SECOND AMENDMENT TO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT

                                                                Exhibit 10.27(2)



                         SECOND AMENDMENT TO INDEPENDENT
                              CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT

         This Second Amendment to Independent Contractor Agreement (the
"Amendment") is entered into as of the 30th day of September, 1999, by and
between JORE CORPORATION, a Montana corporation (the "Company") and XXXXXX X.
XXXXXXX, a resident of the State of Connecticut ("Contractor"), with reference
to the following facts:

                                    RECITALS

         A. The Company and Contractor entered into that certain Independent
Contractor Agreement, effective as of June 3, 1999, which was amended effective
July 23, 1999 (the "Agreement").

         B. The Company and Contractor desire to amend the Agreement by this
Amendment.

         IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL PROMISES set forth in this Amendment and
in the Agreement, the Company and Contractor hereby amend the Agreement as
follows:

         1. Section 5.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following new Section 5.1:

                  5.1 The term of this Agreement shall be from November 1, 1999
through October 31, 2000. Upon expiration of the term, the Company shall have
the option to renew this Agreement for additional one-year period(s).

         2. All other terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.


JORE CORPORATION                            CONTRACTOR



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By:  Xxxx Xxxx                              Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its:  President