Agreed, I truly enjoy the real gun community. At almost all my Bullseye competitions I run into some old coot that has shot hundreds of thousand more rounds than me and kinda takes me under his wing. Hell, I'm 51 years old and these guys are old enough to be my father. Never ceases to amaze me the level of interest they have in sharing the sport.
Yep, we have a guy in his late 80's that comes to our range almost daily. He comes to test some new reloads in his AR-10 or AR-15. He can't do bolt guns anymore because of the recoil.
Not only is he addicted to shooting, he is addicted to reloading, and uses his trips to the range to test new loads.
I'd love to see his reloading setup. I'm betting he has more different powders than most reloading shops do.
Distinguished Service medal as a medevac pilot, 1968.