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Who here shoots 3 gun?
bkoenig:
I'm all geeked up for 3 gun this year. Got a new scope for my AR today, and a new shotgun on the way.
Burnsy87:
My worry about the SBR was that it may not have the necessary velocity to knock down steel at range, but from your videos everything is pretty close and paper. I feel better about the rifle for this competition then.
JTH:
Stutzcattle--yes, the Steel Challenge match is at ENGC near Louisville (http://www.engc.us).
You can survive with 2 mags as long as someone can stand behind you and reload one mag while you are shooting a sting with the other. That being said, it makes your life (and everyone else's) much easier if you have 5 mags. So---at least two, and more is good. I bring 25 loaded mags, that way I don't have to load any mags during the whole match. :) But I'm a little strange.
Caliber only makes a difference in terms of what division you are in. Rimfire has its own set of divisions, and so does centerfire. If you are shooting centerfire, you have to have a safe holster to draw from. Rimfire doesn't use a holster. Outside of that, just bring what you have and we'll put you in the right division. There is no power factor or anything like that, so many people reload specific powder-puff "steel challenge" ammo.
Burnsy87--glad it helped. If you don't have a shotgun you like, let me know and you can borrow mine for the 3-gun match. (I used to use a Rem 870 pumpgun, and it worked fine. I'm currently using a Rem 1100, and it is good too. I can bring either---you just need to bring ammo.) Our first multigun match of the year is March 20th.
This year we are going to have two of our five multigun matches on larger bays (a 100 yard and a 300 yard) but the SBR still shouldn't be a problem, even on steel at 300 yards. (Well, other than hitting it in the first place, but that is a problem we'll ALL have. :) )
In the meantime, come to the USPSA pistol matches (first sunday of every month) and the Steel Challenge matches (Jan 16th this month)!
stutzcattle:
I've got a super x 2 that I'm gonna make my 3 gun shotgun. What size mag extension do I want? It seems that an eight shell extension would make it longer than my 26 inch barrel.
ETA: I think I figured it out and only need a 3 shot extension. That should put me to 8+1.
bkoenig:
You'll want to be able to hold 8+1 in the chamber. If it sticks out a little past the barrel it won't hurt anything.
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