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Les Baer lower with Colt AMU slide by Jack Maple. Big Jack (as his friends called him) was born September 3, 1930 in Little Rock Arkansas. At 17 he enlisted in the US Army, and immediately after basic training, he embarked upon his first overseas tour in Germany. He quickly rose to rank of sergeant and became a tank commander with the famed “Big Red One” infantry division. In 1956 when President Eisenhower established the United States Army Marksmanship Unit, Jack earned a spot as one of the first members of the Marksmanship pistol team. From there his great mechanical abilities led him to gunsmithing and eventually to be referred to as “the greatest gunsmith in the world”. In 1994, he was inducted into the US Army Marksmanship Hall of Fame. He led a very distinguished 20 year career as an enlisted man, and another 18 years of civil service with the Marksmanship Unit. Of course the goddam thing runs —Bullseye guns forever. OG orthopedic grips refinished by yours truly —getting better. No slant grooves were harmed in the making of this gun.