I first met Jim in 72 or 73 when he was substitute teaching at the high school in my town. We hit it off real well and I even lived in his one room apartment for awhile when I was separated from my wife.He offered me a job working for him at the same time I was hired at Deere's. He said that I knew a lot about doubles and he could teach me the rest. Given his knowledge I took that as a compliment.In retrospect I'm glad I went to Deere's but it would have been fun working for Jim.I'll never forget doing the Rochester,Minnesota gunshow with him and he had a CHE 24" 28 guage in the original A&F case that he sold to Bill Sisney and a bunch of other high end stuff. Some guy came over to Jim and said that he needed money to pay on his Lincoln and would Jim please buy his Midas grade Broadway trap gun. Jim did just that,for 1500,and put it on his table.I have a lot of Jim stories and I was sorry to hear he screwed up. My wife absolutely hated him as he was pulling me over to the "dark" side.
