Mike Yardley, he'll never change...

[The Lord Flashheart]

I think Eddie the Eagle would be a great poster child for British shooting, who the hell could dislike him?!

He's also the spitting image of Jerry Mickulek these days.

[Chuck]

Kingfugerbil - love it

Yes Eddie the Eagle - UK version may not be amused

[Hrun]

Must admit I'd quite fancy a go with my No.5 in the Historic Enfield class, but, with my dodgy half century+ old knees, I'd be very much in the category mentioned above

Thanks VM , exactely my point - Medias worship a whole range of gangasta rappers drawing heavily on illegal/violent gun culture but it is the mostly white bloke with dodgy knees & an impacable criminal record who is shooting a 60 years old rifle, that the "public" is scared of ??
Where have we gone wrong ?? One could not make that up ...

BTW , zillions of "youngsters" and young adults everyday play shooting video games (perfectly acceptable by the public), yet nothing is done to attract those to try the real thing. But in the mean time, our ranges are full of old geezers ...
Mind you, I give you a clue, if the British NRA thinks 22lr prone shooting is the discipline to attract "them young lads" to the sport, it is badly mistaken and kidding itself ...

I think it's because the young rapper wannabes tend to shoot at each other whereas the comparative handful of public massacres have been by the "60 year old, dodgy knees" demographic, hence why I agree with your earlier comment of needing a gay, vegan, female DJ as poster... erm, person for shooting.

Also agree that prone .22 shooting is not the best way to get generation PlayStation into the sport, what would be the best, safest alternative?

We have a healthy junior intake..

What helps is the two benchrest points we put in the underutilised prone range (we now have 2 prone and 2 bench points) as they get quick results when it comes to accuracy, and a couple of tricked up 10/22's with Axiom stocks which have adjustable LOP (and are black) so they are not stuck with adult guns that do not fit.

[GeeRam]

I am very out-spoken & absolutely shameless about shouting from the roof-tops what a great hobby it is and constantly try to rope in new people into it.

IMO dynamic shooting has a great part to play. It is fast, exciting and little bit more of a physical "sport" ... I see it as a perfect gate-away to attract that video game generation.

I agree.