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No specific rule set from what I have seen or read. It is just "Be safe. Don't break the 180 line." Or than that, you are at their mercy for rules.

The Leupold CQ/T. At about $1000, it is expensive from my perspective. Is it worth the price? It seems like you can get a Burris Tac 30 1-4x for $299. The burris would be cheaper in cost, have a higher magnification and perhaps the optics just as good. Any thoughts?

My question, and curious to what some of you think: What do you use or would rather have on your carbine rifle; A fixed power, or even a high power adjustable scope for 100+ yard hits(i.e. a 3-9x, or a dedicated 10x) along with a 45 degree 1x red dot sight for close range. OR.... An adjustable scope like a 1-4x or a 1-6x scope on top, and you would have to adjust the scope based on what distance you are engaging. And then put a scope lever/"cattail" on it. Advantages and/or disadvantages for either setup?

I like rules and I like them to be written down. I think there is a sanctioned shoot about 2 and half hours away. I might go it to see how it is. Probably be like night and day. A lot of the guys trade off every month on who is going to do the course. They always there is an email that goes out, but I keep signing up for it, and I never get it. I think the only infor they ever give is the amount of minimum required rounds needed for the whole course.

There are never any written rules, which I think leads to the confusion by the range masters when explaining how to run a course. The courses change every month, and they like creating new and "exciting" ways how to shoot. My first match there was shooting pistol laying on my weak side on the ground, while shooting the plates off a texas star. I remember the rule was if you sat up or turned to your stomach you be DQ'd from the stage. Fun....but it made me scratch my head. I have learned that their meaning of DG'd means that you didn't complete the stage the way they wanted you to do it. You might have been safe the whole time, but you didn't shoot it the way they wanted. Frustrating. I might just drive the extra hour next year and go to another shoot. Thanks for everyone's input. Glad to know it isn't just me.

Yeah. I like that approach. "There are the targets. Go...."

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That does seem to be the case. It is about an hour and half drive to get there, and the next one is at least an hour past that one. The scarey part, is that they have been doing these events for the last six years. You would think they would have it together by now. I can see why the numbers of people have dwindled throughout the season.

I think I need to branch out next season, and look for some other clubs/events and get some more exposure. Thanks for the input.

Yeah....thats what I thought. I had never seen rules like this on any of the courses I saw on for the 3-gun tour. Thanks.

This was my first season going to 3-gun club matches. The matches I went to were at the same club. I had never attended a match and had only seen matches online and on youtube. A lot of the stages were designed where you could only shoot the stage using your weak hand, or were only allowed to shoot one handed and on your knees and then move to prone. They would set rules like, you had to have a sling on your rifle...but then would allow some people to not have a sling. Some people were told to shoot the course in a specific order, and then another group was told to shoot it in a COMPLETELY different order - which would end up being faster, thus scoring higher. You were told that you had to shoot X amount of targets, but then later told you were DQ'd because you weren't fast enough, thus your hits didn't count. The rules seemed vague most of the time, and only told what I was "supposed" to have done after the score were released. At the beginning of each stage, I was always asked "You understand the course?" I would always ask for it to be explained to me. But....some "secret" and unique rule to that stage always seemed to come about after the fact. By the end of this season, I feel like I was in a trick-shoot competition and always uncertain whether someone else was "allowed" to change the rules as they went along. After all that....don't get me wrong...All in all, the shoots were fun. I am hyped about training in the off-season and looking forward to next year, but is this how the majority of 3-gun shoots operate?