Jason,
I have shot one of your three gun match's. In fact it was my first three gun match with a lot of borrowed gear and I enjoyed it very much, so much that I made the plunge and have spent the last year getting all set up. First I did pretty well on the long range and still only placed 3rd or 4th, so I cant say that it decide the match. As I remember three of us tied the long range so technically it was some other stage or stages that decided the match. Then most important and fun factor for me is that three gun test your ability's with all three guns at distances and positions that are appropriate for each gun. From personal experience with only having shot three multi gun events I would say the biggest improvement to long range rifle is the ability TO SEE THE TARGET. I have very young eyes that are still working great and when someone places a black or white steel target in tall grass it gets hard to find. The other part of this is that, I THINK some people are always going to complain and maybe they should just practice. It's kinda like the guy (we all know one of these guys) who shows up every month and their gun doesn't work and they act all surprised like "why hasn't it fixed it's self" and they have excuses about bullet crimp and mags. I know I might sound harsh here but I do mean well and I'm only voicing MY opinions. I'm slower then some on close rifle targets and tend to do ok with the shot gun and long range rifle but I would never ask for the close rifle targets to be scored differently so that it doesn't decide my match. Instead I practice what I am weak at and I sight in my rifle and make sure my gear works. With all that said I want to add that scoring is the one thing I pretty much know nothing about.
Looking forward to your future events.
Dave