Originally Posted By: eightbore
We all hope that this is not a fatal situation for the vintage gun world.


While this certainly looks very bad for the Vintage Cup, which has been eroding for a number of years now, I see the trend for the rest of the vintage gun world looking pretty positive (especially considering the economy.) In the past year, I've been to the Spring & Fall Southern SXS and the Great Northeast at Hausman's, and they have all been growing pretty impressively. In terms of vendors, all three of those are now bigger than the Vintage Cup. The Orvis Cup at Sandonna, though not strictly a SXS shoot, has been growing into a very nice shoot with great vendors as well. If EPIC did not have problems with the date and lead shot ban, it could have been a great new addition. Hopefully, they will learn from this and fix it going forward. As for the Vintage Cup, I think some fresh leadership could turn things around as well.