Too much truth? Why dont gun companies market to shooters anymore?

[MountainRaven]

I remember thinking that my 100-lumen X200B was sooo bright.

[ST911]

I remember when the 6P and G2(X)? hit 150 lumens and we thought we were ballin'. In fact I still have one of the 150 lumen Surefire's on a rifle, the 60 lumen incandescent Surefire it replaced has been in my truck since and still works.

I remember thinking that my 100-lumen X200B was sooo bright.

I remember working OT to upgrade my P60 lamps to P61s, and then feed them batteries. 20 minutes of 120 lumens. Woot.

[SteyrAUG]

I remember working OT to upgrade my P60 lamps to P61s, and then feed them batteries. 20 minutes of 120 lumens. Woot.

I can remember replacing the standard bulb on my 6 cell maglite with a halogen bulb and wowee...or so we believed. I think now to the absolute crap running on rayovac batteries I had a a kid, that were probably 10 candle power literally and just feel robbed.

[1168]

I remember thinking the Surefire 961 was a freaking lightsaber with its eye conflagrating 125 lumens.

[Diamondback]

And you people wonder why I wear polarized lenses at almost all times... LOL

[Firefly]

Cuteness of moving this to GD aside...

It isn’t about having the latest or the gucci. It’s about having stuff that works, friends that know how to use stuff that works, and honestly the gun isn’t near as important as proficiency, support equipment, et al

AND AMMO. YOU NEED MORE AMMO. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH. (To paraphrase a buddy of mine)

Honestly, I can see me be ridding myself of a lot of extra to maybe four serious rifles because at present I maybe have three and some toys that I have honestly outgrown.

I think a lot of erstwhile leaders in rifle manufacturing can make money appealing to the instathot crowd but really it’s kinda lame.
I like the whole freedom of choice and accessibility but really you don’t need what “they” say you do.

You just need to shoot more

[Sry0fcr]

Because gun manufacturers don't have to market to shooters. Shooters and professional users research and seek out the best equipment for their purpose and budget. It's the "collectors" and "casuals" that need to be marketed to because they don't know that they need that new blinged out custom slide and anodized base pad extensions until they saw that clip of some tatted up, bearded ninja slinging lead with 'em on the 'Gram.