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[andrewwilde]

8 minutes of your time?
Well worth it - a wholly rounded view on what I do. Well, on the sport as a whole. Of which I dedicate a large portion of my life to target rifle: the outdoors, long range target based discipline.

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[casidhe36]

Although they mentioned that it is a sport that cuts across classes, there was still a lot of waxed jackets and flat caps.

Other than that I think it was a good idea. It does hack me off how little it made by the media of British competition shooters, even during the olympics and commonwealth games, never mind just the international tours.

I think I'll put the video up on my FB tomorrow. I'm expecting flames though, so I'll leave it til I don't have to fume at stupidity at work :o)

[andrewwilde]

True.
I wish they'd shown (could show?) the camaraderie on the firing point I've seen though: Cadets who come from properly disadvantaged backgrounds shooting on equal terms with a Peer of the Realm, to name but one.
Or when last year's St Georges winner (2nd biggest individual competition in TR) realised he'd won - he almost fell over with shock and needed a stabilising hand (he only has one leg...)

[andrewwilde]

Actually, that guy I was thinking of above (the disadvantaged kid) is a really good example: At age 13 or 14, he was told to join the Cadets or go to a Youth Offenders Institution (or whatever they were called at the time).

Obviously, he joined the Cadets. After a few years there, he found a love for the sport of target shooting, and has ended up a well-rounded young man now in his mid-20's. He's represented his country, and is an officer with the Met Police force. Talk about a turn-around!