Interesting old thread subject matter,I have seen nearly every shooting sport come to that very situation of where you guys are talking about. I went to a range a few miles from here where they were trying to get a HS aged group of kids into clay shooting .i was shocked these kids parents had gone out and spent literally thousands on guns,vests ect .I though wow I shot my first clay with a H&R single shot and thought I was in high cotton because mine was name brand my best buddy used a bolt action 16 gauge .We weren't realy poor or I guess we were to dumb to know it if we were.