Sad news

[Great-Kazoo]

While heading back home to AZ early tues morning i received the call . One of our own Justin, jreifsch80 - The rachael ray of AK's had passed on in his sleep. According to the ME it was heart failure.

Knowing Justin for some years. I, as well as the wife, considered him as not only a friend and brother, but family, too. Like other forum member he was there when needed. Or just to stop by and shoot the shit. He was definitely a stand up guy.

I'm not going in to any other details, regarding his family etc.



I gave him the rachael ray of AK's moniker, due to his vast knowledge, of the AK platform .
Bobby z might remember how he was given the name.
I had a few different AK oil bottles, from various countries at a get together. IIRC i said to bobby.
Watch this. I bet if we have him smell each oil container.
He'll say. Oh this one is from a polish Tantal, probably built somewhere in the mid 50's. That one is Russian and that one is, Egyptian.
You can tell because the maadi's smell horrible. AND................... he called them. Mostly by the material and design of each oil container.

I got a chance to talk with him for a short time on sunday, due to his work schedule .
We did talk monday morning to see if we could get together, before i left town. Said i was already on the road out, his reply was.
Ok we'll get together next time you're in town.







WITH THAT SAID: NO ....IT WAS NOT COVID RELATED. NOR, will any speculation regarding his status of vaccinated, or not . be discussed.

[Bailey Guns]

Didn't know Justin but I mourn the passing of your friend. I bet he's smiling over the AK oil bottle story...

[brutal]

RIP

ETA: I recalled I met Justin once at Tanner in 2014 when doing a meet for a split up ammo deal. Super nice guy. He surely touched a lot of lives in a positive way.

[Irving]

RIP

[Hoser]

That just sucks.

Justin was good people.

RIP.

[bellavite1]

...We don't need to loose more people...
I can think of a number of people that shouldn't be wasting our oxygen, sounds like he was not one of them.
R.I.P.

[Sawin]

The older I get, the more often this kinda thing keeps happening. I am saddened to know we lost a good guy too soon! Please give my condolences to his family, and as well as to you.

[thedave1164]

This was a complete shock, was just talking with him Sunday morning

RIP

[buffalobo]

Very sad news, Justin was still fairly young.

[ray1970]

Not 100% sure, but I may or may not have bought from him or sold to him. Been years though. Definitely seemed to know the AK platform quite well.

Sorry to hear it.