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Originally Posted By Saddler:
Cancer The rumours had been that he'd not been expected to make it to last Christmas, it was so bad. Others will know more, but from what I'd heard last year he'd gone for some check up due to a problem he was having & was told he had Stage 4 then He did a lot for CSR shooting on both sides of the Atlantic - so had a big impact on a lot of shooters both sides of the pond Originally Posted By Saddler:
Originally Posted By buckshot_jim:
What happened? Is it what i think it is? The rumours had been that he'd not been expected to make it to last Christmas, it was so bad. Others will know more, but from what I'd heard last year he'd gone for some check up due to a problem he was having & was told he had Stage 4 then He did a lot for CSR shooting on both sides of the Atlantic - so had a big impact on a lot of shooters both sides of the pond 
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Originally Posted By RDak:
Bradders is gone!!?? We had our disagreements and he could be a belligerent bastard but he was certainly a huge positive influence in my shooting. He pushed hard for Practical and CSR shooting in the UK and was a stalwart. Some of my best shooting experiences were those organised by Mark. I have three of his rifles and he built my son’s first rifle. His loss is going to be felt by many. I hadn’t spoken to him for a long while but his passing filled me with sadness. Taken far too young. He was a magnificent bastard. |
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Originally Posted By Agent_Funky: Sad times, mate. We had our disagreements and he could be a belligerent bastard but he was certainly a huge positive influence in my shooting. He pushed hard for Practical and CSR shooting in the UK and was a stalwart. Some of my best shooting experiences were those organised by Mark. I have three of his rifles and he built my son’s first rifle. His loss is going to be felt by many. I hadn’t spoken to him for a long while but his passing filled me with sadness. Taken far too young. He was a magnificent bastard.
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Originally Posted By Agent_Funky: Sad times, mate. We had our disagreements and he could be a belligerent bastard but he was certainly a huge positive influence in my shooting. He pushed hard for Practical and CSR shooting in the UK and was a stalwart. Some of my best shooting experiences were those organised by Mark. I have three of his rifles and he built my son's first rifle. His loss is going to be felt by many. I hadn't spoken to him for a long while but his passing filled me with sadness. Taken far too young. He was a magnificent bastard. |
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Shit, you Brits would stir shit up just to keep the others off balance.
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Originally Posted By thirsty:
It’d be great if we could get a US company to replicate his roll mark. Donate the proceeds to a UK gun rights org in his name. Won’t be the same, but would carry some meaning. That's a great idea. |
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: I agree. Discussing WHY he was banned seems to serve absolutely no purpose in a thread like this, which is about remembering someone who was a member of this site for a long time, and who did a LOT of great work for the shooting sports in the UK and the US. (For the record, I am the Staffer who banned him, and I was also aware of his retread account and I agreed to let it slide as long as he let go of the dispute that originally got him banned. It is all water under the bridge now, and I am very sad to hear that he is gone. ). |
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Dang. I always wanted one of his "London" roll marked lowers.
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Originally Posted By Agent_Funky: Sad times, mate. We had our disagreements and he could be a belligerent bastard but he was certainly a huge positive influence in my shooting. He pushed hard for Practical and CSR shooting in the UK and was a stalwart. Some of my best shooting experiences were those organised by Mark. I have three of his rifles and he built my son’s first rifle. His loss is going to be felt by many. I hadn’t spoken to him for a long while but his passing filled me with sadness. Taken far too young. He was a magnificent bastard. |
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Originally Posted By Screechjet1:
Yep. He was a tough and belligerent son of a bitch, but man, what a fighter. Some guy in the UK with a fire extinguisher shaped dent in his head will remember him, too. Originally Posted By Screechjet1:
Originally Posted By Agent_Funky: Sad times, mate. We had our disagreements and he could be a belligerent bastard but he was certainly a huge positive influence in my shooting. He pushed hard for Practical and CSR shooting in the UK and was a stalwart. Some of my best shooting experiences were those organised by Mark. I have three of his rifles and he built my son’s first rifle. His loss is going to be felt by many. I hadn’t spoken to him for a long while but his passing filled me with sadness. Taken far too young. He was a magnificent bastard. May fuck be upon them. |
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: I agree. Discussing WHY he was banned seems to serve absolutely no purpose in a thread like this, which is about remembering someone who was a member of this site for a long time, and who did a LOT of great work for the shooting sports in the UK and the US. (For the record, I am the Staffer who banned him, and I was also aware of his retread account and I agreed to let it slide as long as he let go of the dispute that originally got him banned. It is all water under the bridge now, and I am very sad to hear that he is gone. ).I've got no words. |
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Originally Posted By NavyDoc1: Sad to hear he's gone but was the one who made him gone. I've got no words. Banning a longtime member isn't something done lightly, no matter what people may think about site staff. It's a last resort when all other attempts to get the member to abide by the rules have failed (other than the obvious cases where members decide to flame out by posting lots of inappropriate pictures). Bradders was a good guy, he brought a lot to the fight for firearms rights and the shooting community in general, but at least for a while, he was completely unable to behave appropriately on the site. When he snuck back in, he wasn't continuing the behavior that had gotten him banned, so evidently site staff took mercy on him and didn't ban him again (possibly knowing he was sick). |
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Originally Posted By LoneWolf545:
Ever had to discipline your kids? Hating that you have to do it, since you love them, but knowing you must? Banning a longtime member isn't something done lightly, no matter what people may think about site staff. It's a last resort when all other attempts to get the member to abide by the rules have failed (other than the obvious cases where members decide to flame out by posting lots of inappropriate pictures). Bradders was a good guy, he brought a lot to the fight for firearms rights and the shooting community in general, but at least for a while, he was completely unable to behave appropriately on the site. When he snuck back in, he wasn't continuing the behavior that had gotten him banned, so evidently site staff took mercy on him and didn't ban him again (possibly knowing he was sick). The ban hammer seems to be wielded so inconsistently and illogically. |
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Originally Posted By NavyDoc1:
Yeah. Still don't buy it. We have here a guy admittedly a huge--massive compared to most_on_this_site-- contributor to guns and the shooting sports and gun rights on both sides of the Atlantic, banned--now that I know about it--for trivial BS. BS so trivial that site staff let him sneak back in incognito. It is obviously a case--more and more common--about staff not being able to admit a mistake, and they know it due to "site staff took mercy on him and didn't ban him again." The ban hammer seems to be wielded so inconsistently and illogically. Originally Posted By NavyDoc1:
Originally Posted By LoneWolf545:
Ever had to discipline your kids? Hating that you have to do it, since you love them, but knowing you must? Banning a longtime member isn't something done lightly, no matter what people may think about site staff. It's a last resort when all other attempts to get the member to abide by the rules have failed (other than the obvious cases where members decide to flame out by posting lots of inappropriate pictures). Bradders was a good guy, he brought a lot to the fight for firearms rights and the shooting community in general, but at least for a while, he was completely unable to behave appropriately on the site. When he snuck back in, he wasn't continuing the behavior that had gotten him banned, so evidently site staff took mercy on him and didn't ban him again (possibly knowing he was sick). The ban hammer seems to be wielded so inconsistently and illogically. |
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Originally Posted By LoneWolf545:
It was not trivial, and DK-Prof has already said this is not the appropriate thread to discuss it. |
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Not sure how I missed this until today, but this is very sad news. Godspeed, Bradders. You will be missed greatly.
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Originally Posted By elcope: I am Ed Cope and this is not the appropriate thread for this discussion, Doc. That’s exactly it. This place specifically and the shooting community in general and I personally am lesser because of this loss. I’ve got stuff he sent me, free, unsolicited, and out of his own generous nature sitting on my shelf right now and it’s not unreasonable to ask “why the FUCK do we toss out the good ones.” |
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Originally Posted By NavyDoc1: I don’t think that we need another hall monitor, I don’t need him to talk down to me—or you for that matter— and it’s perfectly appropriate in this thread to challenge someone who says he’s going to miss the good man in question, “then why the hell did he show him the door in the first place?” That’s exactly it. This place specifically and the shooting community in general and I personally am lesser because of this loss. I’ve got stuff he sent me, free, unsolicited, and out of his own generous nature sitting on my shelf right now and it’s not unreasonable to ask “why the FUCK do we toss out the good ones.” FYI, I wasn't talking down to you and agree with your premise about "Banning the good ones" and Arfcom banning the wrong folks for the wrong reasons, but a memorial thread isn't the time or place to have this discussion. I humbly ask that you start a new thread to have that exact discussion that I would likely support. |
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Originally Posted By elcope: If I talk down to you, you won't mistake it. FYI, I wasn't talking down to you and agree with your premise about "Banning the good ones" and Arfcom banning the wrong folks for the wrong reasons, but a memorial thread isn't the time or place to have this discussion. I humbly ask that you start a new thread to have that exact discussion that I would likely support. |
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Mind, Bradders would likely appreciate a drunken shouting wake of a memorial thread for him that resulted in a few locks. 
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Originally Posted By backbencher:
Mind, Bradders would likely appreciate a drunken shouting wake of a memorial thread for him that resulted in a few locks. When it comes time for mine, I hope you guys do.
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I remember this great thread;
Five days in Normandy visiting the D Day beaches Bradders goes on a trip Just about all the links to the photos are broken though
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Originally Posted By elcope: @NavyDoc1 When it comes time for mine, I hope you guys do.
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Originally Posted By NavyDoc1: LOL. Honestly, that's what I'd like too. I've already got a few bottles of Islay stashed away in an "open in case of death" drawer. After the last ER visit, that should be sooner than later. |
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Originally Posted By Screechjet1: Well, stick around me, if for no one else, you douchebag. 
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And you are...? Originally Posted By NavyDoc1:
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It was not trivial, and DK-Prof has already said this is not the appropriate thread to discuss it. |
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Originally Posted By Skydivesnake:
I remember this great thread; Five days in Normandy visiting the D Day beaches Bradders goes on a trip Just about all the links to the photos are broken though |
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Originally Posted By Skydivesnake:
I remember this great thread; Five days in Normandy visiting the D Day beaches Bradders goes on a trip Just about all the links to the photos are broken though
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