Jason wrote:If enough of us silhouette shooters are perceived as negative no matter what, then the sport will rightfully be determined to be "more trouble than it's worth" by the NRA and marginalized until it effectively dies on the vine. If enough declare that silhouette is special and we won't stand for changing the classification system to the same system that the other sports use, that will massively complicate any efforts that the NRA undertakes to modernize and adds more "trouble" into the "more trouble than silhouette is worth" equation. Complaining about fee changes when the only comment so far is saying that there doesn't appear to be any reason "why the NRA would need to" add a lot of fees adds yet more "trouble" to the equation. There has to be a finite limit of "trouble" that will result in the NRA saying "Due to complaints from competitors, we have decided to not change silhouette classifications or add silhouette to our upcoming online registration and reporting system at this time." When you hear/see that, you should translate that as "silhouette and silhouette shooters have been determined to be more trouble to deal with than the participant group and participation level is worth given the limited resources of the NRA competitions division."

This will be followed by no changes (a.k.a. attempts to improve) and increasingly lower response rates from NRA competitions leadership to shooter concerns. This will lead to very little promotion of silhouette events and lower support and attendance levels at events like the national championships. This is the previously-mentioned "dying on the vine" phase. Sound familiar? It should. It's what many silhouette shooters have been complaining about for years and quite a number of these same people appear to be doing everything that they can to convince the NRA that it's the right way to handle silhouette.

Jerry G wrote:JB summed it up quite well. A lot of crap stirred up by rumor and only silence from the NRA. Seems to me that was a dumb move on their part to stir the pot and let it simmer for a long time. We still don't have a word on the subject from the NRA.

I am going back to my original statement!!! "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

It seems like every time things get quiet, someone starts agitating and the talk flairs up about breaking away from the NRA sanction. This has been going on since the mid 80s and it is BS for nothing. I do know a lot of people that aren't too happy with the NRA and we don't need that pot stirred because every time it happens, it stinks.