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Interesting trigger modification, likely gives a nice smooth single stage trigger pull. I'm not sure what to think of the beavertail fore arm.
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The forearm looks a little - maybe a lot - pregnant.
But I really love that wrist/grip. It is a cool rifle, and I wonder if it was a more or less dedicated target rifle.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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The slightly bulged forearm does look a little odd, but I bet it feels great when held! Not sure about it being a dedicated target rifle, as they usually had more squarish forearms to help situate the gun consistently. And that checkering seems gorgeous, and a bit over the top for a dedicated target rifle.
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I was thinking that fat forearm might go with the robust sling loop to make it an offhand target rifle. But just a wild guess.
No such thing as "over the top" for a target rifle. Hunting rifle maybe, but not a target rifle that gets 100x more use. I put my custom money on target rifles for just that reason. A walk down the firing line at Raton during a Nationals match will show many others that seem to think the same way.
Anyway, it is a unique rifle. It must have an interesting past.
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The design of the stock aside, it doesn't look like it was executed particularly carefully. I like to see glare on some of these pictures, and it does not appear that crisp or even contours were maintained. The checkering seems to be an attempt at some lipstick on the stock. I'm not picking on it, just having a thought or two about it. I enjoyed looking over it, and I hope the owner can offer some insight.
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Is it still a 30-06 or is it a groundhog rifle?
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Im guessing its a varmint caliber? Notice how much taper there is to the barrel.
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Oh, between Dan sending me the pictures and me posting them, I forgot something. This is a Pope-barreled rifle and Dan wanted the pictures posted as a continuation of the thread below Pope barreled 1903's
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Well, now that I look at it through "Pope Goggles"....
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