Good idea on the buttplate; haven't looked there! I've had it all apart and no sign of any changes in the basic action except the extractor, which was reworked from CF to RF, and not like the typical Low Wall extractor. But it works great!
The scope is a Belding & Mull 6x from the 1920's, and something I already owned. It looked perfect for this era, so I decided to leave it on the gun. The B&M is unusual as the mounts have windage and elevation both front and rear!
Funny that it took me over 30 years to own a Pope barreled single shot. That finally happened in May this year at the Denver Gun Show when I purchased a Pope Ballard 3 barrel set, in a fitted case, with Pope's patented takedown system. Then 3 months later I stumble onto a 2nd Pope barreled rifle!
This one was owned by LG Priday of the 1919 Denver Rifle Club team that set the new team World Record that year, with a team score of 9956 out of 10,000!
