RIP Ian Jones

[Powderfinger]

Sad news. Ian was very supportive of collectors and had great knowledge. His humour was superb. I am very sad that I will never meet him again or read a new posting by him. IJ RIP

[Craig-P]

Hugely shocked to hear this, we were only swapping messages a couple of weeks ago.
Huge condolences to his family.
Rest in peace, mate.
Craig.

[Modski66]

Such a shock, only saw him a couple of weeks ago at Melbourne, I loved his banter, especially about his favourite target - 'Wobleys'.

[TonyL]

Shocked and very saddened.

As said so many times up above, Ian's wit and sense of humour were brilliant and his knowledge and willingness to help unbounded. A man with true passion for our sport and a top, top bloke. I also only managed to meet him the once, at a Boinger Bash, and feel my life was enrichened for meeting this very special man, the likes of which we'll never witness again.

Gutted.

Condolences to all the family and friends.

RIP Ian.

[baldinio]

Rest in peace ij, a real loss to the airgunning community

[greenwayjames]

RIP and many condolences to his family.

[junglie]

RIP Ian, a huge loss to us all, a brave & humerous guy who we will all miss.

[Amac]

Like many of you who new him, I and my many friends in the north west airgunning community just cannot believe that we will never have the opportunity of spending time with Ian again.
For over thirty years Ian Jones was very much part of our lives. He wasnt just a friend, he was the conduit that helped to hold everything together both within our club Rivington Riflemen and basically most things with an airgunning slant that occurred within our area. He had the fastest wit of anybody I have known and could have earned a living as a comedy script writer. He was so intelligent that you could see it fizzing away in his eyes whenever the very few serious conversations occurred.
Ian has been an ever present character within the lives of both myself and my son James who have known him for decades. As such he was very much part of our family. Never again will we hear the "Chuckles" shouted at the top of his voice to James on his appearances at our club. Its little things like that that make this hard to write. None of us at the club can quite believe that he has gone. He was such a fantastic character. It would have to be said that he didnt suffer fools gladly, and his shocking ability to drop somebody dead with words alone had to be seen to be fully appreciated.
Ian had many struggles with his health over the years but never let it get the better of him. Those of us with lesser health issues would often be told by him that it "will get better." He told me this exact thing only last week. I wish I could tell him right now how important he has been to so many of us for so many years.
I will admit to you all that I have tears in my eyes as I write. None of his many friends will ever get over the passing of such a massive character. We are all of us absolutely and utterly devastated.
Our sympathies also go out to all of Ian's children and grandchildren.
Andy