A MUST HAVE book for machinists, gunsmiths and shooters, back in print for the first time in nearly two decades. If you've ever read any of Lucian Cary's J.M. Pyne stories*, you'll want this book! Wholesome and heart-warming, ripe with the fragrance of gunpowder and cutting oil, these stories combine humor, suspense, insights into human nature, and a certain amount of shop wisdom. They sprang from the pen of master story teller Lucian Cary more than 80 years ago, in part as a direct reflection of his long friendship with legendary rifle barrel maker Harry Pope. You will read and re-read them all, with fresh enjoyment each time. Also included are several other of Cary's equally entertaining, instructive and uplifting stories and articles.
Also makes a perfect gift for your favorite gunsmith, or shooting pal.
Edited by Guy Lautard, author of The Machinist's Bedside Reader series.

Contents:

• Almost a Gun Crank
• H. M. Pope - Last of the Great Gunsmiths
• The Rifle Crank
• The Big Game Hunting of Rufus Peattie
• Madman of Gaylord's Corner
• The Old Man who Fixes the Guns
• Forty Rod Gun
• Johnny Gets His Gun
• Center Shot to Win
• J.M. Shoots Twice
• The Secret of the Old Master*
• No Choice
• Revenge in Moderation
• Harmless Old Man
• Let the Gun Talk
• The Guy who had Everything
• How's That?
• I Shall Not Be Afraid

* See The Machinist's Bedside Reader for "The Secret of the Old Master".
"No Choice" and "Revenge in Moderation" are Parts 2 and 3 of a trilogy, of which "The Secret.." was but Part 1.