Several years ago I had the pleasure of standing over the shoulder of Freddy Bruner (Escondido) as he built and tempered a top lever leaf spring which had cracked during a hot dove shoot on my great grandfather's Parker. It was amazing watching a master at work.

He trained in Europe, and ran the bench at Pachmayr in Los Angeles for many years. Unfortunately, I'm sure Mr. Bruner has hung up his apron.