Shooting the 2013 AR15.com Pro/Am, Day 2

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3378IREteJ0 The first day of the AR15.com 3-gun went...okay. There were some things I wish I'd done done better (like not hitting the damned no-shoot target), but all-in-all I was doing pretty well. By the...

Shooting the 2013 AR15.com Pro/Am, Day 3

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OI0VbF5Mw For the final day of the competition, we only had two stages left. My chances of a good finish had already flown out the window, so all I was concerned with was not making...

The Race for the 3-Gun Nation Shoot-Off

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The 3-Gun Nation Pro Series events are all individual competitions (someone leaves with a check after every meet) but they also lead up to something bigger. The culminating event is the 3-Gun Nation shoot-off...

The Psychology of the Re-Shoot

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  When you're in a shooting competition, and especially when there are guns to be won on the prize table, there are no do-overs. If you completely and totally screw up a stage, you can't...

When Is a Dropped Gun Not a Dropped Gun? Or The Slippery Slope of...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVfwwKGdFNM At the overwhelming majority of shooting competitions, you will never see a truly slung rifle. Slings are commonly used for precision long-range shooting competitions, but seeing a 3-gun stage where the start position is...

Shooting the 2013 FNH USA 3-Gun Championship, Part 1

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8J81V3Aju8 For the average 3-gun competitor, things run pretty seamlessly at matches. You show up, you run through the stages with the help of the range officers and then, at some point, you see the...

I’ll Never Shoot 3-Gun With Reloads Again — The Musical

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZGX_23xuTo Professional 3-gun shooters are a strange bunch. Point in case: making up songs about how using your buddy's hand-loaded ammunition in a competition stage without trying it first is a very, very bad idea....

You Gotta Know When to Hold ‘Em

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A couple weeks ago I wrote a post titled You Gotta Know When to Fold 'Em. It referenced Kenny Rogers' famous song, The Gambler, in which he teaches a fellow train rider a valuable...

Why Crossfit Makes Me a Better Shooter

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Last weekend I shot the 3-Gun Nation Southeast Regional Championship in Clinton, SC. The match included a variety of stage designs and terrain – everything from close-and-fast stages in bays, to a shotgun jungle...

Why So Serious?

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At some point in the last few years, I started taking competitive shooting too seriously. When I first started shooting competitively, every weekend was something to look forward to, and even a one-day local...

If You Shoot It, They Will Come

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At SHOT Show this year, I heard the craziest idea I’d ever heard in my life: someone was going to host a women’s only 3-gun match, and they fully expected to sell out the...

Girls Gun Wild!

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The 2014 shooting season closed out with a bang last weekend with the most anticipated event of the year – the inaugural Brownell’s Lady 3-Gun ProAm Challenge in Covington, GA. After months of pent-up...