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Now here is a scary bunch,  Great picture Michael. Thanks for posting it. What year was that taken?
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What year was that taken? I think 2009.
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Can you tell me what this is?
Wurfflein Midrange!
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Can you tell me what this is?
Wurfflein Midrange! Bob, You got the maker, it's a long-range in caliber .45 2-7/8" Sharps Straight. A variation that is seldom seen.
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You got the maker, it's a long-range in caliber .45 2-7/8" Sharps Straight. A variation that is seldom seen. Ouch!
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Say, Michael, I would love to know what the twist rate is on that rifle. I'd like to see a chamber drawing too, but, twist would be really helpful information.
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Brent, My friend now has the gun but the next time I see him I'll get that information. I remember that the rifling looks a lot like that done by Pope.
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I think is was back around 2000, it was the second or third day of the Vegas show. Several of us were talking when a young lady walked by with this slung over her shoulder on a sling. She had been dragging it around the show try to find someone who knew what it was. 
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Michael, ANYTHING about that rifle would be wonderful to know. If done by Pope, so much the better. I didn't realize he build up long range rifle.
And who campaigned that rifle, how did they do?
I could probably ask questions all day about it. We generally think of long range rifles being restricted to Sharps, Remington, Ballard and a few English makers. So this one is all news to me.
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I don't know that Pope had anything to do with it, the rifling just reminds me of his style. As far as I know there are, to-date, two of these known. 
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