I was very sorry to hear this piece of news. About 20 years ago, when I was running my own FT club, Dave used to ring me up at about 10pm and we'd natter for hours about airgun shooting. Occasionally, I'd get a massive letter, all written in proper fountain pen in a very neat blue script. To say that Dave was active on the airgun scene is a bit of an understatement - very few can have had his sense of true commitment. My condolences to his family.