I didn't look up Bill Prator on the same advice.
Here are a couple of pics of him (also circa 1977) at his lathe and teaching spring tempering and a shot of those rifling machines. I had no interest in rifling, but remember watched Dennis Detloff (an instructor) re-cut a .32 Ballard to .44 S&W Special.
For all we learned at TSJC (at least those of us who took it seriously) the school always seemed about one tooth out of sync, eh?
I spent a bunch of time with Prator running his trap line up near Tercio during holidays.
I have a framed print of Lee's, Fisher's Peak, and a couple of her small original oils of Fisher's from that time period. Bet you were shooting iron over the hill?
Did/do you know Dave Sullivan (Westwind Rifle, CO), a classmate of mine and Racine,WI, Obermeyer friend?
Ed taught me well and I think of him often when working walnut.
Lots of memories.
