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Such sad news. I exchanged emails with him when my eldest son left for Boston
several years ago and he was generous in offering to take him shooting and
getting him to meet some of his shooting friends in the area.

Franc, I found this photo in my old archives (have it since May 2006) taken at a
Vintager's Cup (if by error it is not John, anyone who met him please let me know):



He will be sadly missed.

JC

It's probably John. I recognize the Lindner single with safety he described to me many times but I never got to see.

That is John in the picture JayCee.I met him twice,and exchanged emails for years.
Very sad to hear he has passed, truly a gentleman and will be missed.

Very sorry to hear this news.

StormsGSP:

That was an awesome post and tribute.

Storm.....all of us have a few amazing mentors in our lives. These folks are rare, invaluable and become a part of us. All my mentors are gone now but they still speak to me daily.....not exactly in words, but incredibly, they influence me all the time. From your tribute I can tell that John Mann was one of those special mentors to you. You are a lucky man to have been able to share that much time and experience with him. We can all count ourselves lucky to have come into contact with John and our lives are richer for it.

A gentle soul.

Sorry to hear of it. John was never rude and always in good humor; an asset to the board.

Dave, thank you for the confirmation,

Best,

JC

I made the mistake several years ago of getting John and Doug Mann mixed up when I needed some stockwork done. Anyway I emailed John by mistake and I sure wish I would have kept his response as it was hilarious. One of the things he stated was that any quote he provided would incur a gross misuse of virgin Walnut by someone with less than amateur woodworking status.
Jim

Since you fellows want to talk about my friend, John Mann, tell me where the Daly/Lindner single barrel WITH safety is today. I told John that I was interested in pictures, but I was really interested in buying the gun. He knew that, but never got back to me.