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Unread 01-15-2018, 06:49 PM   #15
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Its probably a very complex answer and I can think of a few things that even the author of article did not mention that are maybe contributing factors, but I think he captured the broader essence of the issue. I also think its just as complex to figure out why upland game numbers are down all across the Eastern U.S. Its not just one thing or even a handful of things that are making a difference, but a lot of different issues.

Ya know even in writing that article, who is the audience that he is trying to reach. It resonates with people that participate in this forum and others but in the long run. I mean the new market does not even probably read Outdoor Life. The medium they communicate is social media and videos.

Put it this way, I heard this several years ago, think of all the video or broadcasts that the big three NBC, CBS, ABC ever put out since the dawn of television in the 50's. I mean thats years and decades ahead of the internet content. Youtube every single month has more content loaded up by people than those 3 networks ever produced in their entire history combined and that happens every single month.

For giggles go and to youtube and do a search for Parker SXS, or LC Smith, or for that matter on any side by side. There is some content but not as much as you think. Heck I even enjoyed watching Larry Potterfield and an English gunsmith taking an English Boxlock apart. Fascinating to us but others could care for naught.

My advice is to get more content and videos of guys using not just Parkers but any and all SXS's. Sticking it in a magazine, well maybe it reaches the younger generations. Maybe there is an S Curve for demand, supply and price that ebbs and flows, but I'll bet the frequency, wave length and peaks are diminishing as time marches on. There just has to be a need and a want and in my opinion that combination alone is most simplistic hurdle. Their is no or limited need for SxS's with so many other options and hence limited want. Actually the probably the biggest competitor to a SXS is the O/U, which is considered easier to shoot and not much of change from the semi-autos that shooters familiar with both can interchange. Gunfit is an issue, etc. etc.

Like I said, its a crazy stew to figure out.
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