Originally Posted By: canvasback
....Pros can and will use the best equipment they can that also makes them the most money. Then you will likely find that the sliver of advantage afforded by a certain technology is not that critical to their success. Tiger Woods was going to be the dominant player for 15 years no matter what club he played with.

The same is likely true with competitive shot-gunners. Only difference is there is not the same motivation for the companies to change the status quo.

Motivation? After they paid him, the companies that Woods endorsed made multi millions of dollars not only from their regulars, but a whole new batch of customers that showed up overnight. Try asking a weekend hunter or some fellow looking over shotguns at a show if they recognize the names of any clays competition heros.

The game gun market may be small and shrinking. It's probably asking quite a bit of any company to go out on the limb of trying to resurrect a known product that hasn't sold like hotcakes for quite some time. If ten years of pricey marketing show some signs of moving the needle, what's stopping the usual under cutters from dumping a bunch of coach guns on the market?

We need your help. Can you think of a celebrity that'll get little kids to bug their folks for shooting gear and lessons, like Woods did for golf? Or, are there other long odds to overcome?