Another reason weight may be more of a factor these days, in addition to hunters/shooters getting older as a group: what most of us do for a living. There are fewer and fewer of the "strong back/weak mind" jobs (as my dad described his, moving tons of steel around in a John Deere factory) than there used to be. Blue collar factory jobs, mining, farming . . . fewer and fewer people engaged in those professions. And in general, with more machines doing more of the work, even those jobs aren't as physical as they used to be. Let's face it: Comparing to our fathers, uncles, grandfathers etc . . . a lot of us are wimps!