3 gun rifle training drills

[sheff]

Hey everyone,

I am just getting into 3 gun shooting and I was wondering what are some good practice drills.

[stingerjg]

plate rack for the shotgun and 50 yard headshot bill drills for the rifle. If your club shoots at longer distances than 50 yards, I would suggest shooting for group size for 100+ yards, so you know your holdover.

[chp5]

One of the 3 gun big dogs on the forum should put together a book of dry and live fire drills for the long guns.

I'd buy one.

[Mickster]

The shooting and dry firing drills are the most important but don't overlook the non-shooting parts of 3-gun.

Draw your pistol, fire a shot, clear and ground it. Immediately pick up your rifle, load, fire a shot, clear and ground it. Pick up your shotgun, chamber a round and fire it. Then do it again but in different order. You get the idea.

This part of 3-gun isn't very glamorous but many, many seconds get lost fumbling around because of unfamiliarity with the load, unload, ground and transition parts of 3-gun.

[Bear1142]

As long as we are required to speed unload our guns, Mickster's advice is right on. A fast transition between platforms will save you a bunch of time. What a sad state of affairs, administrative loading/unloading determining who is the better shooter.

Erik

[rhino]

I'd do rifle headshot bill drills at CLOSE range too (if I practiced). It's harder to hit small targets under 25 yards than it is at longer ranges because of the offset between the sights and the boreline.

Regardless of where you zero your sights, you have to know your holdovers at close range, or you're going to shoot too low. When you shoot minor with an AR, you can't afford to miss the A zone on close head shot.