My Father was in Pasadena at about that time - he could have saved me quite a few bucks by buying it then and putting it away for me! I bought the gun out of the Los Angeles area, so it did not travel far. Michael, I know your King-Springfield-Pope came from a bit further South in Calif. We'll have to figure out who Mr. Murphy was, and how he got Pope to build two unusual rifles. Lucian Cary also had one of these .30 - .405 highwalls.

Next thing, Eightbore will be claiming this is his Uncle and that our two rifles are rightfully his.

I was literally in (mental) process of changing the butt stock as the Swiss butt looks lethal - I guess I'd better leave it alone now that its configuration as of 1934 is well documented.