I first got to know Colin through working for his friend & fellow "leading light" at Wood Top gun club, Harry Leah. Colin lived at Colden, a hamlet only about a mile from me and a little further along the same hill, and we used to bump into each other fairly often.
I always found him to be a thoroughly civilised & decent man, and one who didn't look down on me for being a "mere air rifle shooter" but understood that an air rifle was an effective means of pest control in the local terrain & respected my choice.
He stood up for the rights of all shooters, irrespective of their chosen discipline, and argued our case eloquently and with deep knowledge of his subject. We need someone with his status & "clout" to speak for us today.
R.I.P. Colin, you are missed.