mercs wrote: Group from the Taranaki Air Rifle Club went to see him and spent a very enjoyable visit at his home workshop late last year. There were great stories and some marvellous engineering. Mike had visited our club over the years and would always bring his latest projects. There was no doubt that he was getting organised and clearly had no regrets with a loving family around him.

Thanks good to hear, I was hoping to get down to visit some day but never got there. 

We were working on a couple of interesting airgun projects that had his head scratching and that sort of thing seemed to get him going - up for a challenge to test his skills. 

Sadly they will likely never be completed but it was always good fun to discuss and bounce thoughts around - he was a clever man

Its a bloody bugger!

He was always good for a chat, usually a long one! but he had great knowledge that he wasnt afraid to share!

He had a few guns and PCPs that he apparently found homes for, but I was glad to hear that beauty of a PCP revolver would stay in his partners hands

Sadly he passed away earlier this year at the beginning of Jan to cancer.

I only met him in person once, but communicated with him reasonably regularly over the last couple of years. He certainly loved a good yarn, but was a very clever gunsmith and I got to see a couple of his creations. This pistol was one.