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We were a car culture back 50 years ago. We washed and waxed our cars on Sunday. We changed spark plugs and breaks, water pumps, and everything else that broke on a regular basis. Now almost nothing wears out and we think different about cars and the younger generation could care less. They are doing different things.
Shooting sports are the same. Guns were something you handed down to the next generation, with pride. You looked for fine wood and a perfect blueing job. Now it’s plastic stocks and sandblasting. When I started making benchrest shooting products ranges were packed. People came from 20 countries to the Super Shoot. If you shot good you could win thousands. Now it’s hard to win enough to get back home and less than half as many people compete.
All these sports we enjoyed are fading and there is nothing we can do about it. Young people just have different things to do. I’m sure this applies to a lot of sports we enjoyed.
Lynwood
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