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First stage on the ground, prizes are rolling in! Looking forward to seeing everyone! Don't forget you need a shotgun sling! :-) Check out our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HemanNationals/ for news, pictures, sponsors and more!

Fun match! RO's were great! Squad 9 was awesome! Everyone handled the tornado watches, lightning and hail with good humor! Thanks to everyone who made it possible and all the great sponsors!!

I've got just a few slots left! It's been a good year!! http://heman3gun.webs.com/ We have some great surprises for people!! Bwahahahahaha!!!

Wanted to share our good news and our great appreciation for all our wonderful sponsors! We are so fortunate to have such great support! We have been working on stages and have some great plans for you! Thanks you so much to: Our awesome match sponsor: JP Enterprises Our other amazing and generous sponsors: 2e Publishing, 5.11, A Girl and A Gun, Barnes Precision, Berger Bullets, Bravo Concealment, Brownells, Brunos, Burris, Carbon Arms, CMC Triggers, Comp Tac, Crossbreed Holsters, Decot, Dillon Precision, Ergo Grips, ESP, Firebird Precision, Forward Control Design, GunGoddess, H&K, Hearing Protection Services, Henning Shop, HexMag, High Standard, Hodgdon, Hogue Grips, Hornady, Invictus Practical, Keltec, King of the Mountain, KNS Precision, Lantac, LaRue, LensPens, Leupold, Luth, Machine Gun Tours, Magpul, Mesa Tactical, Montana Gold, NG2 Defense, Nightforce, Nordic Components, NSSF, Patriot Cases, Phoenix Weaponry, Plug'r, ProEars, R&R Targets, Redding Reloading, Redwolf Airsoft, Rocky Mountain Targets, Rugged Gear, Sac Firearms, Safariland, Samson, Seekins Precision, Shooter's Source, Sierra Bullets, Sig Sauer, Strikeforce, TacPro, Tactical Performance Center, Thunder Beast Arms, Timney Triggers, Tooth and Nail, T.O.P, Trey Yuen, Trijicon, Troy, TruckVault, U.S. Optics, Unique Tek, Vortex, Warne Scope Mounts, Wilson Combat, XGO, XS Sights, and Zev Technologies Check out: http://rm3g.com/ for links to their websites for any of your shopping needs!

TARGET COUNT (Targets not rounds) Steel, clays are one round...paper is 1 round A or B, 2 anywhere except for slugs which are 1 round. Stage 1 – Limited round 3-Gun – You will need (wee-men too) 2 pistol magazines loaded with 10 rounds each, 1 rifle magazine loaded with 20 rounds, and at most 11 rounds of birdshot. Stage 2 – Rifle – 30 targets – about half paper, half steel out to 400+ yards. Stage 3 – Shotgun/Pistol – 32 birdshot, 20 pistol Stage 4 – 3-Gun – Shotgun sling needed – 18 rifle out to 400+ yards, 15 pistol, 10 birdshot, 4 slugs Stage 5 – Shotgun/Rifle – Rifle sling needed – 6 slugs, 14 birdshot, 19 rifle out to 500 yards. Stage 6 – Pistol/Rifle – Rifle sling needed – 18 pistol targets, 18 rifle out to 200 yards. Stage 7 – 3-Gun – Rifle sling needed (You will sling an empty rifle after shooting it) – 16 rifle targets out to 300 yards, 12 birdshot, (maybe 4 slugs), 15 pistol.

901xracer you are correct! They are similar, but will be different. Most matches have their rules posted on their website and you should just read them first! :-)

Here's a quick look at the beginning of the season for Johnson 3-Gun. Johnson 3-Gun will have a Precision/Tactical 2-rifle match on March 12 in Whittington Center’s Coal Canyon. That’s off Highway 555 at MM5. Accessed from the main north/south road in Raton. You need 2 rifles. One must be an AR-15. The other can be any rifle (used for the Precision portion) .223 to .30 caliber with a speed limit of 3100 fps. There will be 4 stages. ALL stages use both rifles. You can bring bags, bipods, whatever you can carry for both rifles. Cost is $30. Gates open at 0700. Shooter’s brief starts at 0800. You can sight-in any time between 7 and 8. The next weekend at the main portion of the NRA Whittington Center, we will hold our (now traditional) skills 3-Gun weekend. For Saturday’s match, there will be 12 small stages stressing different skills. Sunday’s match will combine those skills into 4 more traditional stages. The matches are separate. $60 for both or $40 for either day. Meet at Cooper cabin for sign-up. Shooter’s briefing will begin promptly at 0900 and we hope to be shooting by 0930. Not long after that will be our RO Clinic the weekend of April 8-9, 2017. The Clinic itself will be Saturday with classroom in the morning and out on the range in the afternoon. On Sunday, we will have a regular 4 stage match with the students from the RO clinic doing a lot of the RO’ing. $60 for both. $40 for either. If you plan on coming for the clinic portion on Saturday, please email me so I can be sure to have enough materials. This year, in addition to natural terrain 3-Gun, we will be spending a bit of time on the new Precision/Tactical rules and RO’ing. May 20-21, 2017 He-Man 3-Gun Nationals - http://heman3gun.webs.com/ July 8-9, 2017 Nightforce Precision/Tactical 2-Rifle Match - http://johnson3gun.webs.com/p-t-match-july-8-9-2017 JP Rocky Mountain 3-Gun - http://rm3g.com/ For the last weekend of Johnson 3-Gun - we will do a 3-Gun match on Saturday Sept 9 and a 2-Rifle match on Sept 10, 2017. Check out: http://johnson3gun.webs.com/ for more information on the "local" matches. Check out: http://rm3gun.smugmug.com/ for pictures of all sorts of matches at Whittington

We are very excited! Applications are posted at: http://johnson3gun.webs.com/ under the P/T tab. We are very fortunate to have so many sponsors already signing up for what should be another amazing prize table! Thanks to: Nightforce (Our generous Title Match Sponsor), Doubletap Ammo, Geiselle, Hornady, Kelbly, Lapua/Vihtavouri, No Name Tactical, Proof Research, Rocky Mountain Targets, Sierra Bullet, Silencerco, Thunder Beast Arms, Troy Industries and XS Sights! For this match you need an AR-15 and a Precision rifle .223-30 caliber. You will use them on every stage. Each stage, you can earn up to 10 points with each gun. For a total of 200 points for the match. Everyone seemed to have a good time last year. Think this year will be even better. Have a couple new plans...bwahahaha!!! Hope to see you there! July 8-9, 2017 NRA Whittington Center

Applications are posted at: http://johnson3gun.webs.com/ look under the P/T tab...scroll down on the left for Application. Thanks so much to: the AMAZING Nightforce Optics for their continued support and help, and to Geisselle, Sierra, NoName Tactical and Proof Research for continuing to support us and signing up so early! We'll be working in the next few days to get you some more FABULOUS sponsors!! Hope to see you in July! Also attached the application below! PT Application17.pdf

I sent out notes to those from the waitlist I was able to get in today! One person found their email in SPAM...so, if you are waiting, you might want to check. I did not get everyone in...but, hope to get some more in after SHOT SHOW! Denise

Not yet! I'm getting quite a pile of registrations every day! It will be full on January 8 when I let a bunch (hopefully) of the newbies in. But, get those applications in ASAP! http://rm3g.com/

You rock! See you soon Maize!

Applications are up and all the links seem to be working! Hope to see you all at the range! Merry Christmas!

Thanks M Ammo! Will work on that!

I squadded already...

Thank-you! I know what you mean...and you are right, begging people sucks!! I LOVE my sponsors, but I hate asking for stuff as well. It's the worst part of the match for me. I understand that we need to have a prize table...well sort of. We have tried a bigger match without prizes, and while we had some of the best people on the planet come shoot, we didn't get hardly and "big dogs" because it's not "worth it." If I didn't have to worry about a prize table, my work would be cut in half or maybe more... As far as only beating 4 people...I don't know...I know it's good not to be last, but when Mike Payne first beat Kuan Watson in heavy...he didn't care how many people were in the division...he just wanted to beat the amazing Kuan! I wish all our shooters were just there for the fun, but they aren't...they do division shop for prize table etc. So...no answer really. Oh well. We'll see you in April! Denise Oh yeah, and we were at a match last year that had a Heavy Sponsor listed, but none of their stuff was on the Heavy table...so...

Well that's kind of apples to oranges. He-Man is about 1/3 the size of your match...maybe less with staff. At RM3G 2016(a more even comparison), we had 14 He-Man Iron (Enough for a division even with USPSA rules), 46 He-Man Scope and 51 Open and only 30 Limited Iron. He-Men together had more than open...and this is pretty much the norm for us in the last few years. Limited Scope "Tac-Scope" had 126 which is less than the other 4 divisions combined which we don't see at many other matches. Usually, Tac-Scope is more like 2/3 of the shooters. My personal feeling is that we have more people shooting other divisions because of the way we do our prize table, but that's just my opinion. Remember, our He-Man Scope is still a .308, .45 and a PUMP shotgun. So it is a much more challenging division than your Tac-Heavy...and I can say this, because I am shooting Tac-Heavy at USPSA Nationals...and I can't shoot He-Man...just not tough enough. Also, the fact that we had 44 shooting irons/1X at a match known for long distance rifle I think is pretty cool! It's hard to see 400 yard targets without magnification, and shooting irons(or 1X I suppose) is not an easy thing. I think JJ is just frustrated. A few years ago, he worked with Phil to get more He-Men Iron. USPSA acknowledged the division even though it was a little low one year. Things were starting to turn around, but then, it went the other way again. I do commend you for letting us know so early. That is a big improvement. Back when Nationals was in Louisiana, one of the He-Men (not JJ, he wasn't shooting He-Man yet) was told Heavy Limited was good to go. Then a couple people backed out, and he was told AFTER completed his last stage, that there now weren't enough and he would be in Tac-Scope. (He had brought Tac-Scope equipment with him, but no one bothered to tell him there weren't enough until the last minute.) Even last year, you only gave us 2 weeks notice. It just seems that sometimes matches would just prefer it if everyone shot Tac-Scope and nothing else. I think sponsors...especially ones that make things other than .223's, or whatever, enjoy having people buy more guns! JJ, and a few other ENJOY shooting the big guns. It's a different challenge and they like it. I like shooting the .308 sometimes. It's different and can be fun! It makes me laugh when I leave a yard sale of pistol mags because I am not used to shooting limited 10. If more people in divisions other than Tac-Scope were a priority, you would make it happen. I understand that at this point, if JJ wants to shoot Heavy Iron he needs to find friends to play...but the prize table is usually not great...and no one wants to take the risk of having it eliminated if people drop out at the last minute. They have to bring two sets of guns, twice the ammo and practice with both sets of guns as well.. Anyway, my 2 cents. Still signed up to come shoot even knowing...so looking forward to having some fun! Denise

I haven't shot this before, but I know the match director, and I'm sure all are welcome...but I don't think they refer to people as Pro vs Am. I am signed up and I am certainly no Pro.

No...he must be on vacation! :-)

Thanks!

Thanks Dan! Should be good to go now! I'm a doofus! :-)

Cool! Thank-you!!! You will have to tell me how to do that! :-) Denise Whoops! It says it's not there!

Applications for the 2017 match are up at: http://heman3gun.webs.com/. This year, waivers are the second page of the application. Fill them both out and mail them in along with your check! If you need to do credit, we can run it for $25. We offer 2 divisions: He-Man Iron and He-Man Scope (Both need .308, .45 and pump 12 gauge). There is wee-man for staff and travelling partners with permission of the match director. We are excited to already have CrossBreed Holsters, Dillon Precision, Ergo Grips, Nightforce Optics, Redding Reloading, Sierra Bullets and Truckvault signed up as sponsors for 2017. We are so fortunate. Please remember ALL 3-Gun sponsors when you are looking for new, great gun things! The sponsors are so supportive! Have a great day! Denise application17.pdf

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH MAR 03: Rock Hard 2017, Rockcastle Shooting Center, KY MAR 18-19: Missouri State 3GUN Championship - Versailles, MO MAR 24-26: SMM3-GUN, hosted by Patriot Ordnance Factory at Rio Salado, Mesa, AZ MAR 26: 2017 Mississippi Two Gun State Championship, Coast Rifle and Pistol Club, Biloxi, MS MAR 31-APR2: X-Treame Bullets Texas 3-Gun Championship APRIL APR 14-16: USPSA Multi-Gun National - Boulder City, NV APR 21-23: Vortex Presents Shooters Source 3 Gun Championship, hosted by North Texas Multigun at Triple C Range, Cresson, TX MAY MAY 20-21, 2017 : He-Man 3-Gun Nationals, NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM JUNE JUN 23-25: Nordic Components & Vortex Optics Tri-Gun, presented by the Minnesota 3Gun Group @ Forest Lake Sportmen's Club, MN JULY JULY 8-9, 2017 : Nightforce Precision/Tactical 2 Rifle Match, Johnson3gun, NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM AUGUST AUG 10-13: JP Enterprises' Rocky Mountain 3-Gun, NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM AUG 28: 2017 Mississippi CQB Rifle Championship, Coast Rifle and Pistol Club, Biloxi, MS AUG (TBD): Wyoming Governor's Cup 2-Gun Challenge, Otto Road Shooting Range, Cheyenne, WY - http://competition-dynamics.com/ SEPTEMBER OCTOBER OCT 19-21 Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun, Rockcastle Shooting Center, Park City, KY OCT 30: 2017 Mississippi 3gun State Championship, Coast Rifle and Pistol Club, Biloxi, MS NOVEMBER DECEMBER

Probably not for us either, except maybe in a local match to let someone try it. They had to argue with me long and hard to allow 1X. But, that's as far as it goes!