that my barrels are cut to correct shape, while Mr. Schalke's were leaded. Mr, Schalke’s rifling had eight flat grooves and eight nar- row lands, with sharp corners to grooves. My rifling is shown here, It has cight wide grooves, which are on aradius about three times the radius of the bore, and has the corners rounded out, so dirt is easier removed, and it is cleaner in use. This groove is cut just deep enough to clean the bore in centre and gives a depth at corners of about .004’, which is about one-half the depth of the Schalke, but which is of ample depth, and works cleaner, and leaves less to depend on on upset of bullet, and is therefore more reliable, The lands are very narrow (about one-fifth to one-sixth the groove). The bullet is made with a base large enough to fill grooves completely, and the body of practically the same diameter as the bore. This gives a form that is gas tight, loads very easily (being assisted in this by the narrow lands and choke bore) and on upset, instead of the hody of bullet meeting only sharp lands and these cutting into the body more or less unequally, it is immediately held to place by the nearly flat centre of the broad grooves, and swells out into grooves equally and perfectly central; consequently it is accurate. In this system a false muzzle and starter are used, and the lubricated bullet 8ted from the muzzle, the shell with powder being afterward inserted in the ordi- nary way. In doing this the labor is very light, as the shooter has to handle noth- ing over a few ounces weight, the rifle standing in the loading stand. By the simple act of pushing the bullet home the se of the bullet ents the dirt a uniformly chan barrel without the labor of cleaning. ‘The result of these things is that we attain all the accuracy of patched bullets, and in ordinary hands more, without the labor of cleaning, This is also less labor than the ordi builet in the breech, ha while so doi Other things | the long run, and if this is accomp r great advantage over his fellows who do otherwise A properly made barrel, loaded in this way, will shoot 10 shot groups at 200 yards that will average about 144 or 114 inches less diameter than the same or an equally good barrel shot dirty, bullet seated from the breech, while lets seated in the shell is so far out of the game as to have no chance whatever on a string of any considerable number of shots, if otherwise he is an even mateh for his competitors. 1% to 1% inches does not sound much, but on the ringed targets now in use it means poiats, I have before mea good muzzleloading group, .82 cal., 10 shots, 200 yards. On German ring target it counts 250. Another group shot breech-loading, bullet seated in breech, same load, is but 1 inch larger diai is the best group I ever saw shot under these conditions. It counts 2 « ig equal, the man who tires himself least does éhe best shoot- uracy of the rifle, he ing has Columbia target the scores are respectively 12 and 21; on Standard American, 120 and 115, The difference between average groups is still more marked, aver- aging fully7 or 8 points on German ring target. On this,no comment is necessary. For steadiness of shooting, I have fired 120 consecutive shots in 10 shot strings, measuring from centres of groups 104”, an average of exactly .8” per shot. ‘The largest group was 3.75’ across from centre to centre of outside shots, and measured 94)". The smallest group was LS across and measured 6”. All but two of the shots would cut into a 3.inch circle, An advantage a bullet loaded from the muzzle willalways have over one loaded from the breech is shown in this cut, This is an iarged view of a .82 cal, bullet seated from the muzzle. Notice the perfect base, as the lands cutting forward into the bullet left it nearly perfect. Contrast it with a bullet seated in breech with a bullet seater in the ordi- nary way (see cut, next page). Here the lands cutting backward into the bullet drag out burrs behind, leaving an uneven and serrated base. If this bullet 7is not perfectly centred these burrs will be longer on one side than on the other. As these burrs leave the muzzle, the gas escapes first from the short side, tipping the bullet to the opposite side, in which it is assisted by the longer burrs holding the bullet back; the result is an uneven, wobbling flight, The greatest es- sential for perfect shooting is to deliver the bullet perlectly from the musale; that being d ute shooting, To so deliver the bullet, it must have a perfect base, and be perfeetly centred, and have uniform velocit To illustrate, a group was shot at 200 yards, machine rest, with as perfeet bullets ax I could select, another on same holding with bul- lets very badly mutilated at the point; these two grouped closely, a 3-inch circle holding all. Another group w: then shot with bullets very slightly filed on one edge of the base, but other fect; this caused imperfect delivery, and the group was ¥ inekes in diameter. Weather conditions. w The base band of my bullets is broad and I 3 re goud p, and of full size; the starter nd fits it to upset, and it d ing with @ perfect base; the shape of grooves centres it perfectly vers perfectly from the muzzle, No other holds it central method will do this. My barrels are all (u ess specially ordered) cut with a gain twist, and are so bored and rifled as to have a slight, but gradual, taper from breech to muzzle. This, beside keeping bullet perfectly under control, in connection with the narrow land: ich cut through the bullet easily), makes loading very easy, and very materi es accuracy. A bullet pushed through trom the breech is tight all the way, there are no loose p nel this result is attained by close, careful workmanship, 10 emery being used; the result is a barrel with a long life. Wherever ticable T chamber and make all crosseuts before rifling; I then fit a bushing to and bore and rifle it with thebarrel and false muzzle, As the rifling i then the last eut made in the barrel, Fam absolutely certain that there ean be no burrs agross the grooves, a very common fault. The advantages of the x tare two: 1st—The twist being less at the 1, gives less friction to the billet; it therefore starts easier and quicker, giving the powder less time to burn on in front of chamber, which therefore fouls less than ‘of uniform twist at the same necessary muzzle pitch, 2nd—The slight angle of rifling, in connection with choke boring, effeetually shuts off 1 is another cause of imperfect de 3,The Advantages of the Pope System are briefly summed up as follows: 1—Aceuraey. 2—Light labor, 3—Seating the bullet centrally without deform. ing the base, and fitting it perfectly to the bore. 4—The shape of the grooves holding bullet centrally on upset. S—Non-burning on qualities of the gain twist. 6—Perfeet workmanship. 7—Ability to load from cither breech or muzzle, and to clean and inspect from the breech, 8—The abi charge desired by inserting shell first and loading both powder and bullet from the muzzle, Workmanship. ‘To produce the quality of work that I do, the methods employed in factories producing work in large quantities are impossible; that is to say, that this method of interchangeable parts must leave some leeway for slight inaccuracies, to insure parts assembling. In my work such looseness of fit would be fatal to the results attained. Palse muzzles, for instance, it is utterly impossible to make perfectly interchangeable, neither is it possible for automatic machinery to produce the same quality of work as a skilled workman with brains behind. The automatic machine does more, and does it cheaper, but the quality is not there. Therefore I do all nice work by hand, in the very best manner I know how. Nothin ighted. This is slow work and takes expensive men. Naturally I can not compete with factory work in price, but, qaality considered, my price is very low. The half tones I show you give but a faint idea of the quality of the work; this must be seen and handled to be appreciated. 1 The Pope Muzzle-Loading Outfit consists of barrel, false muzzle, starter, ramrod, Pope special muzzle-leading mould, and lubricating pump. A cut of false muzzle and starter is here shown (cuts of the of these articles), Barrels bh descripti mouldand pu p will be found later w swill be furnished of almost any weight anil length, within about 2 to 6 oz, limit of variation up to about 8 Ibs. 2 oz, for a 32 inch, No. 4 oct.,.2 cal, barrel; longer or heavier barrels, also barrels to exact weight specified, at special prices, I consider for offhand 200 yard work, a barrel of about 74 Ibs., 30 inch, oct., as the best adapted. This Iconsider my standard, and recommend it as giving the best aver- age results. For ealibre for offhand work I prefer a .28, .82 or .33. ‘The price for this outfit includes fitting the barrel to your action, and fitting to it your extractor, forearm and sights, where they can be used. If new ones are necessary, they will be charged at cost. ‘The price of above, untested, é $85.00 ‘The kame, but tested at 200 yards from machine vest, I guarantecing to-fiar- nish a 10 shot group on Stinch cirele, or close 40.00 ‘The same, but 24-inch group, or closer, guaranteed 45.00In these there is absolutely no difference in the quality of barrels or workman- ship. I have a long trip to make to test, and in my guarantee have to make allow- ance for adverse weather conditions, sometimes having to make several trips to. secure the desired results. I never alter a barrel in testing, it is a matter of ammu- nition wholly, If tested, you see what has actually been accomplished with fine appliances and know exactly what load did it. If untested, you, unless very ex- pert, can hardly expect to equal at once the results of my machine rest, and may have to do some experimenting (when you become accustomed to the system, not before), to determine the best temper of bullets, etc. You are as liable to get as close a group on one guarantee as on another, as it is largely a matter of weather tions. If weather is good, I get close groups; if weather is cold and wind tricky, they are not so good. It is perfectly obvious that I can not guarantee to furnish as close a group as the barrel is capable of shooting, though I might hap. pen to do so. I believe all my barrels are capable of shooting closer than 2-inch groups, with favorable conditions. Reeutting to Pope System. I recut rifles of other makes to lnrger sizes with the same outfit and guarantees as for a new barrel. Price, untested... $25.00 S.ineh guarantee 80.00 “Minch - 35.00 RES AND WEIGHTS, ‘oman rowonn, ™ Laer. mt meuurr, 200 yp, ouaxaseren, 25 26 gra os am 86 sr 3M amd a5 eo Us and 18 * 108 2 4 mM 32 iso" 20a * 165.0r 185 “ 33 195 “218 38 277 “ 330 255 : ES) 265 * aha The weight of powder charges are the drawn shell full. This can be decreased hy the use of everlasting or special shells, or by using less powder and an air space. Weights of B. 1., bullets are those intended to seat in shell, Barrels are cut with a piteh correct for the bullet they are intended to use. Shorter bullets can be used in a barrel cut for the long one, but not the reverse. It is oftentimes better to use the lighter bullet, Unless specially ordered I shall use my own judgm cutting the barrel. Breech-Loading Barrels. T cut barrels for breech loading in the same style as for muzzle loading. A mould for same bullet is recommended as giving better results than the ordinary B. 1. bullet. The price for new barrel of same sizes and weights as given under the Muzzle-Loading Outfit, fitted to your action and to your extractor, forearm and sights, is $16.00, Testing and xmarantecing same prices as there given, but the size of group guaranteed is 114 inches larger, 2+22 Calibre Barrels. I am now prepared to furnish .22 cal. barrels, with the same quality of work- manship used on my muzzle loaders, ‘These can be furnished for .22 short or long rifle cartridges, up to 30-inch, No. 3 oct., weight about 6 to 644 Ibs. Price, fitted to your action, etc., and tested at 25 yards, $18.00, Pope Special Muzzle-Loading Mould. As previously shown, a bullet with a perfect base is essential for the finest work: To meet this requisite the mould shown above was designed. It differs from all others in having a cut-off with a bottom plate rigidly connected to it and swing- ing with it, These plates, with the joint pin and dowels, hold the two halves of mould perfectly in position; bullets from it average within 0005” of being round, which is practically perfect. No other mould does such work. The bullet is poured from the point, bringing imperfections to this end, When sprue is cut off, both plates swing entirely clear of bullet, which easily falls owt, Great pains are taken to have each half of mould of equal depth, to avoid sticking, This mould is pant loading outfit. It is also recommended as being.the best for breech- 1 work, shooting dirty with bullet seated in the barrel. Moulds can be ventilated, if'desired. This consists of cutting air passages from each groove and from point and base in the mould ta allow air to eseape freely. It is a little advantage where one works so slowly that mould is apt to be too cool, but not otherwise. All moulds are broken in ready for use. Ke joints in use when necessary to keep them free. I have a large number of cherries of various sizes and styles, Moulds can be made from any of these at regular prices. 1 make special sizes, to order, at $3.00 extra, retaining the cherry as my own property. of the muzzl » them dry and use no oil. Wax Price of Pope Special mould. ‘ Moulis cuttingoff'at base. “Ventilating, extra.. i : ‘ Double monli extra. oo ieee 5The Pope Lubricating Pump. ‘The constenction ix clearly shown in cut. It holds enough to grease 180 to 300 of my bullets, according to size. By ite nse, using grease cold, one greases bullets perfectly as fast as fiftee five per minute, according to skill; hily used, it just fills the groovy and no more, leaving the bands hare. This is essential for fi for if there be more grease on one side of bullet than on the other, it displaces that bulk of lead on upset, throwing: the bullet out of balance. If the mould is round, as mine are, no wiping of bullet is necessary. Dies are made interchangeable, so any number of different ones may be had, each bullet req a different die. Itis used as follows, It is best filled by removing forcing serew and pouring: in melted lubricant; this excludes air better than by other methods of filling, and makes it work better. ne time before you want to ne it, so grease will be cold; preferably fill pump onto corner of table, or onto a projecting stick fastened to beneb or held i a vice, insert a bullet, hold mly in, turn forcing screw just enough to fill grooves (a very little practice will enable you to do this accurately), turn screw back about one-fourth tum to relieve pressure on grease and prevent its oozing ‘out, and expel bullet with plunger. This is an indispensable tool for the nicest work; it forms part of the muzzle loading outfit. In ordering, send several samples of each size bullet it is intended to grease, and pack these earefully, so they can not he bruised in transportation, Price Batra Dics, The Pope Rear Wind Gauge and Blevating Sight. ‘The cut shows this plainly. I claim it to he the neatest, safest, most con- venient and accurate sight made. Wind and elevati ments are entirely separate, so moving one can not also dis. turh the other, One hole movement of either clevating muts or wind screw equals J iach on 200 yard target. The * O elevating nuts are operated by the small | can be carried in the head of sight as show worn upon the watch chain, as preferred. These nuts bind against ap- posite sides of the solid frame, therefore looseness of fit from wear can not affect the accuracy of adjustment. These nuts are usually set firmly, so they can not be accidentally moved, but may be left so as to move with the fingers if desired, The wind serew difiers from the ordinary construe- tion by passing through a bearing at both ends of frame andby having a shoulder on one end anda jam nut on the other; when wear occurs, all that is necessary to correct it is to serew the nut up a little firmer, filing aff a trifle from end of serew if necessary. The key to the operation of this sight is found in the following: “Turn your sight the way you want your shot to go.” To shoot to the right, turn wind screw to the right, and vice versa. One hole or one-fourth turn of screw equals 1 inch; oue turn or one graduation equals 4 inches on 200 yard target. To shoot higher. first move the upper nut the required amount, then tighten the lower one, turning from you (holding muzzle to left, sight folded). You can not turn these the wrong way if you put pin in the correct nut, as that tightens the nut instend of loosening it, To shoot Jower, first move Jower nut, then tighten upper one, turning both toward you. 1 ordering, send me your old sights if practicable, set on 200 yards elevation; give make of rifle, and, if old sights are not sent, state height of present front sight above top of barrel to centre of disc, also diameter of muizdle, The advantages of this sight are.its safety, convenience and accuracy; also, ‘one does not have to remove front sight to carry rifle in ease; the result is that the sights are always on the rifle, and you do not go to the range and forget your wind gauge. Who has not done this? Price, without base, Stted to any base sent me. ‘$5.00 Price, with base, complete, Globe Sight, with interchangeable dise, The Pope Loading Flask. ‘This is an improvement on my previous flask in several ways, the principal ¢ being thatitis adjustable for charge, without having to ex- change the charger. It loads a nitro priming and black body or a full charge of black at one 9} eration, and is very quick and the most accurate flask made. For use regular place, the supporting baron backis slotted so it can be slid over two screws permanently placed on a project- ing bar, such as the rod rack or a wall timber; thi gives plenty of hand room and brings it to a convenient height. Where this not convenient, it is supported in the Same way from a small metal spider (not shown) whieh can be screwed into the wall or post (no screw driver being nec- essary); this gives the necessary and room and, being remova- ble, does not enlarge the flask so as to make it unnecessarily large to carry. The operation is very simple. Theoperating lever has a loose knurled sleeve upon it; holding this against the forward stop and twisting it locates the nitro charger properly and shakes the powder down uniformly into it; lever is then pushed to back stop and agai twisted; this empties the nitro into shell, and settles the black into charger, which is then drawn for- ward and rattled, emptying ¢ ver: particle of black into the shell. Changing the charge is effected by loosening the clampscrew on lowerbody, then turning this up or down, setting the slot to line and reck turn equals one grain of black pow charges of 47 gre, The charge vari from 28 grs. bulk to 60 gra. where nitro priming is used gts. to 60 grs. using all one kind, or by using double or treble charges of one kind any required amount may flask covers ali charges used regularly in my barrels. 1 size for smaller charges will be made to order. In mping. One ‘The flask holds enough for about 125 nd from 22 The Pope Palm Rest. he shank i vying the flask, the loading tube crewed, and the small thumb serew, a behind it, screwed up, the lever in front position. This prevents charger turning and sy powder through it, when being carried in a hori zontal position. Price, complete, $5.00. te.on the shank, so as to allow the shank to came against the stop at ferent angles, thus affecting the ilis nce. Prise, $4.00, The Pope Double or Machine Rest. Shown complete in cut, with all attachmen should be owned by every club r testing purposes. More information can be derived from its use in a few hours, than can be had by ordinary rest shooting by an ordinary shooter in as manyweeks, a8, if at all carefully used, it has no human errors of holding and pulling. The results, therefore, are those due to rifle, ammunition and weather; the man is out of it, except so far as his loading of the rifle and judgment of wind are concerned. ‘This rest is made in various styles. That shown is the best and consists of the No. 1 rear rest, No. 3 front rest, with ig telescope mountings, stop, and tele- scope sight. These mounts are all adjustable and clamp to the barrel, no serew holes or marring of barrel being necessary; they take barrels of all ordinary sizes, without change. Forearm is removed while testing. In use, two stout posts are sect deeply in the ground, the firmer the better; these are braced together, and a smooth, level plank fastened on top; both posts ave firmly braced in two directions, stop is fastened on top plank in proper pos tion and rear rest to rear post so as to give approximately the correct eleva’ Front rest and scope mountings are clamped to barrel, the same loaded and slid gently to stop; to sight on, I prefer four black pasters placed at the corners of a square about 2Ysinches on a side; adjust your rest or telescope or perhaps both, so gun points where you wish, cross hairs being between each pair of pasters; let the rifle rest naturally, hold right hand about 6 inches behind the butt, touch set trig- ger with left hand and catch the rifle on recoil. If the gun has a heavy pull, pinch the trigger and guard with thumb and forefinger so as not to disturb the rifle in the rest. In setting up, it is often convenient to set the rest, so the rifle will point on the target before the telescope is mounted, using the ordinary sights, then mount the scope and adjust it to your pasters, and shoot your group, then move rest a fair amount, that depending on how close the gun will shoot, then bring your scope again to the pasters and shoot again. It very seldom pays to try to 28 get the rifle to shoot at any given spot in testing. Hold in one spot, and get group wherever it happens to fall, ‘A telescope sight is not a necessity in double rest shooting, though it is a great convenience. With it you can shoot from a bench that is not firm, as the sight gives you a chance to correct the aim cach time; for all that an absolutely firm bench is best, and if you shoot from double rest without a scope, it is an absolute necessi “Shooting and Fishing,’’ Aug. 25, 1898, contains an illustrated article on double rests. Price of complete double rest and scope, as shown, $25.00, No. 1 rear rest is the best and most compact, has a collar screw for elevating and depressing, giving a positive movement both ways; shank is securely fastened by the clamp serew and lever. The wind adjustment is by two tension serews operating against each other, permitting the most exact adjustment and locking firmly. Price, $8.50. No, 2 rear rest is the same as No. 1, except that the three adjusting screws are set screws. These necessarily project much further than in No. 1, and are therefore alittle more likely to accidental movement, also elevation depends wholly on the weight of rifle following up the movement of the serew, taking, therefore, a little more care in handling. ‘This construction avoids the necessity of careful liningup of parts, and makes fewer parts necessary, thus cheapening its construction. Price, $6.00, No. $ rear rest has no adjusting screws at all; the clevation is held by the clamp, as in Nos. 1 and 2, the cross movement by a set screw and shoe against the Voblock, Itisall right for group shooting on one sctting, but docs not permit of adjustment for wind or close setting. Price, $4.00. 23No, 1 front rest. This is the simplest and lightest possible; it consists of the lower part of front rest shown in cut. It is fastened to the barrel by one screw, tapped into it. It is the best for permanent double rest work, but not so convenient for various arms, as all barrels used with it must have a screw hole in them. Price, with stop, $1.00. No. 2 front rest. This has a capland clamp screws. Its size is such thatit takes barrels of all ordinary dimensions Without necessity of screw holes. Price, with stop, $1.50. “ ‘0. 3 front res! s No. 2) addition of front mounting for sliding telescope sight. With this is al rear telescope mounting, also clamping to barrel, and with adju: 0 th wind and elevation. Price of all, $6.50. ’ Telescope sight, [have a spetia nade for me by John W. Sidle for this work, It is %’ diameter, 2871 ibe, browned, 14 power, fine cross hairs, with cross hairs and object glass b fustablefor focus. Price, $10.00. of castings and blue print for donble rest fer those who wish to make their own rest, $1.50. : Rifles. Ido not make complete rifles, but can furnish any standard make at reason- able prices. These I can generally have come to meamrified, when I can bore, rifle and fit my outfit to them at the price given for reboring. This gives the slight advantage of standard sizes on these arms, and the ability to use factory ammu: tion in them if desired, It takes usually three or four weeks to get such a rifle from the factory, before I cando much work on it. Write for prices. te Winchester barrels are interchangenble, and are the only ones, to my knowledge, that are so. To any one wishing such, and who will give me the necessary time, as given above for rifles, I can furnish a blank barrel from them at same discount I give on rifles, and charge, beside, my price for reeutting. I can buy these blanks as cheaply as T can make a new barrel; and as I save myself the work of fitting to action, slotting, ete., 1 am thus enabled to furnish a barrel at a little less than my regular price. This applies to m0 other make and to these only where the necessary ime is given me. I also do not, on this, need your action to fit to and test from. Read This. From all parties having new barrels fitted, I require the old barrel where possi- ble, as well as the action, as this is of much assistance to me in fitting the new barrel. Make the case you ship in large enough to contain both barrels, together with the new outfit. Prepay express charges and mark box plainly, Paid, I will not waste my time, as I have done, in rectifying express company’s mistakes; where collections are made on both ends (in one case it took me six months and cost me in time nearly $10 to collect a double charge of $1.25), if box is not plainly marked, and the express company charge me, I charge you, and you pay the bill. If Isucceed in collecting the bill, I will remit to yon; otherwise not. ‘Therefore pre- pay the express and mark it PAID. Terms. My terms from parties unknown to me are 25 per cent, with order, the balance upon notification of completion of work, or C. 0. D. and return charges. I consider a rifle sent to be recut or for other work equivalent to a deposit, Prices are subject to change without notice. 25