chopperlump, I agree that the Rifleman has gone down hill. We have to be careful about whose ox we gore. We need the support of those who are into the so called blackguns, handguns and had not think they don't have a say. I would almost believe that one would find shotgunners in the minority in the firearms world. I realize that the shotgun shooting games have a huge following, but the average gun owner out there is not nessasarily into those things. I personally am not into the black guns, but do like 1911s and SA revolvers. The majority of the NRA members I know are either rifle or pistol shooters.
My ox is being gored in this thread. This was one of the first BBS's I began visiting over a decade ago. At the time I was just beginning to regularly shoot collectible shotguns. Previous interests had been handguns, target rifles, etc...
With time being very limited with small children at home I have slowly been drifting away from this site and spending more time on AR15.com.
I have only purchased one shotgun in the last year but have picked up six AR15's. I have put over 5000 rounds downrange with these rifles.
Yet some who would recognize my user name as a long time contributor to this board would toss my black guns out with the bathwater. Interestingly enough, in the past year I have introduced four non-shooters to the sport. All are now shooting AR15's somewhat regularly. I have taken the same folks to the shotgun range with little success. Just not their thing.
Hang together or you'll hang us separately.
