Michael, as you know, I've collected Pope and other custom barrel makers' work for nearly 50 years. I have one unsigned Pope, at least I am convinced that is what it is. I have a couple of rifles like the 44 Stevens where Pope has recut someone else's barrel. Those are marked "Rifled by H M Pope". These carry his "code lines" under the fore end, just as his complete barrels do.
Within the past 30 or so years, a number of barrel makers have offered barrels cut in Pope's style. These are going to present future identification problems as someone mentioned earlier in this thread.
