The J.M. Pyne Stories & Other Selected Writings

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.