Phil,

While it may have a Pope barrel on it now, I am relatively certain that Harry Pope had no hand in building that rifle. Somebody else put it together many years later. The stocks identify it as a “Special Single Shot Rifle” versus a “Schuetzen Rifle”.  The palm rest is amateur work. With it being a totally reworked rifle, the Pope barrel adds very little to the value.  I personally would not have paid anything close to price it sold for.

Bert