I fear that as the target shooting fraternity ages and retires/pass away the lack of youth coming through into what is a very focused discipline will be another nail in our own coffin. Apathy on our behalf and the unwillingness to move forward, although zero funding at just about every level doesn't help, will be the hammer knocking the last few nails in.
Bisley numbers down, what about average age? What percentage of the top Bisley shooters are even eligable to shoot at an ISSF comp due to ancient "aint broke why fix it" Kit. The social side of shooting is great and competition tough but we need to get a professional outlook on it, to get funding we need to become competitive at European level and World level. To do this we need world class facilities and thats where we fall down. Again.
However, keep an eye out for the new indoor 50M facility at Peterborough. Serious funding applications going on over the last few years may be paying off, possibility of all electronic targets too. Olympic legacy you ask, no. We were offered the finals hall, the bloody great multicoloured "tent" about 3 times the size of the range its self. But hey ho.

Ok, rant and tangential subject rant over and done with.

Bing!