I'm truly taken back by the news, just so unexpected. When I purchased my first 1885 a few years back and was thinking of tearing it down for a custom Joe intervened, told me it was in fine shape for a 3 digit gun and helped to clean it up. Of course he was right, just yesterday I was cleaning that gun and thought of him and his help.
I always found him to polite and friendly, even when his opinions went against the norm. Truly one of the gentlemen here and I'm glad to have known him. He was among the best of us.
