Comments on: No Surprise — Older Shooters Dominate NRA Rifle Competition https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/02/no-surprise-dominate-nra-rifle-competition/ from AccurateShooter.com Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:01:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: bob, australia https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/02/no-surprise-dominate-nra-rifle-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:05:59 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/?p=5046#comment-2100 is the over 50 factor the reason for doing away with the standing start in highpower rapid matches????

]]> By: Dwight Larson https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/02/no-surprise-dominate-nra-rifle-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:16:44 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/?p=5046#comment-2099 I think some of the bias towards older competitors reflects the time and travel commitment that is required to be competitive. Younger shooters might not be able to take the time away from work and family to travel to matches; once they are “empty nesters” or retired, they have more freedom to travel for their sport.

]]> By: Zak Smith https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/02/no-surprise-dominate-nra-rifle-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-2098 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:27:24 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/?p=5046#comment-2098 Correction to second to last paragraph”

> Unless there is a major effort to attract new, younger shooters

“to NRA shooting sports”

> it appears that competitive rifle shooting

“in NRA shooting sports”

> could decline in popularity dramatically in a decade or so

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