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I previously bought the single wood case from Hampels for my Hubalek (lower pistol) but then got the HM Pope 2 months later, so ordered a glass top case from him to fit both pistols. The case also has a soft rubber seal built into the lid that can be seen in the second image. It keeps the case sealed when the lid is latched. Shipping was $18, the case $48.
Gorddon Hampel really does nice work at extremely reasonable prices!
MM, those are really cool, beautiful firearms that I don't think I've ever heard of or seen. Can you tell us more about them??? I for one, would be very interested!!!
-Tutt
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CowboyTutt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 8:57 pm
MM, those are really cool, beautiful firearms that I don't think I've ever heard of or seen. Can you tell us more about them??? I for one, would be very interested!!!
-Tutt
The Remington target pistols were built off the previous Remington Model 1871 Army .50 caliber pistols. Remington had built way too many frames in hopes of selling more to the Army, but the 1873 Colt revolvers became the handgun of choice, and Remington was left with a lot of frames. They began to sell them commercially to civilians in various cartridges, and sales were very good at first, but gradually slowed over about a decade. So in 1891 Remington decided to build them as deluxe target models in .22LR and other cartridges also, but the .22's were the most often purchased. The .22LR target models had a great following with competitive shooters; so much so that S&W also brought out their single shot .22 target model 1891 based on their revolver frame with no cylinder and a single shot barrel.
In 1904 the US hosted the first modern Olympics held in the USA at St. Louis, Missouri. Some team members used their Remington 1891 pistols in the Free Pistol competition, but their pistols had been highly modified by HM POPE. Pope built a handful of those pistols and although I have no provenance or records of serial numbers I believe the HM Pope marked pistol I own was one of those he rebarreled and tuned for a team shooter in 1904.
The Arthur Hubalek version was likely done by Hubalek for someone who shot competitively, but he never did any for Olympic shooters. Hubalek was Pope's apprentice barrel maker and gunsmith before leaving to start his own business, competing with Pope. It caused a riff that Pope never gave up on, and he refused to speak to Hubalek again. They still shot together in matches on occasion, but always stayed separated in any group photos taken at matches.
