geek Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Very sad and a loss to UK shooting, RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 I only met Mark once but he was shooting and it was impressive. i didn't always agree with him but I liked the way he cut through the BS and stuck to his own view on here. RIP Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetop Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 that which promotes growth and vigour ! Only spoke ( via txt) with him a couple of weeks ago about obtaining some GGG .223 brass that he had loads of. He rebarreled both my main rifles & I was even out today shooting with one. Great bloke, will be sadly missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trucraft Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Had no idea he was so I'll. Very Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remmy308 Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Mark was one of life’s straight shooters.....i have been lucky enough to have known him for the past few years and he added a couple of rifles to my collection Will miss his outlook on life and his sarcasm... Sleep well mate.!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDP Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 I'm heading towards my bottle of Scotch this very minute and will caress my Bradley Arms rifles as the evening wears on - beyond chuffed that he started putting together my 300blk in his last weeks and I cannot wait to start CSR with it, and my GAU-5 .223, this coming season. RIP Mark, I'll raise a glass and another to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkyboy Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 The shooting world is the poorer for his passing...only knew him from on here ...he spoke as straight as he shot on the range...condolences to his friends and family..RIP SIR....Hugh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejg223 Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Very sorry to hear. RIP edi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 RIP Mark, thanks for all you contributed to UK shooting and beyond. We will think of you often during the CSR seasons ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader54 Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 RIP. sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David TS Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 I'm another who didn't see eye to eye with Mark.....however, that didn't stop me buying one of his .22 semi AR's, and it is one of my favourite rifles 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangely Brown Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 I first met Mark over twenty years ago at the birth of what was to become CSR, we had shot with smellies before in LERA matches and here we were about to shoot alongside the army with the aid of Pete Bloom who had made it possible. Mark had a converted AR15 while a lot of us had No.4's, we all thought using an AR15 was a bit gamey at the time...or was it envy? One of Mark's greater achievements which appears to be overlooked in the wake of his death was overcoming the glaucoma in his shooting eye. He simply started using the other eye and shoulder by building a left handed AR and recorded some very commendable scores with it in the process. Yes he could be infuriating to some but his generosity knew no bounds, I turned up for a CSR shoot a couple of years ago and he just gave me 150 rounds of RG to shoot the match with. He also once accused me of invading his country; (he was a native of Belfast) after a few short words we agreed to our own style of Good Friday agreement which I have to say appears to have lasted better than the one Tony Blair put his name to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 RIP Mark, very sad news indeed, you will never be forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srvet Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 I never met Mark but his wit often made me smile. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsc1960 Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 I never met the man but his advice was always free, be it dipped in marmite for some, respect where its due, i have lit a candle for him and his family to stand next to my brother in law who has also passed, i hope they both are having a beer together up top, RIP Bradders/Roly. bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT3_richy Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 8/18/2019 at 4:32 PM, brown dog said: Larger than life. Honest to a fault. I'm quite saddened. He'll be missed. We are diminished. I think that about sums it up. Hope the CSR lot do something appropriate to remember him. Cheers Bradders, farewell and good travels, Sir... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 RIP Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako 243 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 RIP TOP MAN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeman Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 The man's acerbic wit will be sadly lacking on here - made me chuckle many-a-time May you make the angels smile, Bradders.... and for goodness sake, don't pi%$-them-off! RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodlander Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 UKV will be the poorer without you, Mark Bradley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem Imperri Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 RIP Mark, He was always willing to help out someone new to the sport, and always a straight shooter, both with words and a rifle. Needless to say many of us shoot straighter because of his gunsmithing as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 19 minutes ago, Rem Imperri said: RIP Mark, He was always willing to help out someone new to the sport, and always a straight shooter, both with words and a rifle. Needless to say many of us shoot straighter because of his gunsmithing as well. Indeed. During the CSR Imperial, on what was probably one of the hottest days of the competition and when he was clearly feeling and looking awful, Mark was seen in the middle of the Century 300 yd car park adjusting triggers on rifles which hadn't passed the strictly enforced trigger weight test. The 3 or 4 that I saw him do needed the whole trigger blocks to be taken out, dismantled and the springs manually adjusted/bent and then reassembled, not a job for an amateur in the middle of a car park and immediately before a competition. And it wasn't only Bradley built rifles that he was working on, in fact most I saw weren't Bradley Arms rifles. But it didn't matter who the punters had bought their rifles from, Mark made sure that the shooters could legitimately shoot in the CSR competitions. What a man. A legend and as others have said, one of the most honest, straight speaking and decent people that I've ever known. And the Bradley Arms company will live on. Mark (and others) has trained up a bright young engineer, who is also one of the top CSR shots, to keep the quality and reliability of BAR continuing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Spin Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 RIP Mark. After giving me loads of great advice he built me a beautiful M4 version of his AR15 with all the custom bits on. Every time I shoot the rifle now I will think kindly of him. God bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wapinschaw Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 RIP Mark. I never met him in person, I am a bit far from Bisley to be one of the crowd. I had contact with him off and on over the years buying a few items and in 2017 a new barrel for my Sako stalking rifle. As others have posted, he was very helpful with advice and straight as a die to deal with. My Sako is the work of a craftsman, a pleasure to shoot and will serve me as his memorial for a long time to come. Fly high Mark, may any God you held in your heart be with you. http://www.bradleyarms.co.uk/category/bolt-guns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSOK Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 RIP Bradders OSOK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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