So I ordered one the day after I posted I think right from the website. You're correct, he did pass unfortunately. His wife and son however are supposed to be continuing on with the company. Mine made it across the border to my door in about 6 Days. Really nice piece, excited to do the build. The only down side is that you can pretty much only use the stock receiver or the Brownells BRN-22 receiver but they are discontinued. I wanted to find a newere ruger take off reciever, but I have had zero luck so far. Same with a barrel, tough finding anything in the 12-16 inch range right now.