..to this site.....?

Go away for a few months and come back to a women's institute coffee morning...

Steve, you have too much time on your hands.......... go Taser someone.

I thought it was rather ironic, Miltonesque even....

What happened was some of the serious shooters decided the forum had gone down hill, then set up troll accounts and drove it into the ground

On the plus side we do now have two sites to use now

Many of us have not left. We just choose to spend more time in a forum that suits our needs in terms of our shooting preferences.

More than 80 of us have just spent five intense days shooting a national competition on four different ranges. We are also friends who know oneanother personally and socialise together frequently.

Part of the problem was that our banter between friends was being played out in an open forum for the world to see, and a number of people tried to jump into the group without ever getting to know us or find out what the forum was built on..........namely Practical and CSR competition shooting with centrefire rifles.

Nobody was Butt-hurt. Our numbers grew and our needs simply evolved to a point where a dedicated and more private forum was seen as more appropriate.

Not quite.

The UKHTF was primarily the home of people who shot practical or civilian service rifle; though that was not the only discipline it covered. A large number of members had either left or been banned from the airgunbbs site and were generally not interested in the level of pointless bollocks that is prevailant at that site. Most of the people who posted on here knew each other (from the aforementioned matches) and so there was a similar level of banter that you would expect to find in a local pub.

A number of new members started posting on the UKHTF and changed the dynamic of the place. The original members were keen to distance themselves from airsoft and other walt-tastic activities that generally put shooters in a bad light in the UK; believing that the UKHTF should primarily be about Practical and Civilian Service Rifle - this meant they weren't exactly delighted when it started appearing in the UKHTF. Additionally some of the new members found it necessary to post "clever" comments in every thread and believed that they were experts on all things shooting. Because they did not know the older members personally, butting in to personal discussions and trying to get in the limelight all the time did not go down very well. This caused considerable disagreement and some of the new members decided to involve the site's owners; stating that they thought they were being picked on and bullied.

The site owners (as is their right) stated that everyone was welcome on the UKHTF and they wanted the arguments to stop. After a short while of trying (and failing) to get things to work, one of the old crew of CSR shooters decided to do something about it and set up another forum; one that was not open to all. This site was set up to be for what the UKHTF had been used for originally - a place for Practical and Civilian Service Rifle shooters to get together. The moderators who had served the site for some considerable time, gave up the responsiblity as it was more hassle than it was worth. To use the pub metaphor, having found the pub overrun with tourists, the locals decided to set up their own private club and leave the tourists to get on with it.

This meant that the vast majority of the old members of UKHTF no longer bothered to post on the site - although most do pop in for a look from time to time. Not only did this mean a massive reduction in posts - but it also denied people who were interested in CSR etc a place where they could find out about it and ask sensible questions. Such people can join the new forum; however they usually have to be referred by an existing member and start as a probationary member.

The original members of the UKHTF who left are much happier and presumably the people that caused them to leave are happier too. A win all around.

meh OK.

Only my opinion, but I miss the degenerate slanging matches.

For sensible mature discussions about classic FM, wood polish an tomato planting I can go on fullbore.

That only takes 5 seconds........

You're just making life too difficult. That's what happens when you get promoted beyond Sergeant, you have nothing else to do.... Why do they pick them all up. they are all the same you know? Anyway, we give Taser to pretty much whoever wants it these days...

No real info, hmmm, ok fair enough what about some clues then?

Sub-forums within the UKHTF to cater for different interest groups & topics would be cool.

So is it going to be a wine bar or a fun family themed venue?