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Don Getz
Nov 26th, 2014 at 1:04pm
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Don passed away overnight. Many knew him, knew of him, used his muzzleloading barrels. An empty place for Thanksgiving.
  
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Re: Don Getz
Reply #1 - Nov 26th, 2014 at 1:48pm
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Sorry to hear. I spoke to him a few times years ago as a customer. One of my favorite rifles is a flintlock southern mountain rifle built with one of his 7 groove 40cal barrels.

My condolences to his family.

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Reply #2 - Nov 26th, 2014 at 6:30pm
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I had a Getz barrel made in .50 cal for a custom Shiloh I had made way back in the early 80's.  Shiloh was using a slow twist in their early barrels and I wanted a 1:25".  Getz made the blank, I sent it to Shiloh, and they profiled and chambered it for .50--2 1/2".  Gun turned up in the "Art of the Engraver" section of the 1984 Gun Digest, as I had Greg Dixon engrave it for me in a Nimschke pattern. I hand polished barrel and action, and did the stock work, except the checkering, which I farmed out to Mike Fix.
  
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Reply #3 - Nov 27th, 2014 at 9:59am
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Kermit1945 wrote on Nov 26th, 2014 at 1:04pm:
Don passed away overnight. Many knew him, knew of him, used his muzzleloading barrels. An empty place for Thanksgiving.


Sorry to hear that. On this sidde of the pond Don Good's funeral was reported in the Eastern Daily Press today. Report (which I haven't read fully yet) will be on (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

He used to be a gunsmith at Churchill's, and was latterly a blacksmith.

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Re: Don Getz
Reply #4 - Nov 28th, 2014 at 9:35am
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Don Getz was a fine man. I always enjoyed visiting with him at Freindship and the CLA show at Lexington KY. His barrels were good shooters and he built some beautiful rifles in his time.

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