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    From TimR@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 8 16:32:40 2018
    I don't know where I saw this article, could even be here, but I can't find
    it with a search.

    This was an old article in some gun mag, probably several decades ago.

    The plot was this: an old master gunsmith can make these magic rifle barrels for competition that nobody can duplicate. He's trained an assistant, but never shares the ultimate secret. The old master is ill when an important order is due, and the apprentice has to make the barrel. The kid doesn't
    know the secret, so he makes the barrel using 10 times the normal care on
    every step, in fear he'll hurt the master's reputation. The master recovers
    in time to test the perfect barrel. the kid wants to know what the last
    secret step is - the master stamps his initials on it. The moral of the
    story is there's no secret beyond extraordinary care and craftsmanship.

    Does that one ring a bell with anybody?

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  • From joeboyack@sbcglobal.net@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 9 22:32:50 2018
    On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 16:32:40 +0000 (UTC), TimR <timothy42b@aol.com>
    wrote:

    #I don't know where I saw this article, could even be here, but I can't find
    # it with a search.
    #
    #This was an old article in some gun mag, probably several decades ago.
    #
    #The plot was this: an old master gunsmith can make these magic rifle barrels #for competition that nobody can duplicate. He's trained an assistant, but #never shares the ultimate secret. The old master is ill when an important #order is due, and the apprentice has to make the barrel. The kid doesn't #know the secret, so he makes the barrel using 10 times the normal care on #every step, in fear he'll hurt the master's reputation. The master recovers #in time to test the perfect barrel. the kid wants to know what the last #secret step is - the master stamps his initials on it. The moral of the #story is there's no secret beyond extraordinary care and craftsmanship.
    #
    #Does that one ring a bell with anybody?


    "The Secret Of The Old Master" by Lucian Cary
    Originally published in the October 5, 1940 issue of the Saturday
    Evening Post, reprinted in a 1975 issue of Gun Digest and "The
    Machinist's Bedside Reader' Vol 1 by Guy Lautard

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  • From peterwezeman@hotmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 10 22:27:20 2018
    On Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 5:32:52 PM UTC-5, joeb...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
    # On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 16:32:40 +0000 (UTC), TimR <timothy42b@aol.com>
    # wrote:
    #
    # #I don't know where I saw this article, could even be here, but I can't find # # it with a search.
    # #
    # #This was an old article in some gun mag, probably several decades ago.
    # #
    # #The plot was this: an old master gunsmith can make these magic rifle barrels
    # #for competition that nobody can duplicate. He's trained an assistant, but
    # #never shares the ultimate secret. The old master is ill when an important
    # #order is due, and the apprentice has to make the barrel. The kid doesn't
    # #know the secret, so he makes the barrel using 10 times the normal care on
    # #every step, in fear he'll hurt the master's reputation. The master recovers # #in time to test the perfect barrel. the kid wants to know what the last
    # #secret step is - the master stamps his initials on it. The moral of the
    # #story is there's no secret beyond extraordinary care and craftsmanship.
    # #
    # #Does that one ring a bell with anybody?
    #
    #
    # "The Secret Of The Old Master" by Lucian Cary
    # Originally published in the October 5, 1940 issue of the Saturday
    # Evening Post, reprinted in a 1975 issue of Gun Digest and "The
    # Machinist's Bedside Reader' Vol 1 by Guy Lautard

    Was this one of a series of stories, with the master gunsmith
    based on the historical figure Henry Pope?

    Peter Wezeman
    anti-social Darwinist

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  • From TimR@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 11 17:34:44 2018
    That's it, thanks!

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  • From John B. Slocomb@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 23 10:45:15 2018
    On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 16:32:40 +0000 (UTC), TimR <timothy42b@aol.com>
    wrote:

    #I don't know where I saw this article, could even be here, but I can't find
    # it with a search.
    #
    #This was an old article in some gun mag, probably several decades ago.
    #
    #The plot was this: an old master gunsmith can make these magic rifle barrels #for competition that nobody can duplicate. He's trained an assistant, but #never shares the ultimate secret. The old master is ill when an important #order is due, and the apprentice has to make the barrel. The kid doesn't #know the secret, so he makes the barrel using 10 times the normal care on #every step, in fear he'll hurt the master's reputation. The master recovers #in time to test the perfect barrel. the kid wants to know what the last #secret step is - the master stamps his initials on it. The moral of the #story is there's no secret beyond extraordinary care and craftsmanship.
    #
    #Does that one ring a bell with anybody?

    Yes. I remember reading it, but that is about all.

    --

    Cheers,

    John B.

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