wsmallwood
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It's an old idea right? If the professionals drive a super car with a plastic Malibu body, the Malibu will sell later. Simple marketing ploy. It's okay actually since people are that stupid and the professionals are separated from the amatuers.
However, as this applies to RFBR, the ammo companies are quickly creating a class of professional shooters by "sponsoring" them. Giving them ammo etc. If they're not giving the the best then the ammo companies are stupid. I assume they're not stupid. Whatever else is a factor the biggest factor in the game is ammo. Everybody that's shot quite a bit knows that. There's no professional separation. Regular shooters, working to find ammo shoot side by side with little chance.
So, now we're seeing switching allegiances and ammo company stickers stuck all over equipment. The only reasons a successful shooter would switch ammo is if thier normal brand goes South (it hasn't) or they get stuff free. In my opinion, most things are about money. So have your picture taken with the ammo company sticker and make the rest of the shooters beleive that they need to use that ammo.
Smart move right? Wrong. It creates a class of favored shooters shooting side by side with a class that has to work to find stuff that works, if they can. So where does it leave that class? It leaves them out. Where will they go? They will leave. It's another erosion of the sport.
If you can't see this happening you're either blind or in oblivion. But it's happening.
Maybe an ammo company owning the rights to a discipline that worked well with a board of directors and then worked well with a single owner is not a good idea. It's a circle with a dot. You can't copyright that. Maybe it's time to move away from ammo company ownership and start a new discipline. There are almost no barriers to entry.
However, as this applies to RFBR, the ammo companies are quickly creating a class of professional shooters by "sponsoring" them. Giving them ammo etc. If they're not giving the the best then the ammo companies are stupid. I assume they're not stupid. Whatever else is a factor the biggest factor in the game is ammo. Everybody that's shot quite a bit knows that. There's no professional separation. Regular shooters, working to find ammo shoot side by side with little chance.
So, now we're seeing switching allegiances and ammo company stickers stuck all over equipment. The only reasons a successful shooter would switch ammo is if thier normal brand goes South (it hasn't) or they get stuff free. In my opinion, most things are about money. So have your picture taken with the ammo company sticker and make the rest of the shooters beleive that they need to use that ammo.
Smart move right? Wrong. It creates a class of favored shooters shooting side by side with a class that has to work to find stuff that works, if they can. So where does it leave that class? It leaves them out. Where will they go? They will leave. It's another erosion of the sport.
If you can't see this happening you're either blind or in oblivion. But it's happening.
Maybe an ammo company owning the rights to a discipline that worked well with a board of directors and then worked well with a single owner is not a good idea. It's a circle with a dot. You can't copyright that. Maybe it's time to move away from ammo company ownership and start a new discipline. There are almost no barriers to entry.
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