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"Mike has helped me over the years with almost every discipline of firearms. From servicing section 5 pistols to help with fitting shotguns, centrefire barrel repairs, sourcing new firearms and hard to find ammo.

He has helped me maintain all my firearms in top condition and has been invaluable with also helping me buy & sell. He gives a very fair price (certainly far better option than taking to a shop) and is also realistic with his fee’s and what he charges.

He is a great source of information and can provide very sound advice for both beginner and more experienced shooters alike. His work is all very professionally undertaken and guaranteed.

I don’t think there are many independent gunsmiths and dealers like Mike left around whom you can rely and depend on and have this kind of interaction with nowadays. I would certainly stand by my words here to recommend him to anyone who has a repair that needs doing or is looking to purchase any kind of firearm."

"Started the season with a boundary shoot at my syndicate, thanks to your gun fitting and advice on practising my mount, I bagged 6 pheasants, only 14 cartridges fired.

Thanks Mike ,onward and upward!!"

"Mike is a very genuine and skilled man who has been a great help to me.

He’s sorted my gun fit & and a timing problem,some great advice on mounting, and been of great support with my shooting.

I Would Highly Recommend him to anyone in need of a fantastic gunsmith."

"I was passed Mike’s details by recommendation last year and have had all four of my pre-charged and spring air rifles serviced and repaired by him.

Mike is incredibly knowledgeable and approachable and his customer service is fantastic, something that is hard to find these days.

I won’t let anyone else touch my rifles now.

If you need honest, friendly and knowledgable firearms advice look no further."

"I bought a secondhand Steyr SSG69 in .243 calibre some months ago (not from Mike Collins I might add) and had great difficulty in getting it to group shots in anything like a reasonable manner. e.g. it could only shoot an 8″ group at 300 yards at Langport Rifle Range on 21st September 2014. Awful!!

I took the rifle to Mike to sort out a “light-striking” problem with the firing pin/bolt and to improve the trigger pull. Whilst he had the gun Mike noticed that the barrel crown was somewhat pitted, so he very kindly re-crowned it for me – working late into the evening to carry out this for me.

Shooting a 15-shot competition at 300 yards at Bisley on 28th September I scored 73 ex 75 with 12 V-Bulls (V-Bull is 3.3″ diameter at 300 yards).

The work that Mike did on the crown and trigger has absolutely transformed the performance of the rifle. I had been considering getting rid of it – but NOT NOW – it’s magic!

Many thanks Mike – brilliant job!"