I just received a phone call from Doug's son telling me Doug passed away a couple of days ago. He asked me to make an announcement here to let you know. Doug recently blacked a set of English 28 ga barrels for me, but just prior to that he had some heart trouble and was in a terrible motor vehicle accident. He had a long haul recovery, but nevertheless wanted to finish my barrels. Even being ill, Doug did a superb, really fabulous job rust blacking those barrels. I think Doug was a perfectionist, for sure when it came to working on the guns he loved. He was a very strong man as evidenced by his tenacity. I'm going to miss Doug.
