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froggy wrote: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 ...

The Lord Flashheart wrote: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?

Not Sheeple! People Chuck with their own lives and outlook. Calling people outside shooting sports Sheeple hardly helps our cause.

The US NRA exists in a totally different culture where there is a strong proportion of the US public who regard guns and gun ownership as a way of life.

Cad Monkey wrote:

TattooedGun wrote: The thing with all this "militaristic fantasy" is that guns are ultimately the major tool that military use, so of course theres going to be some crossover. Some guys from the military are going to get into civi shooting after or during their enlistment. Folks who couldn't or cant get into the armed forces are going to be interested in shooting and find their way into the sport, and some people who really wish they were soldiers for whatever reason are going to be interested in using the tools. So long as they're abiding by the law and not showing any extremist or maniacal behaviour, whose to say that it's wrong. It's within the remit of the law, they/we should not be persecuted from within.

There should be a line drawn by all shooters, that it is not against the law, we are perfectly legitimate in our reasons for owning and shooting these weapons in this manner, and most of all, all shooters should stick up for the sport in all it's aspects as the chipping away will only lead to tighter controls, more constriction within the laws, and ultimately lead to shootigns demise.

Tattoogun, just for clarity are you referring to CSR as a "militaristic fantasy"

Kungfugerbil wrote:

The Lord Flashheart wrote: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?

My primary club is still very much prone NSRA shooting above all else. Go back 5 years and it was all that was shot, and had been since it was the largest club in the country at one time (apparently!)

We now shoot lightweight rifle and rimfire benchrest which attracts many of our new shooters young and old. The relative ease of getting started and crucially the relative ease of scoring well on your first few cards is a real draw. With a benchrest rifle even a brand new shooter will get them all in the black on their first go. With prone there is no such guarantee!

We make our new youngsters - and oldsters - try all the disciplines we offer. Surprisingly most of the yoofs are really getting into prone 25yd ten spots and doing well.

Looking around we're in the minority though!

Chuck wrote:NRA USA in Action:

https://www.policeone.com/police-produc ... Night-Out/

Somehow not the narrative that gets presented by MSM.