My normal job (and no - selling mags, knives and scopes isn't my normal job) gets in the way of most of my shooting. But when I do get to shoot, a 3-gun/multi-gun match is just about as fun as it gets for me.
I'm seeing lots of people buying up ARs and some shotguns. Has anyone thought about heading out to a 3/multi-gun match? There's one at Atlanta Conservation Club this weekend (btw).
For those who don't know, 3-gun and multi-gun in Indiana is basically run under USPSA rules. There are some other rules (e.g. IMGA), but that's a topic for later on. The games are very similar in terms of equipment, but how they're administered is quite different.
Here's what is the same:
I'm seeing lots of people buying up ARs and some shotguns. Has anyone thought about heading out to a 3/multi-gun match? There's one at Atlanta Conservation Club this weekend (btw).
For those who don't know, 3-gun and multi-gun in Indiana is basically run under USPSA rules. There are some other rules (e.g. IMGA), but that's a topic for later on. The games are very similar in terms of equipment, but how they're administered is quite different.
Here's what is the same:
- Rifles - generally .223/556 NATO AR15's, AK varients, M1A/M14s and pistol caliber carbines.
- Shotguns - 12ga semi-autos (Remington 1100/11-87, Winchester SX2, Benelli M1/M2, Browning Gold) or pumps (Remington 870, Mossy 590, Benelli Nova)
- Pistols - semi-autos 9x19 or larger. Glocks, XDs, S_Is. You can and will see revolvers from time to time.
- 3-gun - One gun per stage. On each stage or COF (there are generally 4-6 stages in a match) a different gun is shot. Most of the time it is 2 pistol, 2 rifle and 2 shotgun stages.
- Multi-gun - One to three guns per stage This is the more difficult, but to me, the more fun of the two (and they both rock, btw.) For example, on one stage you start off shooting with your pistol at designated targets, then you'll abandon or reholster that gun and pick your shotgun, engage a few more, then maybe you'll switch to your rifle and finish out. Any combination goes (the match director designates stages as pistol/shotgun, rifle/shotgun, etc. - don't think you get to pick the gun to solve the problem. This is multi-gun, not bowling - there are rules.) It can be one, any of the two or all three.