In memoriam - Bruce Moulds has passed away

[Ridgewalker]

Just talking with Dr Ray and found out another Australian member, Bruce Moulds (@bruce moulds), has died! He got meningococcal meningitis. Only 69. Sad for his family. Rest in peace Bruce.

 

[baxterb]

Just talking with Dr Ray and found out another Australian member, Bruce Moulds (@bruce moulds), has died! He got meningococcal meningitis. Only 69. Sad for his family. Rest in peace Bruce.

Oh no! I only knew him from the boards here, but he seemed like a very good fellow. Condolences to his family and friends.

 

[sestoppelman]

Oh No! Geeez! Very sorry to hear of this, a valued member here for sure. Condolences to friends and family.

RIP Bruce.

 

[CBH Australia]

Yesterday I was informed that our esteemed forum member Bruce Moulds passed away on Wednesday night.
A message came in with Bruce as the subject. That seemed odd

His son in law made contact via a p.m. here to advise me unsure of how I actually knew Bruce. He wrote I don't know if you were mates. Phil his son in law provided his phone number so I gave him a quick call.

I messaged several members who had befriended Bruce and had regular contact with him advising of his passing and that I would post publicly this morning. Responses with Tributes, Thoughts and Prayers for his family came back quickly from those I contacted.

I was fortunate to have met Bruce in person. His town is about 400 miles from mine. I have kids in the city so I arranged to meet Bruce at a popular tourist town about 20 miles from the area he called home.

We originally connected through this forum and had discussions about Von Gruff knives. There was a lot of friendly banter as Aussies do. Bruce was very excited about the knife he had ordered with the Micarta scales.

This image of Bruce's knife was posted in another thread courtesy of Gary. I think Bruce may have been the first to request the steel and associated pouch.

Now, the reason that Bruce and I met up was to have show and tell with our knives over a coffee. The knife pictured was clearly well used when I handled it. Bruce was very proud of his knife and very keen on the design Gary had created for me.

While in discussions of what to order and debating design and the uncertainty Covid bought Bruce made the tongue in cheek comment "What if Gary gets hit by a bus and you haven't ordered one?" That got me thinking. We traded many messages about our orders etc , it's nearly here, I said Bruce was lurking by the mailbox waiting once his was in transit.

I learned a bit about Bruce and his life in our short meeting. His passion for shooting his choices of less common cartridges. He was still working for himself doing landscaping in the area.

We often joked about the 6.5Creedmore rifle trend likening it to the Man Bun and Latte trend.

Bruce used the name bruce moulds here and on other forums. If you google Bruce Moulds Shooting Forum you will see he could be found on quite a few and gets mention in F Class and Benchrest.

Bruce clearly had a lot of experience and was often quick to point out what he thought. Another member wisely worded this as 'Forthright way of communicating that may have been Blunt but not in an offensive way"

Another said to add that Bruce had an extreme hate for the Nosler Partition projectile and his posts regarding this were quite numerous.

All offered their condolences to Bruce family.

Bruce was 69.

The word Vale (Farewell) is used in Australian shooter magazine on the occasion where a shooters obituary is published.

Farewell Bruce, thanks for the yarns we had. I won't get to buy you that coffee I owe you but I will remember you when I get the chance to pay it forward.

RIP mate. @bruce moulds

Chris,
CBH Australia

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

My sincere condolences to his family and loved ones. RIP Bruce.

 

[Wheels]

Sad to hear.

Thoughts and prayers for the family and friends.

 

[meigsbucks]

Bruce left us way too soon. Prayers and condolences to his family.
We’ll miss you Bruce. RIP.

 

[BeeMaa]

@bruce moulds, Rest In Peace. I raise a glass to you and wish peace for your family. God speed.

I always enjoyed your comments and straight forward attitude. It was funny to read how much you hated the Nosler Partition. I will not be alone in saying that you will be missed.

Edit - I would also like to thank @CBH Australia for taking on the responsibility of communicating with the family and informing the AH membership. Thank you sir.

 

[Royal27]

Prayers ...

Always so sad when we lose one of the family.

 

[Peter Radekevich]

Prayers. I always enjoyed his commentary. He will be missed

 

[Beretta391]

Oh no!! He really helped me with load data for my wife’s 280!! RIP

 

[Cervus elaphus]

Just talking with Dr Ray and found out another Australian member, Bruce Moulds (@bruce moulds), has died! He got meningococcal meningitis. Only 69. Sad for his family. Rest in peace Bruce.

Damn ! that's not fair

 

[NE 7x57]

I'm very new here but I enjoyed reading his posts. May he RIP

 

[Neale]

Sad News. I did not know Bruce but his comments were always well informed. Rest and enjoy the happy hunting grounds.

 

[revturbo9967]

Rip Bruce .

 

[cpr0312]

Prayers for his family and friends! RIP Bruce

 

[Bullthrower338]

RIP Bruce! I’m sure he has a 9.3x64 Brenneke to shoot in the game fields of heaven!

condolences to the family,
Cody

 

[nztimb]

I believe that Bruces footprint has been wide and varied with the accumulated knowledge that he was so willing to share.
I was fortunate to participate in a number of in depth discussions with Bruce and his background understanding was very apparent as we traded posts in private and on the open forum.
His presence on the forum has been valued and will be sadly missed personally and as a membership.
Rest in peace Bruce.

 

[WAB]

RIP Bruce, you will be missed.

 

[Ragman]

Another one! So sad. RIP Bruce, your posts were entertaining and informative. Condolences to family and friends.