Harry pope 30 06 identify
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Why would E.G. be before Pope on the barrel since his name was harry
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Ill try to remember to look in my schuetzen clubs pope books to check but he did have other people who worked in his shop with him I believe, Ill try to see if that could have been the initials of one of his employees under his purview.
Not sure I remember a model 70 or 3006 being one of his platforms though. I figure pope more of the hiwall and 32-40 crowd; Id like to see more of the overall rifle!
I was wrong it's a 49
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The guns a 1949 30 06 so I think it's gota be a later production as it has an initial preceeding , E G pope
This is how the gun groups at 120 yd with 190 gr sierra match with a varget load not my A game but a good measurement for a 75 yr old Pope barrel 5 shot group using a 6 -18 40 old Redfield scope
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I picked it up on gun auction for 1050.00 in raggedy shape and redid stock and disassembled and set trigger its like a favorite rifle now ! I got customs I've done carved and shiney but this has my heart it's got flavor !
now you have me thinking about trolling the used guns at the LGS for a sporterized 03 Springfield or classic long range rifle.
I got a rebarreled1942 A303 that shoots .250 groups with 1966 bull barrel in 6mm !it's a looker to
Nice. I like the pre-64 and pre-war Model 70s. If it was made in 1949, think that would be a transition model, the rear tang would be different than the actions built a year or two later. The transition action has the same rear tang as a pre-war action, IIRC.
