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Whatever happened to Mitchell Maxberry?
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<blockquote data-quote="mrmax" data-source="post: 1011766" data-attributes="member: 85491"><p>Well the rose garden here when the same way ! Insurance , council rates and gas have all risen 300% since I came here , it is now the 5th most expensive country to live in ! They had 68 NZ'ers in their NZ National last year in the Target Rifle category, about 117 in total many foreign and TR-F & F class shooters. As your aware they only had 6 countries in the International Fullbore event in Brisbane in 2011. Think ICFRA has 40+ associate countries which means that they are in it only because of the scoped events like they just had in Raton which did have a large diversity of international competitors. NZ is not only losing shooters but also ranges, in 2006 the average age was 56-57. I've researched demographics and the kids under 25 there is only a 10% retention. With that age bracket being very low and the nasty politics the combination are thinning out the ranks . Hate to say it but the US NRA has screwed up Camp Perry so bad it will never recover. Hope you read the latest report in the Shooting Sports about pistol shooters and the projected graph of where it will be in 2030. Something has to change quickly and it involves the membership getting involved and doing the directing. If we wait much longer there is a no recovery point for the sport, we may have already crossed it .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrmax, post: 1011766, member: 85491"] Well the rose garden here when the same way ! Insurance , council rates and gas have all risen 300% since I came here , it is now the 5th most expensive country to live in ! They had 68 NZ'ers in their NZ National last year in the Target Rifle category, about 117 in total many foreign and TR-F & F class shooters. As your aware they only had 6 countries in the International Fullbore event in Brisbane in 2011. Think ICFRA has 40+ associate countries which means that they are in it only because of the scoped events like they just had in Raton which did have a large diversity of international competitors. NZ is not only losing shooters but also ranges, in 2006 the average age was 56-57. I've researched demographics and the kids under 25 there is only a 10% retention. With that age bracket being very low and the nasty politics the combination are thinning out the ranks . Hate to say it but the US NRA has screwed up Camp Perry so bad it will never recover. Hope you read the latest report in the Shooting Sports about pistol shooters and the projected graph of where it will be in 2030. Something has to change quickly and it involves the membership getting involved and doing the directing. If we wait much longer there is a no recovery point for the sport, we may have already crossed it . [/QUOTE]
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