jrmock

I am on the wait list for this match. Is there a way to figure out if I have a reasonable chance of getting in or if it is unlikely due to the numbers ahead of me? I would like to make my spring plans accordingly. Thanks, Jason

I may be slow but I don't see a registration fee on this match. How much is it?

I have the PA 1-6X. It met my budget and I have been happy with it. I have only shot a couple of matches with it but no problems were encountered. The last match I went to had targets out to 400 yards. No problem! I had some nice 68gr HPBT rounds, turned the scope up to 6X and tagged them all.

Excellent match! Lots of fun and well run. As a side note, my nine year old son made me laugh pretty hard Thursday when I was packing up. I told him I was going to this match that would last two and half days. He made some comment about shooting a lot and I asked him how long he thought I would shoot. He said 'about five hours'. I told him that over the whole match I would probably shoot about 15 minutes. He gave me a look like I was the dumbest person on the planet. It really put things in perspective. From his perspective this is not a very efficient sport. Really funny. I told him he would understand when he gets older and participates.

I am trying to picture what the 'magazine over the edge' looks like. Does this mean the rifle is actually resting on the trigger guard? So the handguard does not actually touch the roof?

I have been playing with building my own scope mount for my AR and one parameter I have struggled with is what the 'standard' diameter is for a 30mm scope tube. The one I own is slightly bigger than 30mm but that is not much data to know what the true tolerance range is. Anybody in the know on tube diameter tolerance? I am also interested in 1" tubes? Thanks, Jason

Very good advice! Those 3" #6 shells look pretty stout. Have you seen examples where they would not cycle a semi-auto shotgun? I would think they would work better than low brass cheap shells but you just pay with your wallet and shoulder.

Can spinner killers be buckshot? Can someone define 'spinner killers'? I am not sure what that means.

Will slings be required? Also any prop guns we need to look forward to (or worry about )?

This is an old thread but I thought I would post what I did. I have learned enough to know that this 3-gun sport makes people stupid. A couple of years ago I bought a Mossberg 930 with the 28" ported waterfowl barrel. I then paid to have it cut down to 22" and built it into a nice 3 gun shotgun. It has worked great the last couple of years. This year I went out and bought a 28" barrel and rebuilt the gun as an 11 + 1 long shotgun. Crazy! I did have to work through the same 'how do you cover the ports so you don't get put into open' question. I came up with a two piece approach. One u-shaped piece of metal slides under the rib above the ports and another spacer slides underneath. Two bolts are used to clamp it into place. I spray painted black so it would not be shiny. See pictures: It has worked great so far. Thoughts?

In. I am looking forward to showing off my mediocrity in front of a fine crew of fellow 3-gunners!

I think I was shooting Freedom Munitions reloads. So whatever they load with.

I recently tried this and had about 2 light strikes out of 100 with the 17#. They both fired on the second try. I bumped it up to a 19# and it works 100%. So the 17# is right on the edge for my P226.

Fun match. Lots of good people. Ty Gentry is kind of a butthead (or as he refers to himself 'Mr Douchebag' ) but he is fast. Did I miss where we were supposed to shoot buck shot? I thought the round count said 15 for buck shot but I never saw anywhere that we were to use it.

I used Steve Rose at Rose Action Sports (he was recommended on this thread). He charged $90 for cutting, rethreading the choke, rethreading for the bead, and shipping back. The work looks good. I have not shot it since I got it back (maybe next weekend). I shot a couple of boxes through it before getting it cut. It ran like a champ and only messed up when I messed up. jrmock