How old are you?

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How old are you?

Under 20
7
1%
20-29
76
14%
30-39
101
18%
40-49
170
30%
50-59
130
23%
60-69
64
11%
Over 70
12
2%
 
Total votes: 560

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RufusRover
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Re: How old are you?

#201 Post by RufusRover »

Been shooting since I was twelve and I'm proud to say my eldest son has just got his FAC aged fourteen - start em young!
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Re: How old are you?

#202 Post by Gh0st »

Had my FAC 19 years had it at 15 years old.

Damn that means my Ruger and Marlin are 19 years old!
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#203 Post by Keithkilvo1 »

It seems to be that all Shooting discipline are subscribed to more by the age group 40-60, probably points to the fact that the younger generations are not that interested!!! aaarggh
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#204 Post by Gh0st »

Well I was only introduced through family who was at the time club captain.

It’s not exactly an easily accessible sport. Or a cheap one to get into.
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Dark Skies
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Re: How old are you?

#205 Post by Dark Skies »

Keithkilvo1 wrote:It seems to be that all Shooting discipline are subscribed to more by the age group 40-60, probably points to the fact that the younger generations are not that interested!!! aaarggh
It's probably not that they're not interested but that it's so much harder to get into these days. Aside from the usual hurdles of clubs and police authorities younger people also have to overcome their parents and the poor image of guns thrown up by the media and other useful idiots. It was a lot easier for us now middle-aged peeps back in the day. I was a regular shooter from fifteen onwards and had my own FAC and firearms by nineteen. The bulk of us hail from a much more free age - an age, for example, when you could send an FAC off in the post and have a firearm delivered in the post. We've stuck with it because we're already established - hence the bulk of our stats being middle-aged.

As well as that there are far fewer clubs in some areas that there were back in yesteryear. Oxfordshire has a woeful amount of clubs with their own range. Thirty years ago there were an abundance of works clubs in the neighbourhood where you could at least shoot .22 And there were a few good full bore-pistol clubs in the area too. I expect things are not much better in much of the South.
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Re: How old are you?

#206 Post by BamBam »

I shoot with a quite a few folk under 40, they do tend to like mini rifle and PSG more than traditional prone rifle shooting.
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Re: How old are you?

#207 Post by Gh0st »

I guess a lot of it has to do with the types of shooting.

I got my license in 97 just as people were handing back their Handguns so it was an interesting time.

Practical shooting seems to be on the rise at the moment increasing in popularity. If it means more people in the sport then great.
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Re: How old are you?

#208 Post by charadam »

I'm about to turn 70, so have been shooting for 62 years - cripes!

My son (39) has had his FAC/SGC for 5 years and my daughter is now applying for hers.

I am introducing my 2 grandchildren and about 4-6 of their friends to shooting at ages 10 - 16. Costs me time and ammo, but I see it as an investment.
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Re: How old are you?

#209 Post by Lancs_Oakley »

Shooting one form or another 30 years. I am late 30s.
Member of a pistol club around from 14 for a couple of years till it was banned.
Had my SGC for 16 years and been shooting reasonably competitively English Sporting.
Just going through FAC application now, better late than never.
john60wales
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Re: How old are you?

#210 Post by john60wales »

I'm 57..my son is 21...& we are members of 2 x shooting clubs. most of the members are around my age or older. My son is definately one of the youngest in both clubs. I do wonder where shooting will be as a sport once us older codgers are worm-food??
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