While I'm an FO shooter, as Furrybean has said the growth area is FTR, at least here in NZ. More specifically, our category of "FTR Classic" has taken off. This is limited to rifles shooting 155s and allows far more people to compete without the arms/$$ race that FTR became. Many serious FTR ( fast twist/ heavies) rigs are only a tad removed from full-blown FO, ie too expensive for many folks. With Classic, shooters can start cheaply by getting an old target rifle, throwing a scope and bipod on it and they're away.
There's nothing to stop you changing to FO later, in fact FTR is a great training ground as you'll learn wind better.