Looks like Snipers Hide just fell on its sword.

[Starbuck]

The shooting sports ARE growing (witness 3Gun, IDPA and Rimfire Challenge) and some of the "sniper" guys want a slice...however trying to take "sniper matches" to the mainstream is exactly the opposite of what the industry research says works, or will be generally healthy. If rich bass fishermen and Perazzi owners go buy LR rigs, they will soon be up for sale, which, in part benefits some manufacturer's short term and maybe some second tier competitors a bit further out, but it is probably not a sport that will be grown by mass market appeal. Just my opinion of course, which might be totally wrong...time will tell.

I do know in 3Gun, at majors, you now have to lock your car, never leave any gear behind, and on some squads, work twice as much as the "Me Only" generation is moving into the sport. Many veteran 3Gunners despise what "3GunNation" has "brought" to the sport.

Thanks for your perspective, Mark. I will talk to Frank this weekend at the Trigger Gime Gun Club Extreme Long Range class-match-whatever and post up some more thoughts - as if Frank would change his mind based on my views, LOL. He's no wallflower as you know, and he is after all the owner of SH, and his view seems to be that he owes the SH members nothing - the members who have contributed much of the content, as Frank surely has as well.

His view seems to be "Fuc& the members who have contributed in the past - this is my website, which is not in dispute - and now I want to grow this big time...." This is surely his prerogative, but he will lose I believe many of his loyal followers, as well as paying advertisers.

As I suggested earlier, his decision to stay with the Scout Media people or take the Hide back "private" will likely be based upon whether his advertisers like Mile High, EuroOptic, TNVC, and others stay, or bail out.

My $0.02....