Anybody else here addicted to 3 gun?

Correia · July 31, 2002, 06:10 PM

I've gotten into 3 gunning this year, and I've got to say that they are by far my favorite type of match.

I use a 1911, 870, and FAL.

Funny my best finishes so far have been in 3 gun matches. It seems like most of the people who do it locally are usually hard core pistol competitors, but it seems like most of them aren't nearly as smooth and practiced with shotgun or rifle.

Anybody else?

HKguy9 · August 1, 2002, 11:20 AM

I like them, but they are few and far between. Usually because not everyone has a rifle, they put the rifle match at the end, or run them concurrently, and it's a mess, organizationally speaking. I wish they had more shotgun stages, and less pistol stages. Most 2 or 3-gun matches I go to are 4 to 5 pistol stages, one shotgun stage and 1 optional rifle stage.

I shoot my Beretta, a Benelli and an M1A.

cobraman · August 1, 2002, 11:54 AM

I love 3 gun. We only have them 4 times a year so that really adds to the fun. I think 3 gun is a good break for regular USPSA matches.
I use a CZ75ST IPSC, SAR3 and a Browning Gold.

Steve Smith · August 1, 2002, 12:04 PM

Of course, that's mainly because there are not 3 gun matches in the state, AFAIK.

HKguy9 · August 1, 2002, 12:54 PM

I wish I could shoot an IPSC match with just my rifle.

Bartholomew Roberts · August 1, 2002, 01:15 PM

I've got to do one 3-gun match so far and it was fun when we actually got to shoot. Unfortunately, without any formal 3-gun association, 90% of the match was spent (by others) bickering over variations of rules, safety, and they were doing course design on the fly - which didn't help.

Had it been better organized, I'm sure it would have been great. I also noticed the same thing that Correia did WRT most being less smooth with shotgun and rifle.

eerw · August 1, 2002, 02:03 PM

Just getting into it...

pretty fun..there is one organization on the front range that runs a match using three different clubs..I think it is called Rocky Mountain 3-gun club..

Then another club in Pueblo that shoots two- gun..
rifle pistol one month, then shotgun pistol the next..

I shoot whatever I have ammo for and can borrow..

Correia · August 1, 2002, 02:25 PM

I guess I'm lucky because we have some good ones. Probably 4 or 5 times a year. Well organized 9 or 10 stages. And we have them at a big police training facility with some great ranges. They are organized by a couple of guys from the local IDPA club, who do a great job.

RickB · August 1, 2002, 08:08 PM

I've shot a half-dozen 3-gun matches, and they are much fun. Sometimes the breakdown of the divisions is "unfair", but only if you don't select equipment specifically for 3-gun. I went to a match that allowed a scope on one gun and a comp on another, or something like that, which meant if you didn't have a race gun in your holster and a scope on your rifle, you were kinda screwed. I've shot mostly with a 1911, M590 and M1 Carbine.
Some of the other guys that help run our IDPA club just bought M1A's, and I just got a Garand, so we're planning a "7.62 Match"; trying to adapt IDPA rules to long guns might make for some interesting CoF's.

wakal · August 2, 2002, 11:52 AM

Yeah, it is addicting.

Our club is in the process of setting up the 2003 Texas 3-Gun Championship (or the Area 4 Three-Gun Championship, still discussing that) next year down here in San Angelo. Oh, we started small...offering a single rifle and a single shotgun stage before our monthly IPSC matches. Next thing you know, we were out by the highway holding signs saying "will load 5.56 for match fees".

Sigh.

Still debating if I like Limited (6" STI .40, Winchester SX2 Practical, M4 Carbine) or Open (racegun, USAS-12, HBAR). And then there is my new M14SA...

Alex

Riz · August 2, 2002, 12:57 PM

LOVE THEM! I could shoot them every month! After doing the 3 gun shoots, the IDPA shoots are not as fun. Wish we had more of them than just the 4 or 5. But I will take what I can get.
See ya at the next one.
Riz

Correia · August 2, 2002, 02:23 PM

Yep, August 31st. I'm stoked.

Hey Riz, did you see the scores last time. I was 8th, even with tanking stage 1. (it helps if you actually neatralize the targets, don't ask me how you can miss an IDPA target 10 yards away with a slug).

I won stage 9, the big rifle stage. Yee Haw!

First time I ever won a stage.

TaxPhd · August 2, 2002, 03:04 PM

OMG, Correia! With an FAL no less. Now you will never have a reason to buy a mouse gun.

Correia · August 2, 2002, 03:30 PM

Tax, I've got a some mouse guns. I shoot those when I can't afford .308.

TaxPhd · August 2, 2002, 03:31 PM

Shoot 'em when you want to win more than one stage!!

Correia · August 2, 2002, 03:37 PM

ROTFLMAO

TaxPhd · August 2, 2002, 03:37 PM

Riz · August 2, 2002, 04:12 PM

Ya I saw that you won the stage! So check this out, I shoot the stage with my brand new Vepr K 7.62 x 39. I shoot this stage fast, accurate, smooth...felt way good! I have people standing by me saying "he did that with an AK?" So the results came out and Im thinking that I just might have taken this stage.....BUT NO....some dude, Corriea, had to beat me....but he did not only beat me....he spanked me.

He had a bigger round and shot it almost 10 seconds faster

stage 9
Corriea: 23.93
Riz: 31.37

Damn good shooten bud, next time we on the same squad...maybe you can show me how its done!
Riz

Oh BTW...on the one stage by the brick wall, Stage 5?, I missed 2 of the 3 targets with slugs. SO I WON...oh wait missing is bad...Never mind.

ChandlerSniper158 · August 3, 2002, 08:29 AM

Correia,

Wait till you get to Vegas... it`s only 2 months away now!! Whoo-hoo.......

CS#158

Correia · August 3, 2002, 11:55 AM

Nah... Riz, we tied. I missed two of them also!

Folks just need to realize that us Utahns never shoot slugs. There isn't a whole lot of thick forest, close range deer hunting to do around here. Heck, before the match I went to 3 different stores before I found any slugs! And of course then I have no clue where POI is going to be. Turns out I was aiming them just like I would shot at that range, but the slugs hit drastically high out of my gun. Now I know better for next time. We will definitely have to be in the same squad.

Chandler, I'm pumped. I've heard nothing but how great the Vegas match is. That will be my first really big shoot. See you there.

Irish · December 11, 2004, 08:34 AM

Wakal,

How do you like the SX2 Practical?

August 1, 2002, 11:54 AM	#3
cobraman Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 1999 Location: orlando fl Posts: 751	Oh Heck yeah I love 3 gun. We only have them 4 times a year so that really adds to the fun. I think 3 gun is a good break for regular USPSA matches. I use a CZ75ST IPSC, SAR3 and a Browning Gold.

August 1, 2002, 12:04 PM	#4
Steve Smith Senior Member Join Date: December 9, 1999 Posts: 4,131	Nope. Of course, that's mainly because there are not 3 gun matches in the state, AFAIK.

December 11, 2004, 08:34 AM	#21
Irish Junior Member Join Date: December 10, 2004 Posts: 10	SX 2 Practical Wakal, How do you like the SX2 Practical?

July 31, 2002, 06:10 PM	#1
Correia Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 1998 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 3,740	Anybody else here addicted to 3 gun? I've gotten into 3 gunning this year, and I've got to say that they are by far my favorite type of match. I use a 1911, 870, and FAL. Funny my best finishes so far have been in 3 gun matches. It seems like most of the people who do it locally are usually hard core pistol competitors, but it seems like most of them aren't nearly as smooth and practiced with shotgun or rifle. Anybody else?

August 1, 2002, 11:20 AM	#2
HKguy9 Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2001 Posts: 2,132	I like them, but they are few and far between. Usually because not everyone has a rifle, they put the rifle match at the end, or run them concurrently, and it's a mess, organizationally speaking. I wish they had more shotgun stages, and less pistol stages. Most 2 or 3-gun matches I go to are 4 to 5 pistol stages, one shotgun stage and 1 optional rifle stage. I shoot my Beretta, a Benelli and an M1A.

August 1, 2002, 12:54 PM	#5
HKguy9 Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2001 Posts: 2,132	I wish I could shoot an IPSC match with just my rifle.

August 1, 2002, 01:15 PM	#6
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 13, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	I've got to do one 3-gun match so far and it was fun when we actually got to shoot. Unfortunately, without any formal 3-gun association, 90% of the match was spent (by others) bickering over variations of rules, safety, and they were doing course design on the fly - which didn't help. Had it been better organized, I'm sure it would have been great. I also noticed the same thing that Correia did WRT most being less smooth with shotgun and rifle.

August 1, 2002, 02:03 PM	#7
eerw Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2001 Posts: 395	Just getting into it... pretty fun..there is one organization on the front range that runs a match using three different clubs..I think it is called Rocky Mountain 3-gun club.. Then another club in Pueblo that shoots two- gun.. rifle pistol one month, then shotgun pistol the next.. I shoot whatever I have ammo for and can borrow..

August 1, 2002, 02:25 PM	#8
Correia Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 1998 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 3,740	I guess I'm lucky because we have some good ones. Probably 4 or 5 times a year. Well organized 9 or 10 stages. And we have them at a big police training facility with some great ranges. They are organized by a couple of guys from the local IDPA club, who do a great job.

August 1, 2002, 08:08 PM	#9
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,559	I've shot a half-dozen 3-gun matches, and they are much fun. Sometimes the breakdown of the divisions is "unfair", but only if you don't select equipment specifically for 3-gun. I went to a match that allowed a scope on one gun and a comp on another, or something like that, which meant if you didn't have a race gun in your holster and a scope on your rifle, you were kinda screwed. I've shot mostly with a 1911, M590 and M1 Carbine. Some of the other guys that help run our IDPA club just bought M1A's, and I just got a Garand, so we're planning a "7.62 Match"; trying to adapt IDPA rules to long guns might make for some interesting CoF's.

August 2, 2002, 11:52 AM	#10
wakal Senior Member Join Date: March 24, 2000 Location: San Angelo, Texas Posts: 317	Yeah, it is addicting. Our club is in the process of setting up the 2003 Texas 3-Gun Championship (or the Area 4 Three-Gun Championship, still discussing that) next year down here in San Angelo. Oh, we started small...offering a single rifle and a single shotgun stage before our monthly IPSC matches. Next thing you know, we were out by the highway holding signs saying "will load 5.56 for match fees". Sigh. Still debating if I like Limited (6" STI .40, Winchester SX2 Practical, M4 Carbine) or Open (racegun, USAS-12, HBAR). And then there is my new M14SA... Alex

August 2, 2002, 12:57 PM	#11
Riz Member Join Date: June 17, 2002 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 42	LOVE THEM! I could shoot them every month! After doing the 3 gun shoots, the IDPA shoots are not as fun. Wish we had more of them than just the 4 or 5. But I will take what I can get. See ya at the next one. Riz

August 2, 2002, 02:23 PM	#12
Correia Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 1998 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 3,740	Yep, August 31st. I'm stoked. Hey Riz, did you see the scores last time. I was 8th, even with tanking stage 1. (it helps if you actually neatralize the targets, don't ask me how you can miss an IDPA target 10 yards away with a slug). I won stage 9, the big rifle stage. Yee Haw! First time I ever won a stage.

August 2, 2002, 03:04 PM	#13
TaxPhd Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 534	OMG, Correia! With an FAL no less. Now you will never have a reason to buy a mouse gun.

August 2, 2002, 03:30 PM	#14
Correia Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 1998 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 3,740	Tax, I've got a some mouse guns. I shoot those when I can't afford .308.

August 2, 2002, 03:31 PM	#15
TaxPhd Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 534	Shoot 'em when you want to win more than one stage!!

August 2, 2002, 03:37 PM	#16
Correia Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 1998 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 3,740	ROTFLMAO

August 2, 2002, 04:12 PM	#18
Riz Member Join Date: June 17, 2002 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 42	Ya I saw that you won the stage! So check this out, I shoot the stage with my brand new Vepr K 7.62 x 39. I shoot this stage fast, accurate, smooth...felt way good! I have people standing by me saying "he did that with an AK?" So the results came out and Im thinking that I just might have taken this stage.....BUT NO....some dude, Corriea, had to beat me....but he did not only beat me....he spanked me. He had a bigger round and shot it almost 10 seconds faster stage 9 Corriea: 23.93 Riz: 31.37 Damn good shooten bud, next time we on the same squad...maybe you can show me how its done! Riz Oh BTW...on the one stage by the brick wall, Stage 5?, I missed 2 of the 3 targets with slugs. SO I WON...oh wait missing is bad...Never mind.

August 3, 2002, 08:29 AM	#19
ChandlerSniper158 Member Join Date: August 17, 2001 Posts: 36	Correia, Wait till you get to Vegas... it`s only 2 months away now!! Whoo-hoo....... CS#158

August 3, 2002, 11:55 AM	#20
Correia Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 1998 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 3,740	Nah... Riz, we tied. I missed two of them also! Folks just need to realize that us Utahns never shoot slugs. There isn't a whole lot of thick forest, close range deer hunting to do around here. Heck, before the match I went to 3 different stores before I found any slugs! And of course then I have no clue where POI is going to be. Turns out I was aiming them just like I would shot at that range, but the slugs hit drastically high out of my gun. Now I know better for next time. We will definitely have to be in the same squad. Chandler, I'm pumped. I've heard nothing but how great the Vegas match is. That will be my first really big shoot. See you there.