I only only had the pleasure of knowing John for a couple of years, and it was down to him that I got back into shooting. I bought my first PCP off him, a Steyr. And from then on we used to shoot together on a regular basis up at Anston.

It was a great shock when June rang me Saturday morning with the sad news. We were to shoot together at Codnor on Sunday, and I felt it only right to carry on and take part.

John shot for the pure pleasure of shooting and using airguns, he'd had more guns than most of us have had hot dinners!! I don't think he had a standard gun...ever!. I think he got as much pleasure from owning and modifying guns as from actually shooting them.


Gone but never forgotten.

Andy.