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STAGES.....FYI, I am still trying to figure out my OWN round count! Stage 1.pdf Stage 2.pdf Stage 3.pdf Stage 4.pdf Stage 5.pdf Stage 6.pdf Stage 7.pdf Stage 8.pdf Stage 9.pdf

Stages will be out this week. Round count depends totally on which gun you want to shoot at what targets. I get this every year from people and I tell them the same thing each year.....not sure how else I can help you out. After much debate and consulting with my AMD we have decided to not restrict the magazine length in Tac Ops and Tac Lim however there is a round limited and in the rules it states no more that 30 rounds in the magazines after the start signal. Oh and there will be a 5 stage USPSA match to participate in during a half day off, 5 stand and we will have the bolt guns out to play to 500 yards. Larry

Mag restriction for tac anc optics in play this year. We are doing some final adjustments to the rules.....will be posted on the the website next week. Limited guns that fit USPSA rules will be ok for our match....remember STI is a factory! Remember skinny sammies at 45 degrees and possibly upside down????? Larry

Mag restriction for tac anc optics in play this year. We are doing some final adjustments to the rules.....will be posted on the the website next week. Limited guns that fit USPSA rules will be ok for our match....remember STI is a factory! Remember skinny sammies at 45 degrees and possibly upside down????? Larry

Pat, I have one you can use as well. Converted running baby stroller. Larry

Linda, I will speak with FNH USA to see if we can also provide some firearms as loners in the event that someone cannot get their firearm into the country or wants to shoot a FNH SLP shotgun. I might also be talked into loaning an SLP with the Xrail again. Larry

Competitor Applications will be avilable starting 1 May......unless you want to pay an extra $100 then I can make it available now. Call it an early registration tax! Are you kidding me, I get taxed enough, I would not do that to anyone. Be ready for 1 May. BTW, be ready for skinny sammies at a 45 degree angle this year and a roof simulator.

I tried to get the match banquet at the casino located in Charles Town, WV however they would not let firearms onto the property. I like the look of 110 firearms on the table and not 110 certificates.......just doesn't do it for me!!!! So the casino is out however I am still working with their marketing to try and get some goodies for in your shooter bags. Larry

DATE CHANGE Due to a scheduling conflict, the date for the 2013 FNH USA 3 Gun has been changed to 19-21 Sept 2013. The staff will shoot on 17 and 18 Sept. If all goes well, we are planning to have a 4-6 stage USPSA match and a sporting clays course for you additional shooting enjoyment. Stay tuned for more to come. Larry

Jan Feb 02/09 - 3-GunNation Pro Series Qualifier match. St. Augustine, FL Mar 03/22 - 03/24 Superstition Mystery Mountain 3-Gun - Rio Salado Gun Club, Mesa, Arizona 03/30 - 03/31 Johnson 3-Gun - Johnson 3-Gun RO clinic/match - NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM Apr 04/04 - 04/07 Noveske Area 2 Championship, a Level III USPSA MG match in Byers, Colorado 04/13 - 3-GunNation Pro Series match #1 Glengary, WV 04/19 - 04/21 Surefire Texas Multigun Championship, Liberty Hill,TX 04/24 - 04/28 USPSA Multigun Nationals in Las Vegas, NV May 05/18 - 3-GunNation Pro Series match #2 Tulsa, OK 05/17 - 05/19 CMMG Midwest 3 Gun Championships, Fayette, MO Jun 06/02 - 06/04 MGM Ironman Open, Limited, Heavy Optics, and Trooper 3 Gun 06/06 - 06/08 MGM Ironman Scope Tactical 3 Gun 06/22 - 3-GunNation Pro Series match #3 Tulsa, OK 06/29 - 06/30 He-Man National 3-Gun Championship at NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM Jul 07/06 - 07/07 G3G Practical Shotgun Challenge at The World Shooting Complex, Sparta, IL Aug 08/01 - 08/03 Rocky Mountain 3-Gun at NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM Sep 09/07 - 3-GunNation Pro Series match #4 St. George, UT 09/19 - 09/21 FNH Multi-gun, Peacemaker Range, Glengary, WV Oct 10/04 - 10/06 2013 Fallen Brethren 3Gun Challenge 10/17 - 10/19 2013 Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun Nov Dec

Hey if I can make a casino happen during the match....everyone up for that even if it adds an additional 10 minutes to the drive each way????? My concern is for my match staff. How would the shooters feel if most of our events were at a casino, minus the shooting of course? Larry

300 rounds of 40 cal 180gr JHP in Dillon boxes.

News flash.....currently working on having a 4 - 6 stage USPSA match for you to shoot on the PNTC range during your off half day. Will also look at a sporting clays course and maybe a little long range shooting if we can make it happen. You will have plenty to do....time on the other hand may be the only issue. Larry

Announcing the date for the 2013 FNH USA 3G 17-21 Sept, 2013 (updated at Larry's request) Peacemaker National Training Center Half Day Format 9 Challenging Courses of Fire Mandatory Shooters meeting - 25 Sept Awards Banquet - Sat 28 Sept More information to follow. Larry

Sorry, but the backers stay. I cannot accomandate every possible level/skill or sights during the match. We have used the backers for the last two years and yes while it does not give the report back of impact not on the target it does provide ease of target identification for everyone. Sorry I will not go away froma system that works for us. If I went to the lime then I must fight different lighting as the afternoon squads would have an advantage and then there is the rain????? We spend a total of about an hour putting up the backers on the long range steel ensuring that they are centered on the target. Compared to 10 minutes for each squad and making sure all three stages are down range at the same time is a nightmare for management! To put lime down, 60 minutes per day times 3 days, total 3 hours, easy math! Backers will stay, sorry!

I run the SCAR on suppressed mode with Federal 77 Gold Medal match. Yep big difference in recoil from the standard setting with 55 gr ball or XM193.

So that is a +1 for the 10 minute walk thru?????

Interesting as I shot....about 100 rifle, 6 slugs, 73 shot and about 75 pistol......very interesting you guys made me actually count the rounds. Disclaimer.....I included some misses that I could remember!

I take criticism and apply it accordingly if presented in the correct manner. I will take it from your comments that you got DQ'd in the match. You stated that you have never been DQ'd before. I have a news flash....there are two types of people that shoot this sport, those that have been DQ'd and those that will be DQ'd. Another note if you want to provide constructive criticism, send me a PM. Don't look for an audience in the open forum. Larry

Oh I can answer this one as I see more and more of it. 3 gun match fees are higher than a pistol match.....obviously some would say there is more involved. Yep it takes more staff to run the match correctly. However as more new people get into the sport, we will continue to see this as a way to offset thier costs. We desperately need a range officer training course for 3 gun however we have no governing body. With no governing body there is no range officer certification requirements. We tried to pair new people up with seasoned people. We have some adjustments to make for next year. I hear everything people are saying and if you have ever shot my matches in the past, they get better and better each year. Remember this is only my second match as a 3 gun match director.

Thanks Mike for jumoing in there to defend my actions.....anyone who shoots wants to shoot a major match. There is no match director that I know of that does not shoot their match. What you don't know is I run around by myself getting the staff everything they need while they are shooting on staff day so they can concentrate on shooting. I have an assistant match director that takes my duties while I am not available such as getting fuel for the staff razrs, we need additional range supplies, checking on all the firearms for the prize table that continued to come in up to the day before the banquet or how about setting up the prize table. Oh yea all that is done when I am not actually shooting. Of course when I am not actually on the line shooting I am communicating with the AMD, RMs and other match staff. So for the whole time of about 2.5 minutes of shooting I am dedicated to the match. But I guess you didn't see me arriving every morning at 6 am and leaving at 6 pm because you were only shooting for a half day. Now do I sound a little upset with you post, you bet I do. I see that you have been on this forum all of a year. Which to me probably means you are pretty new to this sport which is great. However might I suggest before you start criticizing someone for what they do, take a step back and understand what they really do or volunteer to be a part of our match next year and you can see exactly how much I do that is not seen by the shooters. Before I went to work with FN on Sept 4, 2012, everything I did for this match in the past two years was on my own time to include taking vacation like every other member of the match staff to run it. Sorry for the rant, but that hit a nerve! Larry

Let me start with this one. I never in my set up considered someone putting a single action gun into a bucket without ever racking the slide, hence there was no way to put it on safe. We made a decision since we set the shooter up for failure for doing this, we did not DQ anyone for this action. We will change it for the next year that the single action guns must be hammer cocked with safety on so that would solve the potentional action coming into dispute. The property owner is very safety concious. We decided this at the RO meeting due to the potential safety aspect that a firearm having a round in the chamber not on safe could come in contact with another firearm in the same barrel during the grounding action could manipulate the trigger thus causing an unintentional discharge. This was done merely for this aspect and no one can be 100% sure that a firearm has no rounds in it. I have seen people think the gun was empty not put it on safe to later find out there is a round sitting on the lifter with the bolt locked open. I will do a rewrite of the rules but I will not turn our rules into the 100 pages like the USPSA rule book. I can rule you to death. If you like the fact there are not a lot of rules keeping shooting the match. If you want more rules, shoot USPSA! Larry

OK....thanks to the hard work of the few...all 9 stages are on the ground and ready to shoot. Yes we put 9 stages on the ground in 14 hours. Unbelievable with 8-10 people each day. the good news... the sideways sammies are very shootable so don't panic. All long range steel is gray with a yellow backer. We even put backers on the slug targets for you guys on the natural terrain. Now the BAD news.... make sure you bring your thinking caps. Every stages has about 10 different ways to shoot them. Stage 1 alone has 12 different ways, so I cannot help with any more information in regards to round counts. What I can tell you we adjusted stages to hopefully provide you with a shooting challenge but very doable for the average shooter. Rifle targets are from 4 yards to 350 yards. Pistol is out to 35 yards and slugs out to 70 yards. Don't forget the awesome food that will be available on the range. They will be selling meal tickets Wednesday night at the shooters meeting.

They are on pg 10 of this thread. I probably wouldn't put too much time into looking at the stage diagrams.....some things have changed

Good news for you.....no barricades!